Tara : Writing

Lost

Lost

A Poem by Tara


The bodegas are gone. In their place skyscrapers guard the hood. I cannot find the mountains and the dirt roads have been covered in concrete. He l..
Pedestal

Pedestal

A Poem by Tara


On judgements
The Tennis Match

The Tennis Match

A Poem by Tara


Existential revelries
Fluffy revenge

Fluffy revenge

A Poem by Tara


Fluffy's Revenge A Poem by Tara Bloated . floating face up in the pool I had failed to cover. I couldn't face the bloated creature. Couldn't fa..
More than a metaphot

More than a metaphot

A Poem by Tara


Poem for our times
Dissonance

Dissonance

A Poem by Tara


Have you ever swam in your own pain? Been kissed by sacrifice? I've scraped the moon off the street. I've made passionate love to the God of defianc..
Calverton

Calverton

A Poem by Tara


It's as though I saw it all for the first time. You,fourteen years ago at his grave, the bench, the tears, the icy ground and bitter wind. How str..
Sometimes

Sometimes

A Poem by Tara


Sometime I look for her in the spaces between my thoughts. I listen as one tries to isolate a piece of music trying to block out the dissonance. I tho..