abluehorseandflowers : Writing

A Poet's Fear

A Poet's Fear

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


A Poet's Fear The crickets chirp a poet's lament Minor chords of rejection My room is light but I can't see Through the darkness of..
The Same Game

The Same Game

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


Typically in my poems feminine pronouns indicates the spiritual connection, in this case too the feminine refers to my estranged daughter.
The Bride's Ballade

The Bride's Ballade

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


A ballade is 3 stanzas followed by an envoy (direct address to the reader)
An Afternoon

An Afternoon

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


Third of three titled "A Day"
A Morning

A Morning

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


Second of three titled "A Day"
An Evening

An Evening

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


The first of three Titled "A Day"
Not Uptown

Not Uptown

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


Inspired by Frontier at Writer's Cafe and Bob Dylan. Not for comparison purposes.
Needing Safety

Needing Safety

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


My experience with PTSD
Unmoored

Unmoored

A Poem by abluehorseandflowers


Unmoored is my first truly allegorical poem: tragedy, lost sense of self, surrender to the Divine, redemption.