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belfast

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a pen by the telephoneharvest gold telephonebroken ink embryos yet to drainnaked lines real enough to caston train rails from the heartstretching like..

fingers

A Poem by m.s.early

Here I amClear and on a waveMy spirit is collectedAnd I am aware of who I amPain is emanatingThis very effervescing momentI am beyond allegiance with ..

dinner prayer

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Sensing approaching discontentmentI am on the cusp of clutching gospel faithI add my guts to the prayersIn front of the entire familyAt the dinner tab..

bend

A Poem by m.s.early

“Watch yourself,” they said in all earnestnessAfter they read one of my opinionsThat fell too harshly(although no matter how clever the qu..

sunrise in a new town

A Poem by m.s.early

From the well red comfy cushionsFrom the sofa my sister gave meWhen I was drunk and poor and craving sanityI watch this town give birth to a new dayBe..

even though

A Poem by m.s.early

and lo, it appears the sun is waning, dimming twilightprematurelyand the eyes of the moonlaboriously awakingyet even from the hilltop is there a lulla..

once I was a baby

A Poem by m.s.early

I threw away all of my penniesInto the unforgiving wells of SodomI was flat on my back in the dark woodsWishing I could die there on the groundI felt ..

faith

A Poem by m.s.early

The wickedwith hungerinsatiable as deathMy daughter’s eyes,are glory lights,eternal heavenshe waits meeklyFaith is a vineits produce is hopeand ..

is red a primary color?

A Poem by m.s.early

late evening left over chatterwhile she teaches the young girlsthe fundamentals of coffee house arti’m listening thru layersof walls and the spa..

there were angels gathering under arches

A Poem by m.s.early

There were angels gathering under archwaysWhen I first felt myself starting to chokeA thread of despair with a dying wishTo live in a fearless moment ..