E. A. Lide : Writing

I Hate You This Much

I Hate You This Much

A Poem by E. A. Lide


... and I love you the same.
Sonnet #1

Sonnet #1

A Poem by E. A. Lide


Come along, my love, and we will go downto the place where the river meets the stream.We'll follow it north, leave prints in the groundwhere the mud t..
On Family and God

On Family and God

A Poem by E. A. Lide


Your mother and your father will sit across from your brothers and your sisters, and whisper, and hold hands, and pray, “We didn't mean ..
China Dolls

China Dolls

A Poem by E. A. Lide


When the darkness closes in among us, upon us, and it falls, and it breaks like dawn. When the fog settles down among us, upon us, will we fall..
Letter to a Lover from the Past

Letter to a Lover from the Past

A Poem by E. A. Lide


Do you still think of me under that cold December rain? And all the times that we said we'd be reborn to live again? Oh, but a door was open- lef..
Eigengrau

Eigengrau

A Poem by E. A. Lide


I have condemned many more men than I have saved. I have sent so many young men to their graves. And I have asked help of no-one, even those I cl..
Midas

Midas

A Poem by E. A. Lide


I’ve got blood on my blade and red in my ledger, but a pure white shade is my favourite colour. And I won’t let myself sleep when it&..
Love Is a Gift from the Great Aunt Who Calls You by Your Mother's Name

Love Is a Gift from the Great Aunt Who Calls You b..

A Poem by E. A. Lide


Do you remember that one time when you thought you loved a person more than anything in the world? But once you had them you realised that ..
Ode to the Adulteress

Ode to the Adulteress

A Poem by E. A. Lide


There’s a darkness in the candy sitting on your bedside table, in the creamy mousse-filled centre, caramel. There’s a darkness in the..
(She loves you)

(She loves you)

A Poem by E. A. Lide


Her love is the moon above January's first snow,and the snow itself.It is the light powder underfoot that the night-breeze blows into flurries t..