February 10, 2015
by Swann Lavender
that was a
funny valentine –
will you be mine?
no, I don’t mean now,
but perhaps sometime.
~ Swann Lavender ~
2-10-15
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February 8, 2015
by Swann Lavender
her main inspiration
seems to have
wandered away,
and though he was
the best so far,
and she misses him,
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February 8, 2015
by Swann Lavender
if the poem fits,
bare it,
or
bear it.
either one will do.
~ Swann Lavender ~
2-2-15
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February 6, 2015
by Swann Lavender
I want to read
with you,
write with you,
find out how much
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February 1, 2015
by Swann Lavender
he loves her, he loves
her not. she loves him, she loves
him not. on it goes . . .
~ Swann Lavender
1-1-15
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January 27, 2015
by Swann Lavender
you just want a toy for your shelf,
a thing to bring down when
you’d like to play
turn around, let me look at you
stay still so I can hold you
show me your Happy
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January 24, 2015
by Swann Lavender
since our eyes first met,
I’ve had butterflies. thoughts of
love with coloured wings.
~ Swann Lavender
1-23-13
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January 21, 2015
by Swann Lavender
She asked her mother,
“Am I pretty?” The answer —
“It doesn’t matter.”
She took that as a
“No.” Fragile confidence hurled
crashing to the floor.
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January 19, 2015
by Swann Lavender
Would you be angry with a tender petal
that bruised under the pressure of your grasp?
Yet at my expression of hurt, frustration,
you turn your dagger eyes towards me,
aim your piercing words,
shattering the shelter of trust
you’ve been rebuilding
in more thoughtful hours.
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January 18, 2015
by Swann Lavender
past hash marks on the stones,
five sets of five, three alone,
she nears the gate
guarded by two words voiced in
innocence, full of hope, trust, love,
not wisely, but too well.
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January 16, 2015
by Swann Lavender
loose ends, scene fragments,
I’m slipping, can’t get a grasp
on our storyline
~ Swann Lavender
1-11-15
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