The poems I wish I’d read.
Writing for OneKid: right now it’s me; someday, maybe, it might be for you.
Reunion
A dark late-spring night back in the Yard all the lights switched off. Shadows, statues, shapes; grass criss-crossed by ropes and concrete, the moonlight glinting in the puddles.
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108 poems, each its own small light.
From the first one in September 2024 to now. Tap any of them to read it.
No. 1The journey beginsNo. 2Come back to youNo. 3You canNo. 4And you are magicNo. 5In your armsNo. 6So slip awayNo. 7Or leave before youNo. 8You will achieveNo. 9Yet the surface still, remains so perfectNo. 10A word is worth one coin. Silence is worth two.No. 11You're such a beautiful childNo. 12Those wounds stungNo. 13Remember the feelingNo. 14Comes from loveNo. 15To shape your heartNo. 16The painting of paradiseNo. 17Bring your past selves to their feetNo. 18How will you begin?No. 19The greatest party you've ever seen in your lifeNo. 20Fill the shapeNo. 21The shards that slice your handsNo. 22From the sourceNo. 23Your warm breathNo. 24The soft shadowNo. 25The shadow dance for your escapeNo. 26Tangled up insideNo. 27What can you do now to prepare?No. 28Let's walk togetherNo. 29Hold close the messengerNo. 30What did the man in the black cowboy hat say?No. 31The real prisonNo. 32Know that it's comingNo. 33Coruscate off her skinNo. 34That syncopated rhythmNo. 35That only you can feelNo. 36Cherish the clickNo. 37So use your ownNo. 38What happens nextNo. 39Don't let it buildNo. 40A calculated leap across the darknessNo. 41Stay with the painful thoughtsNo. 42The inner sparkNo. 43Think deeply before youNo. 44The times you were heldNo. 45The life that you escapedNo. 46The underground snake-ship,No. 47The jacket you wore all lastNo. 48Invisible prisons you locked yourself inNo. 49The domino cascadeNo. 50Your intuition knewNo. 51Until you find the colorNo. 52Notice the tremors in yourNo. 53Out of any otherNo. 54But you still neededNo. 55Revisit the darknessNo. 56All the times you felt the music stirNo. 57Remember when youNo. 59One day you'll wake up from aNo. 60As the fire grew withinNo. 61Sleeping on the couch in the old houseNo. 62Indistinguishable from silenceNo. 63I want to see you after you practice forNo. 65Conceive the next magic trickNo. 66Imagine you could watchNo. 67She appeared like a sparkling shimmerNo. 70Use your instrumentNo. 71How special it is when you find theNo. 73In the ghost lightNo. 74You touched the cloudNo. 75Or did you stay on the floor?No. 77I'll learn one dayNo. 79And everyone is transformedNo. 81Let the wind die downNo. 83As if you both knewNo. 84As your lungs fillNo. 86The escape with no roadmapNo. 87The dewdrops of your dreamsNo. 88How'd you know the echo of colorsNo. 89Beyond the overrideNo. 90Freeze-framesNo. 91Where dreams emerged...No. 92RibbonsNo. 93Tracing the beautiful illusion of controlNo. 95A chamber of the overcomeNo. 97The argument against warNo. 98One day, on a corner, waiting for the light to change,No. 99The shadow of a dark cloud you feltNo. 100The bars, the windows,No. 101One summer night, you'll glimpse infinity.No. 102Off the AvenueNo. 103Disrupt the continuumNo. 104The high-pitched callNo. 105If one kid reads thisNo. 106Don't fucking listen.No. 107The Champagne ShipNo. 108The unexpected voice only sounds familiarNo. 109Only by stripping the partial shroudsNo. 110BougainvilleaNo. 111On the steps outside of music classNo. 112The dreamNo. 113Lightning BugNo. 114She wroteNo. 115Access RevokedNo. 116The Dragon's NeckNo. 117Hold fast the etherNo. 118The Yellow Sony BrickNo. 119I forgot to close your eyesNo. 120Reunion
Sep 2024Each dot is a poem · the brighter ten are the anchorsNow
Watcher by Alexander James
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- Three poems, in order
If you have time for only a little
- Tonight, try this
A poem from the archive, at random
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All 108 poems in one room