Title: HEAVY and other poems 
Rating: PG-13
These are a bunch of poems written for my creative project on Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I'm presenting them today...so wish me luck! I hate presentations. ><

The Apostle Contemplates Returning to the Cave

When he sits in the woods, alone and restless,

every tree he sees becomes a dead body,

limbs ( Read more... )

Title: HEAVY and other poems 
Rating: PG-13
These are a bunch of poems written for my creative project on Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I'm presenting them today...so wish me luck! I hate presentations. ><

Before

Before,

they made love like they

were perpetually virgins.

She smiled and laughed against his lips

when he kissed her;

each touch felt ( Read more... )

Title: HEAVY and other poems 
Rating: PG-13
These are a bunch of poems written for my creative project on Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I'm presenting them today...so wish me luck! I hate presentations. ><

Salt

They knew to save themselves,

to escape together before the land was

destroyed

torn

dug up

and set ablaze.

They knew to pack what they needed

for ( Read more... )