Mariko : Writing

Un(Inspired) Beauty

Un(Inspired) Beauty

A Poem by Mariko


you are so gorgeous in your splendid human fraility
Drag Blues

Drag Blues

A Poem by Mariko


Can't Stop the Blues - check it out online...
A Wakeless Morning

A Wakeless Morning

A Poem by Mariko


insomniac moment
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A Chapter by Mariko


"Don't look" she whispers, her hands caught my face and held it still I looked into those eyes with glowing embers and caught breath quieted We st..
Burrowing After God

Burrowing After God

A Story by Mariko


It could go on for days - for months - for years - this digging - a whole lifetime that stretched ahead with the dark sod shifting shifting and the de..
refrigerator magnet poems (5)

refrigerator magnet poems (5)

A Poem by Mariko


slow ly and say you love me
empty hands

empty hands

A Poem by Mariko


this is. collateral pause,
Inside the Window

Inside the Window

A Story by Mariko


I woke up this morning to the delicious wail of train tracks as they screeched and cried their way in and through the lush mountains of Virginia.
Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast

A Poem by Mariko


the earth -- swallowed whole -- rested uneasy in the belly of the beast today