Submissions by opheliac
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
un-
In dreams
I'm the villain stealing from
the poor and needy
"I" the poor and needy.
I'm the villain stealing from
the poor and needy
"I" the poor and needy.
175 reads
23 Comments
you're not you
If writing is renaming
then you're no longer you,
nor Dearest. You're a bird
that comes and goes.
A wind unworthy of a name
cause you're larger than
to my Dearest 22/02/20-forever-
then you're no longer you,
nor Dearest. You're a bird
that comes and goes.
A wind unworthy of a name
cause you're larger than
to my Dearest 22/02/20-forever-
217 reads
38 Comments
and the waves
this is who i am: a second hand book
at a charity shop waiting to be picked up.
yet i know better than claim my identity
in words and words like poet.
i take my place in pages that haven't
been filled yet; in the spaces that
haven't been thought of yet;
yes, the ones who distinguish one word
from another.
at a charity shop waiting to be picked up.
yet i know better than claim my identity
in words and words like poet.
i take my place in pages that haven't
been filled yet; in the spaces that
haven't been thought of yet;
yes, the ones who distinguish one word
from another.
227 reads
36 Comments
40
i'd like to keep you in my memory
just as you were
just as you were in my memory
just as you are
just as you were
just as you were in my memory
just as you are
192 reads
19 Comments
Seashell hunting
Balancing in the sand
while seashell hunting.
That's my summer ending.
[Balancing in the sand
while summer's ending.
That's my seashell hunting.]
while seashell hunting.
That's my summer ending.
[Balancing in the sand
while summer's ending.
That's my seashell hunting.]
120 reads
11 Comments
Not a bitch
either black or white
rarely grey and never pink.
sometimes smokey red or -
crème and the varieties.
rarely grey and never pink.
sometimes smokey red or -
crème and the varieties.
119 reads
8 Comments
Anarchia
You bring me to beginnings
not necessarily new
not necessarily pleasant
Note: i really need your advice on the first line. it doesn't sound right.
not necessarily new
not necessarily pleasant
Note: i really need your advice on the first line. it doesn't sound right.
147 reads
12 Comments
a girl on a bench
The girl on a bench asked
for forgiveness. I couldn't help
overhearing as she said:
"Come back and I'll say
yes again."
for forgiveness. I couldn't help
overhearing as she said:
"Come back and I'll say
yes again."
195 reads
18 Comments
Verbal resurrection
Without having a tense
of her own, she does.
she and she and she.
If you're interested take a look at the link below. It's a fantastic article (more like a book chapter) on Denise Riley's, ‘A voice without a mouth’: inner speech.
link: http://politicsandforms.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/denise-riley_book-chapter-on-inner-speech.pdf
of her own, she does.
she and she and she.
If you're interested take a look at the link below. It's a fantastic article (more like a book chapter) on Denise Riley's, ‘A voice without a mouth’: inner speech.
link: http://politicsandforms.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/denise-riley_book-chapter-on-inner-speech.pdf
249 reads
16 Comments
Anniversary
You become language,
projected through mere words.
Perhaps you're my language
just because I write to you sometimes.
† to my Dearest 22/2/2010
projected through mere words.
Perhaps you're my language
just because I write to you sometimes.
† to my Dearest 22/2/2010
227 reads
15 Comments
Ela
you're making me hungry
when you talk of bodies.
a desire to cut through the skin
to force it to speak
through metaphors.
when you talk of bodies.
a desire to cut through the skin
to force it to speak
through metaphors.
192 reads
15 Comments
Pilcrow
The whistling man caused
the bird to sing stately.
In a gloomy winter's day
he woke up content.
the bird to sing stately.
In a gloomy winter's day
he woke up content.
195 reads
16 Comments
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