by Mary E. Lowd
A crescent of sea in the sky
A glittering span of sand
Towers reach
Into the breach Continue reading “Shell Beach”
Tag: poem
Beyond Blue Ceilings
by Mary E. Lowd
The fabric of her spacesuit
Has to be
So very fine, so very thin Continue reading “Beyond Blue Ceilings”
The Ancient Cat Queen
by Mary E. Lowd
She’ll live forever
Just to spite
The pretenders
To her throne Continue reading “The Ancient Cat Queen”
Snow on the Sun
by Mary E. Lowd
When snow comes for the sun
Cooling the warm heart in our sky
Every sparkling flake
As it falls
Waits to be undone Continue reading “Snow on the Sun”
City on the Sun
by Mary E. Lowd
As ephemeral as a bubble
As temporally sudden—
A blip, a slip, a city Continue reading “City on the Sun”
The Windswept Rose
by Mary E. Lowd
Cool, pale, sunlight-yellow
A cheerful veneer
Hiding the anger Continue reading “The Windswept Rose”
The Invitation
by Mary E. Lowd
A telepathic invitation beams
Straight into your brain
Straightaway letting you know
It’s time to go Continue reading “The Invitation”
Standing at the Edge of Forever
by Mary E. Lowd
Feet frozen from the ice cold water
So numb, I can’t feel the sand
The sun keeps dropping lower
This is where I’ve chosen to stand Continue reading “Standing at the Edge of Forever”
The Endless Sea
by Mary E. Lowd
Lacy wavelets chase
Away from a diminishing horizon Continue reading “The Endless Sea”
Tiny Rainbow Kraken
by Mary E. Lowd
Scuttling, scurrying
Tentacles wrangling
Rainbow shell glistening Continue reading “Tiny Rainbow Kraken”