icelandicblue : Writing

Misappropriation

Misappropriation

A Poem by icelandicblue


Mrs. Malaprop, "illiterate him quite from your memory" (instead of 'obliterate')', and "she's as headstrong as an allegory" (instead of alligator) fro..
The Ribbon I Wear In My Hair

The Ribbon I Wear In My Hair

A Poem by icelandicblue


The world has swallowed me whole and I cannot find a torch nor feel the light that once saturated my childhood. What is courage when there is n..
Fighting Irish

Fighting Irish

A Poem by icelandicblue


Something light-'tis meant to be amusing. I, myself, am of Irish extraction. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!
Smoking Handcuffs

Smoking Handcuffs

A Poem by icelandicblue


He sits on the back porchsmoking in the darkdropping ashes -sick fireflies.Inhales deep, but exhaleswith a whisper of white nicotinewhile he whittles ..
Step In Time To The Revolution

Step In Time To The Revolution

A Poem by icelandicblue


She smelled of sour milkand cabbage, both refusing tomarch out the open door,stiff yellowed wallpaperpeeled away from horse hairplaster in daisy-head ..
Cyanide Dreams

Cyanide Dreams

A Poem by icelandicblue


ich gezählt mein Geldund gingst duin der schwarzen Lärm verloren;allein bin ich armund dein Zyanid bitteren istI counted my moneyand you wer..
Broken Feet

Broken Feet

A Poem by icelandicblue


To count feet jurassically‘Tis to rhyme most classicallystress and unstress I’ve been toldkeeping time your rhyme unfoldsSee the lopping o..
The Banyan Tree

The Banyan Tree

A Poem by icelandicblue


Picture of Bridge St., Hobe Sound, Florida
The Last

The Last

A Poem by icelandicblue


I am the last surviving childstanding among the coal.The ash and blood under my feethave poisoned my sweet soul.The emptiness of all that's losthovers..
Winter's Last Rasp

Winter's Last Rasp

A Poem by icelandicblue


Glacial remnants shudder and moan,while snow drifts sigh and slumpbeneath the waning Winter sun.Spring's warm breath mingleswith the mist of Winter's ..