poems written on the fly

Archive for June, 2009|Monthly archive page

broken heart, broken head

In art, d. james, literature, poem, poetry, writing on 15 June 2009 at 4:35 pm

piece of wood
in hand

broken chair
broken heart

throat
raw
screaming

glass
everywhere

must have been
some fucking point

I was trying
to make

(D. James)

we ride when the sun sets

In art, d. james, literature, overweight champions, poem, poetry, writing on 12 June 2009 at 3:34 am

And I will
rip up the night

raise hell
for the hell of it

ride until the
road rolls up
behind me

until my tires
burn off the rims

and the sun
comes up to
stop me

dead
in my tracks

(D. James)

give it a try

In art, d. james, literature, overweight champions, poem, poetry, writing on 8 June 2009 at 7:14 pm

why
is the word
try
in poetry

is it because
it is
at times
a trying task

or because
we try
and try again
to write
a good one

perhaps
you should try
and let me know
what you find

(D. James)

under the water line

In art, d. james, literature, poem, poetry, writing on 3 June 2009 at 4:26 pm

crushing waves
of sadness
crash over me

and I am afraid
of being sucked in
by the undertow

and though
I know
this is temporary

I wonder
if this time
I won’t survive

(D. James)

own it

In art, d. james, literature, poem, poetry, writing on 1 June 2009 at 8:25 pm

moments of
overwhelming
sadness

unwilling
to go forward

unable
to go back

I sit here
in this pain
of my own
making

wondering
how to fix
what I’ve broken

(D. James)

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