his frantic fingers run all over me
my belly bubbles
my teeth shake
the heat of his hands
melt my mouth
all I want is to burn
and burn
and never let him out
“He’s So Heavy” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by tchmo
Tag: writing
Up High to Deep Down
green grass smothers fallen leaves
the willow smiles as the daisies weep
summer sun is meant to be sweet
yet cities grow and growl
roots rise and limbs wither
broken bottle screams sink into honey thick dreams
and the beginning crashes into the middle
“Up High to Down Deep” by Meaghan Merrifield
Artwork by Ceren Kilic
Shall We Dance
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
by Haruki Murakami
Artwork by Ruby Tingle
In the Still of the Night
leafless birch trees stretch across the line
between the past
and the present.
Memories caught in between
slip through,
blossoming like moonflowers
in the cover of evening.
And there, below,
with time as my halo,
I bay
like a hound
mourning the day
“Night Howl” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork by Sarah Cruce
Building an Empire
whispers surf on the wind
seeking the minds of men
where to conquer next, little dogs?
A world we have lived in
but never have seen
The King’s Dinner
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:
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
The Pack
I doze in the grove with the sun on my nose
where gentle wolves laze
on orange afternoons
together
we breathe in
a cloud of pollen and salty sky
tangled up in the bloom of may
dirt on my face
on my back
in my hair
a beast in the wild
where I belong
“The Pack” by Angie Hoover-Hillhouse
Artwork: “Adahy” by Chris Tate:
The Show Tell Project 