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Jagged EdgeA Poem by Harper TateI search for something,Some light to shed on the misery. The darkness encompasses me,Constricting around my chest.Sometimes is it hard to breathe, .. |
A Life of CrystalsA Poem by Harper TateYou want to know what I’m really like?I’m a geode. I am an open geode.To understand who I am, I need to be broken.I have been broken; I ha.. |
Christmas Day KissA Poem by Harper TateAnd then you kissed me, The taste of last nights cigarettes and whiskey on your skin. Memories of cold breath.. |
FrozenA Poem by Harper TatePoetry adaptation of the recent and brilliant Disney film |
Ghost TownA Poem by Harper TateThe ghost of our town is never at ease,For death, disaster, hate and disease;They lurk, they pry in the darkest of placesAnd leaves only pain, while t.. |
Sonnet of LiesA Poem by Harper TateThere is no point in speaking truth,For I know all the liesThat leave your mouth, and day by day,Your slumbered nights deprived.So leave this place an.. |
Carpe DiemA Poem by Harper TateIn the style of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell. |
TimeA Poem by Harper TateYou have time to spareSpare the time to save a lifeAnd live satisfied. |
SorryA Poem by Harper TateWould it change your mindIf I said I was sorryWould it turn back time. |
LifeA Poem by Harper TateSuch a precious thingJust a series of momentsTaking up our time. |
What If?A Poem by Harper TateWhat if I neverNever ever existedWould you care at all? |
You'll Thank MeA Poem by Harper TateYou’ll thank me one dayWhen your tears are dead and goneAnd your smiles are back. |
Hazy DayzA Poem by Harper TateSoft skin to skin on lazy Autumn morningsto awaken my hazy eyes,Waiting for Winter snowflakesas the crisp, auburn blanket slowly dies… |
Just Past AutumnA Poem by Harper TateFlicks of cold air bidding farewell to the summer fast gone,Now to begin festive merriments, cosy evenings and frosted dew on Winters dawn |
Duvet DaysA Poem by Harper TateAs nights grow longer and days grow shorter,the mornings now so brisk,I long for the gentle warmth of affection,those lips I love to kiss |
OvercomingA Poem by Harper TateGet rid of things that make you bitter,Of the past and all the pain,Like the sun rising bright and truethrough the mist after the rain. |
Last ResortA Poem by Harper TateThe pills she took to ease the pain,To make herself invisible,A purer way than pierced vein,And consequence less visible.She took the pills to cease h.. |
The NormA Poem by Harper TateA woman’s place is in the kitchen, That’s the 1960’s way. I am just a life size doll. Por.. |
Love LostA Poem by Harper TateInspired by Sylvia Plath's Still Born |
LoverA Poem by Harper TateShe sits. Sits still, with back propped against the headboard. Her heart pounds as a hummingbird. To h.. |