This world is caving in, I don’t think I’ll last
Cretins surround me, trying to throw me off the path
And you’re no help, I don’t know what to think
When you tease and you pry, seducing me to sink Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – SD”
I remember reading
Of Dante’s blinded –
The envious sinners
with eyes sewn shut. Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – JG”
I know you.
I know you like the earth
Knows geology: Constantly
Happening but we can’t
Quite Name it. Continue reading “Free Verse – Envy – Marcy Erb”
We are now reaching sin number four in our seven-part, seven-week poetry series featuring the Seven Deadly Sins! We also had two guest submissions for the first time, which is always exciting. Three of the poems spoke directly about food, with one other focusing on the material side of gluttony. Continue reading “July 8 Theme: The Color of Jealousy?”
Dickens was truly concerned
About your health and well-being –
How prescient of him! Continue reading “Free Verse – Gluttony – Marcy Erb”
A guest submission for this week’s theme!
In my culture,
How someone feeds you
Is in direct correlation to how they love you. Continue reading “Free verse – Gluttony – Melaney Arruda”
Bacon Hoarding
A culture in decline
A hunger made divine
A product of swine
Exalted like fine wine Continue reading “Free Verse – Gluttony – JG”
Can’t you see our way of life is dying?
Are you blinded to the strip malls crumbling,
Soon to be replaced by — nothing? Continue reading “Free Verse – Gluttony – SD”
Welcome to week 3 of the Seven Deadly Sins series! Last week’s contributions to the theme of Lust proved to come from completely different directions once again. Who knew that one theme could cover the birth of a child, a hunting predator, and the physical connection between people in one shot? Continue reading “July 1 Theme: Gluttonous Appetites”
I found a motel on the side of the road;
A plain room with a bed to lighten the load.
Cinder-block walls with paint thickly coated
To cover up the stains of society’s motives. Continue reading “Free verse – Lust – SD”
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