Mariia aiiraM; Shutterstock I am the one [poem included in my poetry collection Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings] I am the voice of your past lovesresounding in your wildest fantasiesdressed in roses at the altar of your dreamsI am the one you’ve never hadmy soul flows from the tears of the Nilefrom the handsContinue reading “I am the one – poem by Gabriela Marie Milton / MasticadoresUSA update”
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Poetry Shelf review: Ash Davida Jane’s How to Live with Mammals
How to Live with Mammals, Ash Davida Jane, Victoria University Press, 2021 Every poem in Ash Davida Jane’s new collection How to Live with Mammals is an explosion in the mouth; the intricacies and nuances last all day, and beyond. I keep saying to myself well this is my favourite, this is the one IContinue reading “Poetry Shelf review: Ash Davida Jane’s How to Live with Mammals”
Ode to Dylan Thomas
You did not go gentle through your life, knocked hard for flesh to let you enter, soul-shaken by your mother and your wife, thistledown-free and unafraid of winter. You, self-confessed gusty man and a half, languished in whisky and bitter-sweet ale, like the Dewi singing, ready with a laugh and a rhyme like a spoutingContinue reading “Ode to Dylan Thomas”
Something to cling to… — Her Writing Haven
Check this poet out! She’s got talent!!!! Amid the chaosof our cluttered world,sometimes we have onlybut a past moment,something distinctly differentfrom all the other colorless days.And that one solitary moment,the one we treasurewith fondness and lovegives us something to cling towhen we can no longer seea single thread of light.Those rare moments existto reassure usContinue reading “Something to cling to… — Her Writing Haven”