hanzabonanza : Writing

Ms Mitchell- you were right

Ms Mitchell- you were right

A Poem by hanzabonanza


read they were draining it but I didn’t listen left the sign up sheet alone with the empty breakfast bowl winter run muddy paths, all up ..
Ricochet

Ricochet

A Poem by hanzabonanza


I press my damp cheek to the starched sheets and sigh, my shaking hand slides on the cotton and feels the creases where you had lain that musky s..
Rosetta

Rosetta

A Poem by hanzabonanza


written during I went to a poetry credo/manifesto workshop.
an unusual road to take

an unusual road to take

A Poem by hanzabonanza


funny seeing you standing there all flesh, bones and fiery hair after spending months attempting to construct your perfect image a voice so un..
Not the land of my father

Not the land of my father

A Poem by hanzabonanza


the solitary bridge stands so ghostly, over grey brown waters like two posts a wrenching tide is halfway out and grey shingle scars the shore my..
Pleasure's Pursuit

Pleasure's Pursuit

A Poem by hanzabonanza


she didn’t know why it was happening again why blindfolded and upside-down she descended into the well tied to a frayed rope made of dece..
lipstick magnificent

lipstick magnificent

A Poem by hanzabonanza


skin-deep shallow unsurprisingly unoriginal yet still I shuddered inside when you turned and noticed my ruby red lips lips ripe for the picking..
Sister Ruth's Confession

Sister Ruth's Confession

A Poem by hanzabonanza


Inspired by the ending of one my favourite films: Black Narcissus. I attempt to give Ruth a voice and try to rationalise what happens. Probably only m..
Half past four

Half past four

A Poem by hanzabonanza


we hunt in a pack tall legs with lethal spikes burnt hair and fake skin help us lure our prey and pull the net tighter we are all the same so ..
Doppelgänger

Doppelgänger

A Poem by hanzabonanza


she’s a perfect creation made of brain cells and memory half-forgotten photographs that softly curl at the edges does whatever you truly wan..