Crowley : Writing

The Hoopoe Bird

The Hoopoe Bird

A Poem by Crowley


It’s the bird in meMad, mad Hoopoe BirdHardly flying, minding the burrowsPicking phrases like fat wormsSwallowing them wholeI wonder if a lightn..
The White Sheet Summers

The White Sheet Summers

A Poem by Crowley


From a recent prose poetry prompt at a writers workshop
Honey Hat

Honey Hat

A Poem by Crowley


I fumbled my way through the day, every dayCursing my hands of stoneWhen I don’t shake your handPlease don’t be offendedI am just saving y..
Delicate

Delicate

A Poem by Crowley


Where you were concerned, I floatedTreading in shoes made of marshmallow and dryer lintHolding taught my own shadowNot wanting to add to the weight of..
Stealing the Show

Stealing the Show

A Poem by Crowley


Caution doesn't pay the billsYou tell me to hold fast, wait and seeNot to let my emotions "steal the show"Truth is a better breakfast than a dinnerLet..
Just a Regular Cat

Just a Regular Cat

A Poem by Crowley


Wisteria, hysteria, hypertension, sexI was genetically coded abstractlyYet my intentions and longing are much the same as yours and a lionsIn the even..
No Title, Only...

No Title, Only...

A Poem by Crowley


What about this Q?
Relatively Speaking

Relatively Speaking

A Poem by Crowley


If my moral compass is sprung, you say it is, then what I see when I look at you is not true North, as it once had been. If the path tha..
The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger

A Poem by Crowley


He looked over the drop, dead, pan, fried Knowing she wasn't his, hunt, lion, pride Losing to love is not losing Losing to love is only los..
Sculpting Infinity

Sculpting Infinity

A Poem by Crowley


Expressing something that means something, requires a hammer, more so than a pen or a talent for kinesthetic storytelling. Chipping with murderous aba..