I remember the night we met
at my house with cigarettes
and liquor
the candles burned quickly
under the fan
your eyes
inviting
as a whore on Liberty Ave.
Your anger slept with me that night
fists upon my back
bruised the skin that
treated you like a real lady,
recognizing the difference
rage subsided to my
grasp
just holding you
not wanting to let go
as I noticed the Celtic tattoo
wrapped around your upper arm.
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
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