Aneeqa Chaudary Poems
Brewster's
In the back of Brewster's
where I always sit
watching the ladies dance
weaving their way
through the gray cigarette smoke
clicking curves as the strobe light
dances with them
Gloria serves up... more
Poet: T. Owen Stark rating:  Blood
Breathe deeply
Suck it in
Fresh air
Is all I need
Coz I am trapped
In this dark abyss
I want to get out
But I can't
I can't leave them behind
It's my blood
That they feed on
Just can't let... more
Poet: Tisha Gavito rating: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Paunch
The wand sits on the coffe table now,
can rarely get in a position to reach it
the sleuth finds his way to ding-dongs
and makes them disappear
maybe his uncle was right
about... more
Poet: Deborah S Regan rating: Birthing Moon
rain-heavy sky
I feel another contraction
coming on
moonlight
through the blinds
she crowns
fireplace blazing
another Scorpio
is born
lunar eclipse
soft cooing
from our... more
Poet: Agnes Eva  rating:
A Choir Of Daffodils
The tete-a-tetes bloomed overnight,
so I wake up with the sound of your breathing
staring at their little golden heads
peering down from the window above the stairs.
"Look at us, see how... more
Poet: Lacy D Davis rating: Cardinal
We remain without direction
but delude ourselves with labels,
north to clarity, south to passion, east to culture, west to freedom,
taking the name from the blood red bird,
we so order ourselves,... more
Poet: Kristin Anthony rating: Arrhythmia
putrid layers of
viscous jersey exhaust
sizzle and settle on sill and stucco
of our gray apartment house on Route One
eight lost heartbeats
syncopate behind five doors
in a co-dependent... more
Poet: Leslie Ann Eisenberg rating:
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