by Mary E. Lowd
When the raindrops turn to teardrops
And it’s all you can do
Just to survive Continue reading “Rain Cut Feline”
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Mask Slipping
by Mary E. Lowd
Masked & hidden
There’s so much within
A single mind holds
Worlds Continue reading “Mask Slipping”
Focus on the Moon
by Mary E. Lowd
Hold the moon
Fold yourself around it
Surrounding narrow shoulders
With a cloak of shine— Continue reading “Focus on the Moon”
Hold the Moon
by Mary E. Lowd
Stretched thin & drawn taut
Darkness taunts
The past haunts Continue reading “Hold the Moon”
The Gator Girl’s Soft Boy
by Mary E. Lowd
He’s soft as a purr
She’s tough as crocodile teeth
The touch of his fur
Sends a shiver all the way
To the claws at the tips of her feet Continue reading “The Gator Girl’s Soft Boy”
Flame Point and Gator Green
by Mary E. Lowd
There is heroism in a quiet moment
Of connection, contemplation
Reflection & imagination Continue reading “Flame Point and Gator Green”
Flame Point Poet
by Mary E. Lowd
He’s sitting alone
On a park bench reading
Poetry on his phone Continue reading “Flame Point Poet”
The Caped Otter
by Mary E. Lowd
The most heroic rescue
—saving lives or saving paws
From getting wet—
Isn’t necessarily heaven sent Continue reading “The Caped Otter”
Years Pass
by Mary E. Lowd
She was so young, I say
Looking at a photograph of myself
And I am so old
But then you take a photograph
Of me now
More than the World
by Mary E. Lowd
The fool on the hill
Who they sing songs about
Won’t rejoin the world Continue reading “More than the World”