eglantine : Writing

She stands in silver

She stands in silver

A Poem by eglantine


The rain washes prayersfrom her shivering, lilac lipsas the dirt muds up around her feet.The ink from his letter swimslike watery ribbon from the page..
Michigan October

Michigan October

A Poem by eglantine


The sun has left my skin,soaked into oak leavesand now I'm a soft sighof chai steam, dressedin a pencil skirt and blouse,walking to work.My black ball..
American woman serial killer

American woman serial killer

A Poem by eglantine


Her beauty outweighed the moon she often dreamed of and her favorite shade was pure white despite her absence of sympathy. She..
21st century

21st century

A Poem by eglantine


It's the age of fast foodand protected sex.We wear the skin of young stars and flauntour mundane lives as ifthey were universes,thinking someone, God ..
Barter

Barter

A Poem by eglantine


I don't want your heart--it's covered in old algae andleftover oyster shells,cracked open and empty.I want your vocal chordsand tongue! The tightspace..
Dark muse

Dark muse

A Poem by eglantine


There lies the tip,dark and feathered--morose and gangrened,just below your Hell-carved tongue.Its sinews are drapedwith blackened flamesthat burn and..
Summer's end lake

Summer's end lake

A Poem by eglantine


The sun is almost empty.The last of its honey-lightslowly drips into the linear crackin-between lake and sky.The embers in my heartthat keep me alivea..
Lake Michigan mermaid

Lake Michigan mermaid

A Poem by eglantine


There is no salt in my tearsbecause I was bornbeneath the moon in August freshwaterto a woman with hair as goldas the burning innards of stars.Two lon..
Z-axis

Z-axis

A Poem by eglantine


all the fingers on the hand are talking nonsensical about puppets and whales and whether i really is before e, except if you're seaweed becau..
noitcelfeR

noitcelfeR

A Poem by eglantine


If I am there, against the glass-- on the other side of the crooked mirror on the wall (crooked because I hung it myself), then who is her..