C Peril : Writing

Mermaid Girl [Gin]

Mermaid Girl [Gin]

A Poem by C Peril


You were alone, holding ginDecidedly thin Like part ofyou had wilted; like part ofyou had dimmedBut in that sequin dress, amermaid's mess, I found you..
Morning Bird

Morning Bird

A Poem by C Peril


The feathers of the fog, lonemorning bird Majestic, leapinginto the silent sky With nospectators, you quietly steeryourself, so attuned to thefate of ..
Chesterfield

Chesterfield

A Poem by C Peril


I've kept an old train ticket you once gave meAs is the way with everything in this world,it's been repurposed That train ticket has anew lease of lif..
Hell or High Water

Hell or High Water

A Poem by C Peril


The World fed me in gems and jewels:Ample orange; emerald green; sunlightbanana And the skies were not unkindto me - lustrous blue sapphire skiesSo I ..
Run to Love

Run to Love

A Poem by C Peril


Run to love -Run with the recklessabandon of an infantdashing to the ice cream truckon a hot summer's day;not even time toput on the shoes,much less t..
Heatwave

Heatwave

A Poem by C Peril


Melting morosely, my city mumblesin speech bubble increduilityOffended by God's failure to turnthe bloody Oven offThe blue sky of belched outcarbon co..
Flannel Shirt Princess

Flannel Shirt Princess

A Poem by C Peril


Kind somewhere. Probably has adegree in literature. Keeps her eyeson the small things. Gives her heartto the moth wings and marvels atthe defiant leap..
Fundamentals/Photo

Fundamentals/Photo

A Poem by C Peril


If you could find a photo of you at your happiest, what does that picture look like?