Thursday, 3 April 2025
Rosalie
What it's like to fly,
within a screaming gale,
no use trying to lie,
escape is in my bones,
you don't need bail,
to find yourself alone,
studying a time,
when all measures fail,
I look back all right,
can we ever fully atone,
do we always flail,
before reason drags us home,
flip a coin to the sky,
think of setting sail,
always leave this way,
drink wine from a jerboam,
scan desolate mail,
throw stones at my ghosts,
it's no worse than jail,
forsaken all the while,
when you hit the trail,
you just have to try.
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Queen
From my white garden seat,
sounds come without end,
take a while to release,
secrets like lemon seed,
blow ravaged on the bends,
they recall whispered feelings,
when lovers trick or treat,
my perfume used to extend,
to whiskey downed neat,
living by a swollen creek,
my prayers are all sent,
a gun lies next to me,
I'm no lolling cheat,
what better cure than friends,
who set you all at ease,
bathed in wine or yeast,
to my door is where they wend,
to measure out my beans,
no public retreats,
let's this place offend,
down fields of blue wheat,
we reach for heaven.
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Penelope
Tell me, tell me why,
they treat me like dirt,
lips dissolve their cries,
who says to run clear,
retrieve a stolen hurt,
throw a veil of tears,
against such hurful slights,
candles scent the air,
bells ring out the night,
my life contains their fear,
in yellow-robed nightshirts,
they beg me stay here,
walk like a woman of insight,
through desolate squares,
they search my eyes,
will they ring my ears,
jeer at my furs,
ask what's beyond the stars,
I'll make them care,
they love orators here,
in dark and green lairs,
I'm ready to reveal.
Monday, 31 March 2025
Ophelia
A worn-out empty feeling,
hot kitchen's footache,
something inside me creaking,
he brings me the news,
with a doctor’s face,
when you know the truth,
but here is the sea,
light sharp blue unfazed,
treasures this old Queen,
imagine finding someeone new,
dying to get away,
playing Delta Blues,
I'll saunter down the street,
work is good for saving,
blow it like a leaf,
am sat here in perdue,
it's looking like rain,
who neesd broken avenues,
I'll head to Spain.
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Sunday, 30 March 2025
Nayeli
Who can resist,
or diminish our flame,
even by a wayward kiss,
hidden by fields and scree,
rolls of sea waste,
gather at our feet,
befriend those who trip.
they'll find truth today,
you are not remiss,
the towns tick with heat,
sunlight divides space,
our look is all-seeing,
have them land in ships,
to take their load away ,
rage dissolves in song,
for everything we see,
we'll see again,
including all our envy,
we uncertain misfits,
lives in cradled sway,
fools seeking justice,
will hear us today.
Marieanne
I dream of his class,
silken not shorn,
listen to myself gasp,
struggling without scorn,
broken unsought,
it's a time that's torn,
landing in the traps,
dancing on thorns,
a modern-day iconoclast,
justice has been bought,
riding his storm,
a penny for your thoughts,
you can't say I lapse,
now that he's gone,
hidden under burlap,
I fed him his corn,
he broke the fast,
now he's without compass,
on the red mountain pass,
I'll have him caught,
love cannot crash,
with my bad form.
Friday, 28 March 2025
Lexi
Out by the long lights,
side by side in ruin,
we're cool as anthracite,
why take a train,
or sail on a schooner,
there are tables to play,
so far we're all right,
haven't much to lose,
act like young island ites,
it's fun weekends away,
we mix with the crew,
don't enquire about gain,
this slow silent night,
gives us a clue,
what cocktails can’t buy,
our horizon’s frayed,
sleep till the afternoon,
diamonds sparkle the game,
we want to be free,
we lay in marine blue,
just lend us more money,
show us the moon.
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