letters to parvati : Writing

every wish

every wish

A Poem by letters to parvati


every wish every whisper every flush of my cheeks are but reflections of you of your love for me of your sacrifice to save the life i do not hold..
How many faces do I see when I think of you?

How many faces do I see when I think of you?

A Poem by letters to parvati


How many faces do Isee when I think of you? A snow shower of you, smiles, green eyes, soft hair, light and dry, cool and cumbersome like chilled white..
I am not your friend...

I am not your friend...

A Poem by letters to parvati


I am not your friend. I will live to watch the end of you, to see you feel sorrow and squeeze tears of blood from your eyes. I am not your friend. I w..
I was not born yet when Pete Seeger wrote his songs

I was not born yet when Pete Seeger wrote his song..

A Poem by letters to parvati


I was not born yet when Pete Seeger wrote his songs and gave us folk with his banjo and his smile I was not born when 'red' meant more than color a..
I had a friend I haven't seen for 3 years

I had a friend I haven\'t seen for 3 years

A Poem by letters to parvati


I had a friend I haven't seen for 3 years She walked with no shoes She cried with no tears She left me a smoke pipe, a book, and a song Then turne..
regional inclement weather delayed my arrival at a diner

regional inclement weather delayed my arrival at a..

A Poem by letters to parvati


regional inclement weather delayed my arrival at a diner 3:00AM...i fastened myself to a booth, picked up a napkin i made dirty with lipstick i kiss..
when i was young, my Aunt Nadia told me to live happy

when i was young, my Aunt Nadia told me to live ha..

A Poem by letters to parvati


when i was young, my Aunt Nadia told me to live happy to dance on Saturdays til 3am & go home with men that you may or may not love but were fu..
why can't i write like writers do

why can\'t i write like writers do

A Poem by letters to parvati


why can't i write like writers do full of ballyhoo & hip hop slamming to a beat teaching a song right or wrong, it's the rhythmn that catches..
straight up with a twist

straight up with a twist

A Poem by letters to parvati


straight up with a twist The Players Theater in an Indian hole in a red brick wall Bollywood on the radio curry & chicken & bread in t..
i slept with a woman on a wooden floor

i slept with a woman on a wooden floor

A Poem by letters to parvati


i slept with a woman on a wooden floor in a room dark and viscous with a scent my mother ran from as a nun i was brainwashed to be a good Christian..