The following poem was published in The Phoenix, Pfeiffer University’s literary journal:
29 August 2020
shallow grave
The following poem was published in The Phoenix, Pfeiffer University’s literary journal:
shallow grave
Satan and God argue
about me
I can’t hear them
but I feel the rift
I keep my distance
I know to dodge their fire
ice
earthquake
I walk while I die
I suck in the Holy Spirit’s
second-hand smoke because
I won’t let her into my house
I never go far enough
they always find my shallow grave
where my shallow words
my shallow life lie
they pull me from my dirt
hose me off
dry me with their white hot light
each says there’s always hope
God and Satan argue
about me
one says I’m too far gone
one says I show promise
© 2019 Cindy B. Stevens
Published in The Phoenix, Pfeiffer University
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23 August 2020
ode to breakfast
I used to love breakfast, for any meal, but now I can’t eat traditional breakfast foods. Here are seven lines from my “ode to breakfast”:
before my diagnosis I could eat pie for breakfast
graham cracker crust
butterscotch filling
meringue top
great grandma’s pumpkin recipe
day old pie
even better
© 1 January 2020
Cindy B. Stevens
#breakfast #limitations #pie #meringue #Art #ArtlixirPoetry #InstaPoetry #Life #MicroPoetry #Poem #Poet #PoetsOfInstagram #PoetryCommunity #PoetryIsLife #PoetryIsNotDead #PoetryLovers #PoetryOfig #PoetryOfInstagram #PoetryPorn #PoetSociety #SpilledInk #Thoughts #Word #Write #Writer #WritersCommunity #WritersLife #WritersOfInstagram #Writing
19 August 2020
The Mugg-A Virtual Storyteller Series
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17 August 2020
black ice
The following poem was published in the Heron Clan VI anthology:
black ice
my winter
harsh
holds me captive
black ice
camouflages
my daffodils
thirst sparks my thaw
pardon prods my frosty debris
mercy loves me more than I despise myself
© 2019 Cindy B. Stevens
Published in the Heron Clan VI anthology
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11 August 2020
listen
Five lines from “listen”:
God has tried to talk to me
still tries
probably
I don’t want to hear
I cover my ears
© 12 June 2020
Cindy B. Stevens
#listen #change #Art #ArtlixirPoetry #InstaPoetry #Life #MicroPoetry #Poem #Poet #PoetsOfInstagram #PoetryCommunity #PoetryIsLife #PoetryIsNotDead #PoetryLovers #PoetryOfig #PoetryOfInstagram #PoetryPorn #PoetSociety #SpilledInk #Thoughts #Word #Write #Writer #WritersCommunity #WritersLife #WritersOfInstagram #Writing
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05 August 2020
no rehearsal
The first lines from each stanza of a three stanza poem, “no rehearsal”:
visitors file forward
family processes
we await comfort words
© 9 March 2020
Cindy B. Stevens
#funeral #family #rehearse #comfort #Art #ArtlixirPoetry #InstaPoetry #Life #MicroPoetry #Poem #Poet #PoetsOfInstagram #PoetryCommunity #PoetryIsLife #PoetryIsNotDead #PoetryLovers #PoetryOfig #PoetryOfInstagram #PoetryPorn #PoetSociety #SpilledInk #Thoughts #Word #Write #Writer #WritersCommunity #WritersLife #WritersOfInstagram #Writing
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