Category Archives: Free Verse

Belated (but still) Happy New Year — We Write Poems prompt 194

Posted on April 17, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

 I have a backlog of posts I started but have not finished.  This is one of them. Auld Lang Syne soloist cannot complain but hears thin echoes of disappointments that neoteric divorced a fateful existent time rings out past an ending a blessing, a fresh balm, … Continue reading →

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Within

Posted on February 5, 2014 by T A Hillin-Smith

queer at the base of my soul heaviness firefly desires drink from the crescent under grandmother’s quilt bare fool echoes tinkling fey dances in her garden of patchouli and lemon grass newly dried persimmon formidable yearning still jump For We Wordle … Continue reading →

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Crazy dreams

Posted on December 6, 2013 by T A Hillin-Smith

She’s the girl who stands alone in the crows of masses, and it’s those masses that call her a freak and crazy.  But what they don’t know is that she hates to go home, because they don’t know at home … Continue reading →

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Running like snow

Posted on December 3, 2013 by T A Hillin-Smith

Her tears have fallen and her house is broken.  When you hear sounds of fighting she is the first to flee.  To sit on her porch, and she peers out through teared up eyes.  To gaze at the city that … Continue reading →

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The space on the wall

Posted on November 15, 2013 by T A Hillin-Smith

She’s the girl with the sign “not For the feint of heart”. When looking from the outside in, she seems to be smiling and cleaning up a mess. But when you go for a closer look you can tell that … Continue reading →

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