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We Once Knew Purity

Paucis Verbis ― ... / We once knew purity / and a place before sex, / lust, violence, rape. That old / white candle flickering / inside opaque souls, we / held the light tighter / with each day passing, / terrified always of a time / when lights were snuffed out. ...

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, Vis~a~vis, Abuse, Recovery

Marissa Mullins ― 40 weeks ago

Feeding Molek (for 100-million-girls blog)

Paucis Verbis ― They come to the rock, / clear the way for sacrifice -- / the blood, child blood, warm blood / splashes on the crawling roses. / The lines grow long, filled / with crying children / held tight to shoulder, / breast, face -- whispering, / ...

Tags: Human Rights, Poesye, Poetry, Vis~a~vis, 100-million-girls, Activism

Marissa Mullins ― 43 weeks ago

Memory of Fire, 1976

Paucis Verbis ― .... / No fireplaces remain / in this ghost of a house / wavering and faded in my old child’s mind. / ....

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, Vis~a~vis, Fireplaces And Stoves, Memories

Marissa Mullins ― 45 weeks ago

Taz (commonality)

Paucis Verbis ― This dog plays / at the same game: / drop the ball / roll the ball / fetch the ball / ...../

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Vis~a~vis, Career, Dogs, Postaweek

Marissa Mullins ― 46 weeks ago

picture with Kathy, 1970′s

Paucis Verbis ― We are both dressed / in matching-tan-wool coats / topped-off with elegant tams. / ..... /

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, Family History, Memory

Marissa Mullins ― 47 weeks ago

like books

Paucis Verbis ― At forty, I picked you / off the shelf / of the world, opened / the last page / and started / reading the story / backwards./ ..../ ...

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, History, Reading, Time

Marissa Mullins ― 49 weeks ago

Derivation

Paucis Verbis ― Three days later in a silk-lined / casket, your final sleep. / Lowered, leveled, the dirt / softly rolling down / .... /

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, Death, Derivative, Life

Marissa Mullins ― 49 weeks ago

In the Dark of My Soul

Paucis Verbis ― ... you come quietly to bed / like nothing uncommon exists / in my being there drowsy / head on your pillow, / clothed in your shirt. / ∙ Your body, stiff in the act / .... /

Tags: Poesye, Poetry, Postaweek2012, Vis~a~vis, Love, Lust

Marissa Mullins ― 51 weeks ago

from this invisible room

Paucis Verbis ― .... / All the gypsies / packed and gone by noon / after knocks on the door and / "goodbyes" and "see ya's" yelled / on the way to their cars. / .... /

Tags: Poesye, History, Isolation, Mind-Games, Postaweek2012, Pryor OK

Marissa Mullins ― 29 Apr, 12

the type of man sex came to possess

Paucis Verbis ― I thought of sex / when I first met you -- / deep strides, dapper dress, piercing eyes -- / all resonated, a chill shiver / down the depth of me & / warmth spreading deeper / .... /

Tags: Poesye, Postaweek2012, Lust, Truth, Words

Marissa Mullins ― 25 Apr, 12

Reading Billy Collins

Paucis Verbis ― ..../ Suddenly, all your poems stand up, / like age-old, long-gone Cowboys, / Yell out to the bartender: / Gimme' a strong shot a whiskey! NOW man & / ..../

Tags: Poesye, Postaweek2012, Vis~a~vis, Billy Collins, Literature, Poetry

Marissa Mullins ― 23 Apr, 12

Nellie

Paucis Verbis ― How did you carry that / cold-heavy weight / of us on your shoulders / all those years? / .... / .....

Tags: Poesye, Postaweek2012, Vis~a~vis, God, Gratitude, Hope

Marissa Mullins ― 16 Feb, 12

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