Marry-Go-Round trails of guilt, a stony terrainset in sad eyes like doleful stonesfledglings snarled in hollow ribbonsbirthing anguish in once-happy homes black and white film swallowschoices in love’s marry-go-roundlike a deer’s empty tummy at nightor birds that harmonize without sound singing rivers have no place to bendfissures grow in me where ravens weeplove twists secrets…
Category: Masticadores
“Death Of A Stranger” Live On India Masticadores
Death Of A Stranger Hearing the rush of nurses heading toward the ICU, I followed the herd. My youthful intuition was kicking in as an eerie sense of suffocation and dread encircled me. I suddenly felt like a child waking from a nightmare. I was already on edge since yesterday having been informed that three…
“Stranger” Now Live On Hotel Masticadores
Stranger round, dark like chocolateleft one slightly crossedare the wistful eyesof this old, hopeful soulI hear chaotic guilt andempty questions recitedas the jumbled memoirsof a lone stranger, lingerson a time-worn piereyes like glass marbleshe scans his fishing lineGod hears his prayers To continue reading, please go to Hotel Masticadores, and be sure to like, subscribe…
Publication of the Month and More . . .
I wanted to say a very special thanks to friends, readers of SpillWords Press NYC, and my family for taking precious time and effort to like the original post and then for voting for me. I feel extremely celebrated when my work is published by SpillWords. When my first Spillwords publication in March of 2020,…
Through Her Eyes – A Book Review By Michelle Ayon Navajas
Thank you, Michelle Ayon Navajas, for your beautiful and impactful review, and thank you, Hotel Masticadores and Nigel Byng for reposting the review. Mostly, I’m so glad that my book has made such an impact on people’s lives, truly a dream come true! Have a wonderful Tuesday, big hugs, my friends and family! 😍
“Broken Not Forgotten” Now Live On Hotel Masticadores
Broken Not Forgotten window washer, weeping silent, your sadness is in vainblack cats and broken mirrors are not your source of paintears fold and build a tower holding back your gardens’ rain a heart too large for your tiny chest is what the doctor saidyou ache for sleep, a likely ghost, for fears often…
“Nature’s Whisper” Now On Chewers And Masticadores
Nature’s Whisper your whisper crawls sheepishly intomy ear, singing me to sleepthe heavenly creature with a cleansing heartcries out, please, do not weepvelvet moss where you lay your headfeathers calm, a timid glancewildflowers beguile potted flowers to pullup roots, and dare to danceapples fall indulgently red like painted lipsa doe and two fawns eat their…
“Forces Of God And Nature” Now Live On Hotel Masticadores
Forces Of God And Nature my skin bleeds raw for wounds inflamecrestfallen life for a child hard to blametwo hearts in youth fiercely felt akinwhat a normal life could have beenlike the seeds of wildflowers adriftstalwart wind blows hard and swiftweeds try storms to quell them outinsects devour and next a drought To continue…
My New Poem “The Ebb And Flow Of Earth” Now On Hotel Masticadores
The Ebb And Flow Of Earth swirling in a fluid motionshe winks sheepishly at me from cobalt skiesfloating swans like tandem ballerinasbehind a willowy cloud, she hidesshe burst forth her radiance where she resides monarch caterpillars nibbleon tall milkweed, where bite-size eggswere laid by gentle maidensorange, slight, wings fly to amaze, and delightthe most complex…
Another Amazing Review! Thank You Selma Martin And Hotel Masticadores!
What an amazing community we have! Thank you, Selma Martin, Michelle Ayon Navajas and Hotel Masticadores for reviewing my book and everyone else that has helped support me over the years. Please see the blog posts below for the complete review.