Mari exposing something very personal of hers in both poetry and photographs. Such bravery is not easily found nowadays. I respect this post very much.
Month: March 2016
Loving You
Tosha writes about the LIVED experience of love. Of the everyday things that make love into something undeniably good and positive.
Something sweet and romantic for a change. Gag. Kidding!!
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Loving you is a Saturday
feeling and a Sunday stroll.
For you, the encrypted
become unencrypted.
You will never not love me,
even when our weekends turn into
Mondays.
Even when our photos
become monuments of us,
a still life of
sunlight and cedar,
the girl I was, abloom
in a field of beginnings.
Love that can’t hide
in a napkin, a coffee spill
or a blade of grass.
Liveable lives.
Forgivable.
Serene seas and mountains,
and the artifacts of
a champagne flute,
periwinkle shirts
and promises.
The litter of swoon
and our once in a
lifetime constellation.
-Tosha Michelle
Mantis Religiosa
In this poem a Casanova takes an intellectually inclined woman to a date. They talked about the Mantis. And it becomes obvious that “cannibalism” is another way to express disdain and dissatisfaction.
Death
Reminds me of Emily Dickinson’s poems as well. I really loved this one too.
Yellow Balloon
I love how this poem mates childhood fantasies, adulthood fantasies, imagination and reality all so beautifully. I am INSPIRED.
Trespassed On A Delicate Shore
Sometimes, you need to be a tour de force to be yourself. And this poem captures that beautiful.
stitch.in.skin
The stylistics and themes and language of this poem with the understanding of the quasi-elements and elements of both elements and elements within people and ones people interact it shows why Mari is a genius. She is also a genius of poetry, thoughts and words. Not to mention the keyboard she is writing in looks super sexy. I love delicate keyboards that make you wanna hug the letters. And her hands are exquisite.
