That foolish heart
that quakes and quivers
fears and fancies
futilely
for fate affirms
that it must fall
to fix
a feast
of florid fare
–Angie
Artwork by Kris Tate:
Tag: verse
Naked
My goodness relents
to bath in muddy waters.
for a moment
unwatched
I break
embracing my own corruption
There is no forgiveness
only the bliss
of truth
“Self” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Sarah Cruce
Taste of a Woman
She is the taste that leaves me withered
and sore
but still
My lips tremble in anticipation of her
I crave endlessly
her porcelain shoulders
slim and flushed
against satin sheets and velvet pillows
devour me
til dawn
til death
let me
inhale
all that you are
“Hunger” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Pledant:
Look Back in Anger
my form and what it contains
for once
one in the same
they say you see red
but all
i ever see
is
you
“Look Back in Anger” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Francis Bacon
Alive
fear and rage as raw as pain
dwell within the devil’s jungle
I was born of wicked waters
quaking in her red lagoon
cast away from ivory towers
stained with pearls of misery
wild blood
burns in my hands
unbound by heaven’s harmony
now
with fists that throb and howl
I will strike
for I am free.
-“Birth” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Deborah Stevenson:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/deborahstevensonart
Animus
copper cricket
in the shadow
cursed with cheerful melody
all your chirping
deafens you
to blue notes
in your
memory
“Animus” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
I Emerge Divine
crystal showers
heal my mouth
wash away the taste of fruit
give me dreams of
strange desire
fresh
and new
like lily buds
By Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Leigh Viner:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/leighviner
With Shades of Heaven in her Eyes
drapes drawn
in peach and white
caress my lips
and shield my eyes
from grisly hell
and growing gloom
til all the world’s
a flowery room
“Blinded by the Light” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
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