Tag / poetry book

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: The Edge

Excerpt:

I hold myself from the edge

not so you can be the one to save me,

but save myself from you.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: The Grave

Excerpt:

So, I left the table,

seeking another restaurant,

only to have them follow me,

said that I could never leave,

until I told them

I never asked them to stay.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

 

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Iron Maiden

Excerpt:

I put myself

inside

to flee you,

only to entrap myself…

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Doll

Excerpt:

Like she did to the doll now,

but the glass hands are cold now,

feel brittle to the touch,

fragile,

as if they could break

with just one careless move.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

 

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: The Vase

Excerpt:

..but the sentiment felt odd

since the love had grown cold,

fading,

ailing,

like a floral arrangement,

long after the feed packets are gone…

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Soles

Excerpt:

I tried to pick of the pieces,

but I can’t for what was crushed,

smeared,

is impossible to remove..

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Low Tide

Excerpt: I stand in silence

waiting for you

and the high tide

to sweep it all away.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

 

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: My House of Usher

Excerpt: . . . its quite beauty,

an attempt to run away,

but afraid to do so:

forever frozen in contemplation.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Words

Excerpt: I breathe not your oxygen,

but the words that fill the gap between us,

cutting off my breath,

forever leaving me gasping for air.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323