Marmalade Musings

"Good morning, darling," Every day, with sunrise and coffee And with alfalfa for our little lad Playing fetch with cats Watching the...

I am the needle held without a hand I thrum to anticipate creation My place is here--here to spin and stand Bobbin whirling under foot's...

Dear John I have been dying to tell you How I admire your work, your life, How I want to emulate your way of sailing Of mounting each...

After It was after I abandoned my faith that I met the love of my life It was after I disposed of heaven That I found the meaning of rest...

That sound is the air, he tells me, His breath hot against my hair, the licking flames Shedding energy across my frame From Wonderwerk to...

How the stars webbed over your skin spread light Into my deepest crevasse Where I am riveted at an impasse with the past, Yet here we...

Valor calls to valor in these new beginnings We grow and reach and gather, hanging sprigs from the ceiling. The air is bright with it,...

O sweet soul, cherished, lovable, worthy: I know how deeply go the wounds, I know your demons, How you're barely coping with all your...

Upon waking all my senses begin ticking I feel the sleep fever rolling off his body, Hear sneezing from our bun and smell the coffee...

Warm shade under trees drooping golden flowers into air Heavy with languor, with smiles, with softly brushing hands With the wisdom of...

Green thoughts of a growing thing Frilled from soil to laced and yellow umbel Merriment in every stem and sprig Although at root 'tis a...

Heat and sweet and all that we keep between Our hearts steaming while we go on dreaming Stewing up a life worth living, one enriching...

Bright the stars in her smiling eyes, swirling awake Above her sunset cheeks, Lips full of alpenglow and gentle speech Her hair streams,...

The first door opened, taking water with it And out I came through crimson, screaming to breathe What was other than water and still I...

I don't know why But I thought, maybe, there would be a second honeymoon phase One to kind of replace the one she stole With her...

Staring in your eyes, I don't know what to read there As I touch every part of your skin, whispering A litany: "Love, love, love love...

All my sisters gathered on the shore To partake in the unleashing of our spirits Souls swimming in the sea-soaked air And rooting through...

The same as has plagued us since the spark of time That women must submit all their desire Unto their lord and master, make him sire Of...

Cold had grown my life, bitter ice and shorn Pain cloaked it like a gray dusk without morn The long and loveless winter took its callous...

The movement isn't over because there's too much left to do The fact you want it buried means you're part of the damn issue With your...