Swimming the Forest  
“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains
the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent.” – D.H. Lawrence
It’s a complex game, you know,
but a game nonetheless,
walki...More...

7 comments | 6 kudos | 107 views | posted Aug 29, 2008 at 6:11 PM

Suckle  
”If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.” - Carolyn Kenmore
I want to superimpose your
nerve cells to form patterns
on the couch, on our bed,
and in yo...More...

9 comments | 7 kudos | 201 views | posted Jul 10, 2008 at 7:33 PM

Tidy Little Boxes  
“I thrive best hermit-style,
with a beard and a pipe
and a parrot on each side …” - Björk
Compartmentalization is like calculus,
and physics at the quantum level. On
the exterior, det...More...

3 comments | 3 kudos | 129 views | posted Jun 29, 2008 at 8:17 PM

John  
I know I’m late to this endeavor
but what else is there to say?
I’m just a Jenny - demons
abound and the fighting
is for me and me
alone.

Do you ever look over horizons
still missing the perf...More...

13 comments | 10 kudos | 189 views | posted May 31, 2008 at 12:09 AM

Ignoring Bad Behavior  
"It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence." - Seneca the Elder
Once upon a time, there was a lonely, bitter, and ignorant little man. He had no real fr...More...

21 comments | 16 kudos | 365 views | posted Apr 27, 2008 at 9:24 PM

Cough Drop - A Collaboration of Redtigr and Atropos  
You touched my lips and
it felt as good as cherry
red sugar can.
When I was twenty and not
quite ailing, but still unwell
you might have done the job.

You tried to force my hand
in more ways...More...

9 comments | 4 kudos | 160 views | posted Apr 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM

Fixer  
"I sold all my evil motives,
no icicles stuck in my hide.
I'm through with riddles, I know we're little,
just help me feel warm inside." - James Mercer

“Oh baby, don’t do it like this...More...

4 comments | 4 kudos | 118 views | posted Apr 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM

Thought for the Day  
Running from the truth does not make it go away. Moreover, you might be missing some other potentially amazing things that also happen to be chasing you.

'Nough said.

4 comments | 3 kudos | 111 views | posted Apr 11, 2008 at 8:22 AM

Done  
"When chickens get a taste of your meat ..." - Tori Amos

Rushing right in,
desperate for an answer,
he can smell the blood
of former assaults.
In the moment, this
is everything he...More...

6 comments | 5 kudos | 151 views | posted Apr 9, 2008 at 10:44 PM

Huldra  
Pores aligned as if graphed
by Nature, entering slowly we
devised a temple with stair of
stone and forest frieze.

I was blue in the light
and his in the dark
and never again will
be eithe...More...

6 comments | 6 kudos | 125 views | posted Mar 9, 2008 at 8:29 PM