Declaration of Obama |
After reading his book, Dreams from My Father. I realize, Obama is what every man should be. Beautiful with language, honest in his flaws, unwavering with his loyalty and passionate about life. It is ...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:49:00 PST |
miracle worker |
i close my lungs to you.wrap the flexible hum of your name in wax paper and wait for the suffocation to begin.
the art of waiting for a woman to learnher true value is a staring game betweena blind p...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST |
if this surgery goes wrong... |
i leave you my tonguethe weapon i wielded mostit will protect you from thenight, the shadows and likei leave you my forearmthe branch that protectedour friends. our family perchedunderneath, they will...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:13:00 PST |
wire gate |
when he hugs you/holds your limbs at your sides/bends you backwards/til your mouth parts like an orange/a tongue will wag in your direction/prepare for this moment/
think of 7th grade/how you p...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:16:00 PST |
cooke said |
sang of a change coming. and you never really feel the current of this changeuntil something big and bloody happens.so much has happened. i wrote 30 poems in 30 days. i had a birthday celebrati...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:13:00 PST |
bell - the last of day30 |
poets. i owe you my life. and sometimes, i want to give it back to you. this existence between stage and page. i hate what you've allowed me. this power to spin words like a dreamcatcher. i also love ...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Thu, 01 May 2008 07:19:00 PST |
raisin' hell - day29 |
there were days i'd wear the jewlery,the red plastic and sequin heavy earrings.ignore the broken box, cracked sternumto base, rub my fingers down its dustycreasing and smile. the ear infection should'...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:46:00 PST |
flame thrower - day28.2 |
flame thrower - day28.2
(writing in my sleep is not good. but i owe this.the other one i wrote. i completely hated. i believei could do better... this is so unfinished. but i cantsee and i have to tea...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST |
untitled - day27 |
there is much to be saidabout you.if only my vocabularycould hold you, so goldenan image of everythingrust and bronze and beautifulyou sleep like you know i'mwatching your breath countpinching my fore...
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:10:00 PST |
wish - day26 |
for a manwhose only fearis life without you
Posted by RIP SHANNON LEIGH on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:59:00 PST |
