dear motheryou hid your heartbehind stone wallsand locked gatesa secret gardenyou never invited meinto for teaglimpses of daisiesblack-eyes Susanslily of the valleystolen throughcast iron postswhile standing ontippy-toe dear grandmotheryou gave your lovemore easilymy constant gardenertending to hearthto homeyour summer arms filledwith purple and white lilacslarge blooms of hydrangeathe air around youfragrant with wisteria I have … Continue reading In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens – Christine E. Ray
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Throwback Friday – Three Takes Of Two – Eric Daniel Clarke (EDC Writing)
Hello, it's been a while, back in January I tried writing in a thematic style, short poems, stand alone, yet read as one, from then, here is my first... ..... Can’t be doingwith do if you dodon’t like that wayyes, I see you’re cuteI read you, every word ~ It happens, most timesyou know, just … Continue reading Throwback Friday – Three Takes Of Two – Eric Daniel Clarke (EDC Writing)
Throwback Friday – They – Eric Daniel Clarke (EDC Writing)
They talked easynothing and somethingspilled secretsshowed off their minds They walked mostlyeating cheap placesdrank wineheld hands a while They kissed brieflystation rushed goodbyeswaved smilingtill their last time
Throwback Friday – Sleep Broke – Eric Daniel Clarke (EDC Writing)
Notes of a new dreamas sleep brokestation platformhe there standingshe walks brisklylookinghalf-head turnshe not seenher name calledpace up nowhe not heardshe hears himday returns
Throwback Friday – Old Ground – EDC Writing
False dawn before the clock changewithin darkness comes his fallholes dug laid out before himloose words piled high ignoredheavy hands of time push backlet him swallow on his liesher tears wet overraked old ground subsides ..... Eric Daniel Clarke (aka EDC Writing) is an Englishman, raised and schooled in Devon close to its Somerset and … Continue reading Throwback Friday – Old Ground – EDC Writing
Among Empty Spaces- Michael Erickson
I walked upon a memory dear, Along familiar paths once green. Beneath the stalks of grasses golden brown, And twisting leaves so crisp. I found our footprints once so clear, Faded by time and worn from wind. Like ripples upon a pond of glass, Your voice rang as if you were near. I felt your … Continue reading Among Empty Spaces- Michael Erickson
Throwback Friday – His & Her Words – Man Enough – Eric (EDC Writing)
My senses are overwhelmed, my emotions raw, my agony real, I so need you. I gasp, the pain cuts deep into my heart of having to accept that there is nothing I can say to bring you close to me, to see, to touch, to hold, to kiss. I thought I could find the words … Continue reading Throwback Friday – His & Her Words – Man Enough – Eric (EDC Writing)
Throwback Friday – His & Her Words – How Do You Feel Today – Eric (EDC Writing)
How do you feel today? Your choice made, down to you, to be without me, happy to be young and carefree, moving on to suit your will? Smiling, knowing you’ll always be wanted, needed, in every way, by someone, your choice always, who you’ll let near. Every flaw, every fault of mine, magnified on here, … Continue reading Throwback Friday – His & Her Words – How Do You Feel Today – Eric (EDC Writing)
Throwback Friday – More Than – Eric (EDC Writing)
We’ve lost the plot spent so long here lost track of where been who wrote what and when ever nudging squeezing seeing who’ll give in who’ll break first who cares most and on and on why do we do this all so scary the risks we take for no good reason we need to speak … Continue reading Throwback Friday – More Than – Eric (EDC Writing)
Throwback Friday – Not Forgot – Eric (EDC Writing)
Flash fiction from 2017; from a memory much further back than then: He stands a foot from the wall, illuminated by strobe lit blobs and spheres, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a cold beer. 10 pm he’d guess, summer darkness outside lures moths to flight, rhythm finds his feet, yet too soon … Continue reading Throwback Friday – Not Forgot – Eric (EDC Writing)
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