to sit languidly
with the breeze
pushing softly
up against you–
that is the most spectacular
of human triumphs.
~ Sarah Duignan
Sarah Duignan is 18 years old and entering her second year at Trent University majoring in English Literature. In May 2010 her first poem will be published in Leaf Garden Press. When she’s not writing down poem ideas on […]
my quiet heart
rattles and shakes around,
smashes up against my
ribs and
awakens vestigial organs.
it breaths and dances
and rushes;
pounds against my skin.
yet i keep it
within me,
stifle its cries
and act as though
it were quiet,
as if it never felt.
~ Sarah Duignan
Sarah Duignan is 18 years old and entering her second year at Trent University majoring in English Literature. In […]
School days spending hoursconfined with othersdripping hormonal hours of hyper-alertness changing formshours of second guessingself preservation conservation breath holdingMiles and miles of bus endurance
Rise from the red leather seatwith round piped edgingcold and hard in the wintersticky in the heat of June Bit squarely you would find it tough like overdone roastretaining teeth markslike bra hooks on tender flesh
Walk intently […]
Teeth brushed hair combed face washed?Coat boots lunch-kit kiss See ya
On the porch entry way I pull open the inside doorWarm collides with coldStanding and waiting morning dark liftsI watch for the bus from the West
Upper spring, book-mark hingeand chest-high clasp connectstorm door with frame
winter window, dull with layered icereplacement for the summer screen I lean on the frozen […]
