Find The Burn

253

I’ve often lost myself in order to find the burn that keeps everything awake. ~ Federico Garcia Lorca

Scribbling Away

279

It’s 3 am, can’t sleep again
So I scribble away through the dark with my pen.

Let The Rain Kiss You

347

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes

As Much Power As A Word

288

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine. ~ Emily Dickinson

Glory In Each Day

195

I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain. ~ Sylvia Plath

As Necessary As Bread

240

Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. ~ Mary Oliver