Authorz: Kate Sparrow

Anguished cries pierce heat of day. Children whimper, adults wail. Stifling stench, human decay – Helpless, left only to pray, it seems to no avail.…

By ocean’s edge among the reeds Dwells a mystical being Hidden well from curious eyes Her magic forbids seeing A shadow fleeing Although her form…

I recall with dread a long dim stairway – grimy spreading cobwebs – trolls drumming long bony fingers, lurking unseen in shadows. Heaviness like a…

Shiny leaves and berries red Bringing season’s cheer Festive in a Christmas wreath At this time of the year Deepest green and berries white Meaning…

A few days remain in this tired old year I can’t seem to muster a feeling of cheer I hate to be dour, depressed and…

When I was a just little child, to this day I remember, a holiday we’d celebrate each sixteenth of December. My mother loved her history,…

We drove for hours, beyond even the low stone cottages that dotted the rolling landscape. Sitting on a gentle slope in the weak spring sunshine…

Listen now, can you not hear The tawny beast’s fearsome roar? He leaps into the march of time Crashing through the eon’s door His muscles…

Essence of womanly perfection Envy of friend and foe Beauty unmatched, no stain attached My wit and wisdom flow Never a blemish of character Always…

Christmas is over, the gifts all unwrapped The house is a mess, and my energy’s sapped It’s dark and it’s quiet, at home by myself…

You are talking to me and I don’t even hear what you are saying – I am watching your eyes, lost in them. They sparkle…

Strands of cold and limp seaweed slowly clog the gray matter of my brain. Pinkish, plump and writhing earth worms embog sluggish expansion of my…

Fools refuse to live, turning away their heads and closing their eyes to love. Fools believe it’s true that if they let love in, they…

Frigid January night at home Protected and warm inside A fire crackling in my hearth Cozy Supper dishes soaking in the sink Feeling of fullness…

The very first day of twenty-ten – Seems like o-nine all over again! I’m still just as lazy, Still just as fat What good is…

Glorious rays of late summer honey trickle, seeping, warmly coating lustrous skin Drinking in beams of shimmering amber, quenching a thirsty soul with gold frothy…

Have you ever seen a face that seems too beautiful to believe? A face you might see in your dreams, incredible to perceive? A man…

What are you doing right now? Maybe you are eating your dinner? Watching TV? Brushing your teeth? What are you thinking right now? About work…

The fabric of the universe, it seems to me has a hole where things aren’t as they ought to be. Whenever there’s fire, something has…

It’s in a roll, all wound up tight. Pull out a piece, and cut it right. One side is smooth, the other tacky. I know…