Spring likes to take its time unpacking winter flowers from dried bulbs suddenly showered with festive rain or wanting blood blossoming like an old wound from fresh scars the earth erupts. Maybe it’s not a very subtle image, but a persistent one that makes the difference between memory & laws—nature, of course, Plays its ownContinue reading “Spring Likes to Take Its Time”
Tag Archives: Poetry
I Write a Free Verse Poem for the First Time in Over a Year
This is a test & no, not some clickbait internet quiz, like “Am I Gay?” or “Which Bread Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign?” which, for the record, I just completely made up, though I’m positive it also exists—no. Here This is a text to see how naturally the words flow, if they’re lappingContinue reading “I Write a Free Verse Poem for the First Time in Over a Year”
I am a Flower Field
A 3 stanza poem about personal growth.
I Have a Poet’s Mind
A 24 line poem about the internal workings of a poet’s mind.
Catalogue of Things I Hope For After You’re Gone
A short poem exploring the things an ex hopes for after their partner leaves.
How to Tell a Long Distance Friend You’re Struggling with Depression
A 16 line poem about a friend visiting when you’re depressed.
I Take a Walk on March 22nd, 2020
A COVID poem that I wrote in March 2020. More than 2 years later, it still feels relevant.
From the Poem Draft Sitting on my Desk(top)
A poem written from the perspective of an unfinished poem.
Icicle Moss
A poem about winter landscapes & mossy icicles.
My face is a loading screen
A 27 line poem about that feeling you get when someone asks a question and all your thoughts disappear.
Kasey Roper 