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Tag Archives: Original Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poems from “A Sad and Tender Time: Memorial Poems” by Sharon Whitehill
Original Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poems from “A Sad and Tender Time: Memorial Poems” by Sharon Whitehill

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Bloom • 2 Comments

I never thought to put coins on your eyes,/ shroud the mirrors in black,/
freeze the hands on the clocks— Continue reading →

An Excerpt from Linda McCauley Freeman’s debut poetry collection, The Family Plot
Debut Authors / Excerpts / Original Poetry

An Excerpt from Linda McCauley Freeman’s debut poetry collection, The Family Plot

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Alice Stephens • Leave a comment

A grey squirrel sits where the tree house was.
Broken slats nailed to the bark hang loose as if now
even the tree allowed no girls to ascend.
Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by AG Compaine
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by AG Compaine

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Bloom • Leave a comment

Bobbi’s petticoat on a hanger
on her doorknob
bodice smooth as silk. Nobody’s looking
I strip off my shirt and pants slip it on
Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Jane Barnes
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Jane Barnes

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Bloom • 2 Comments

O children I forgot to have you
Didn’t want to be a bad parent
Like they who always said they’d

Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Donna Henderson
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Donna Henderson

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Alice Stephens • 1 Comment

Once, I was your other heartbeat, your deepest
center. You were the world I was and knew.

After—all your life—I thought I was unlike
you: the you I liked, and otherwise.
Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Muriel Nelson
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Muriel Nelson

Posted on October 26, 2021 by shobavish • Leave a comment

Spring has shifted the year’s
Uneven balance and the light
Spreads even as dawn adjusts… Continue reading →

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Mark Goldstein
Original Poetry / Poetry

Bloom Creative Writing: Poetry by Mark Goldstein

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Bloom • Leave a comment

“Soon, several hundred sated, well-lubricated,
Turkish towel donning friends or strangers
will begin to filter out from the labyrinth
of thin-walled, cramped, private cubicles.” Continue reading →

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