metal muscle

I wrote the poem, “metal muscle”, in three edits, which is unusual for me.  I tend to edit, edit, and edit again.  Here’s the first stanza:

that car looks like a predator

I watch in my rearview

side-view mirrors

it prowls towards me

no matter which lane I choose

it hugs my bumper

© 19 January 2019

Cindy B. Stevens

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traffic lights

This poem, “traffic lights”, was inspired by a homeless man, and I’m sharing three lines from the first stanza and three lines from the last:

 

he makes me feel uncomfortable

that man holding a sign

on the side of the road

I almost always recognize myself in my mirror

it’s when I look in someone else’s

a stranger looks back

© 30 June 2018

Cindy B. Stevens

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washing drama

I’m sharing the first and fourth stanzas of a five stanza poem, “washing drama”:

Sally wanted an arrangement

didn’t need something real

wouldn’t care and

wouldn’t care whether the arrangement

cared

she slips under the sheet

lies beside her commitment

tattoos pull her close

mint tickles her neck

Sally thought this would be a nice arrangement

thought they’d never be real

neither would care whether the other cared

© Cindy B. Stevens

6 November 2018

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where is my fire?

“where is my fire” is a four stanza poem; here are the first lines of each:

my darkness is my gift of persuasion

my smile, a camouflage of intent

I’m not content

I want to return

© 19 January 2019

Cindy B. Stevens

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mandarin orange and whisky

Here’s the last two lines from “mandarin orange and whisky”, a new poem I’ll read tonight @KingStreetBar open mic:

but I crave leather and black pepper

my mandarin orange wants some whisky

© 5 March 2019

Cindy B. Stevens

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am I your enemy?

Here are two lines from a piece I’ve been working with, on and off, for a bit.  When a piece no longer speaks, I put it away for later until it begins to speak to me again. I think its title is “am I your enemy?”

what do I do with our memories

before you were my enemy?

© 15 January 2019

Cindy B. Stevens

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