by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original
If you look under my skin
You’ll find a collection
Of several octopuses
Trying awkwardly to cooperate
To steer this human-skeleton-mecha-thingy Continue reading “Several Octopuses in a Trench Coat”
An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original
If you look under my skin
You’ll find a collection
Of several octopuses
Trying awkwardly to cooperate
To steer this human-skeleton-mecha-thingy Continue reading “Several Octopuses in a Trench Coat”
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original
My stomach is a confused bunny
Poor rabbit, hopping in circles
Weak and afraid
My brain is an angry cat
Stalking, lurking, judging
Ready to hiss
Ready to slash Continue reading “I am a Zoo”
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original
I.
I don’t know if you would
Have made me happy
But your absence
Makes me sad
We’ll never know if you would have
Been my favorite Continue reading “Ode to an Artisanal, Limited Release Plushie”
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original
I.
I see broken pieces of you
Shards
Sharp and catching
All around in the world Continue reading “The Smirking Man”
by Mary E. Lowd
A birthday gift for Janet on 11/15/2023
Can a few words burn brightly enough
To light all the seasons
Of a life?
Which words?
How do we find them?
This is why we read Continue reading “Some Words Burn Brightly”
by Mary E. Lowd
A birthday gift for Janet on 11/15/2023
Before rationality?!?
Words are noise
Imprisonment
In
Static
With rationality:
Words are argument
Looping, looping Continue reading “The Limits of Reason”
by Mary E. Lowd
Is it a cat
bewitched to become
a pumpkin?
Or a pumpkin
bewitched to become
a cat? Continue reading “Pumpkin-Cat”
by Mary E. Lowd
Purring sweetly
Claws sheathed neatly
Pumpkin grinning
Wicked, yet winning Continue reading “Pumpkin Tricks, Kitten Treats”
by Mary E. Lowd
The stars in her scales
Keep her in health
Twinkling & sparkling
Devouring any inkling
Any glimmer of danger
The slightest
The smallest Continue reading “The Blue Dragon Sparkles”
by Mary E. Lowd
A Deep Sky Anchor Original; written on January 25, 2015
Say the poem when it’s dark,
Pick up the fallen star,
The ground rumbles,
Some wishes should not come true.