Debbie : Writing

Affiliated moments

Affiliated moments

A Poem by Debbie


What was the point of that second The one that simply blared past As if on a skateboard A child with a spray can Looking for a tag And then it ..
Green

Green

A Poem by Debbie


Sapling heart you are too green Lay your hand here where the electric purges itself let my ancient neutrality ginger your innocence Sin is not a ..
Dreamless

Dreamless

A Poem by Debbie


Reference is to Artemisia I ruler of Halicarnassus
Lost Places

Lost Places

A Poem by Debbie


Yesterday’s mouth is still open Bird waiting for a worm All aberrations forgotten and made nearly normal By one gene more The chill creeps..
Sei Shonagon

Sei Shonagon

A Poem by Debbie


* a reference to the Japanese fable of Momotaro
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A Poem by Debbie


*Sataplia is a small cave in Georgia known for its numerous fossilized dinosaur footprints -poem reflects my interest in Tamar of Georgia, who was th..
Fealty

Fealty

A Poem by Debbie


Note before reading: Endpapers bookmaking After Chinese had invented paper, it was used in Samarqand in 750 A.D. In Baghdad, paper started to be p..
Hemlock

Hemlock

A Poem by Debbie


Hemlock the new year perches against the edge of winter tentative, I write with resolutions only penciled while another speaks unsure of wh..
December

December

A Poem by Debbie


December mouths the spells Enchants the trees to lie down against the horizon Long and lean, suddenly freed of their greenery They spin stories a..
Loneliness

Loneliness

A Poem by Debbie


I know loneliness It has curled up against me with it vapid breath, cold body gleaming, all bones I have fed it bits of Sorrow, happy endings, th..