Category Archives: Sonnets

Waiting at Schnitzels

The same group more or less was sitting eating: the quartet, Play It Again! and some Cornwall guys; goulash and potato salad were worth repeating, and so were the pizza and lamb we tried on for size. And after the … Continue reading

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How Celeste fell to her sleep

Celeste smiled coyly, giving Pearl her rings; her earrings found their way to Stella’s ears, bracelets to Andrea, clinking away her fears; and then she left: she’d given them all her things. Wild doe she wandered, following river’s side ignoring … Continue reading

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level floors

In autumn we return to level floors: no longer barefoot,  drinking air with skin, we leave behind the slamming door that keeps mosquitoes out, cats in. Within these walls so warm and so secure we wait out winter’s storms and … Continue reading

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