Tag: family
member name: amanda wallin
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November 02, 2006 09:28 PM EST --
You dodged genetic bullets
Skipped stones on life's stream
Pierced women with Cupid's arrow
Lived your fertile dreams
You make a toast to Bacchus
The drunken hoards follow . . .
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November 01, 2006 10:11 AM EST --
Dry electric winds swept through her skin. She shivered from the heat. Trailing behind the fairy and the knight, she knew she'd never keep up. The warrior pierced her with his sword, the sprite . . .
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November 09, 2006 07:45 AM EST --
"....and if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.". She shivered.. She curled into a fetal position and squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to think of the morbidity of . . .
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November 26, 2006 12:29 PM EST --
Auburn hair coiffed, vermillion dress flowing; she locked arms with the General. Tones of a Souza march waved a warm welcome as they floated up the stairs. As they entered the grand hall, the band . . .
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November 27, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
From a lady in red
From a General in white
Born from sass and sage
Born from feisty wisdom
Sibling harmony
Sibling demise
Father’s nurture
Father’s fall
Engaged . . .
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October 17, 2006 03:59 AM EDT --
Blueberry essence
Sugar spun hair
Snow drift smile
Crayola laughter
Taunting grin
Cowgirl abandon
Fawn eyed lashes
Childish wisdom
Alyssa, I'm playdough . . .
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September 25, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
Did you hear my muffled sobs?
Did you read my bottled letter?
Did you see my chafed insides?
Did you touch my roughened skin?
Silence.
An empty page.
Slit eyes.
No soothing balm.
Daddy?
Did you cry when . . .
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October 04, 2006 09:17 AM EDT --
Dancing to the beat of my heart,
Rhythm murmurs whisper hope
Pounding truth of the drum that's beaten
Now I've tripped. The thin floor will cave in
Mama Mama, I am still . . .
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October 10, 2006 12:16 PM EDT --
Asphalt skinned knees
Wisteria tangled hair
honeysuckle breeze
Bubble gum tongue
Mother whispered lies
Of future gems of promise
Father boasted
Of his diamond in the rough
We can't . . .
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October 23, 2006 01:06 AM EDT --
A cloud of Brute, stale smoke, and cheap wine warned them of HIS arrival. Mother's skirt provided Colin a billowing haven from the onslaught. HE would poke the bulge near her crotch to the . . .
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September 26, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
Tomes of torn, tattered pages
Right handed glove for miniature fingers
Euphoric laughter of childhood jokes
Adult's advice, for future untold
Sepia photos of ancestors past
Uneven lines from journals . . .
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August 09, 2007 07:31 AM EDT --
Myopic foresight
Panavision pixel dream
Dad’s projected pride
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September 18, 2006 07:10 AM EDT --
"I'll..take..a..large..pepperoni..with..extra..cheese.."..you..ordered..from..the..nurse..behind
the..secluded...window.
"Actually..Mr.Bonvie,.you're..due..for..your..afternoon..serequil"she..replied. . . .
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September 05, 2006 02:25 PM EDT --
You could paint a picture
With a thousand words or more
Gentle voiced yet feisty tongued
Your memory a nostalgic steel trap
Tales of Mama's windy death
From cotton fields and daddy's drink
To the . . .
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