Category Archives: prose poetry

For I Will Consider Maggie

Posted on 17 February 2018 by clarioretenebris

For I will consider Maggie. For this week’s poetry prompt given me by Poets&Writers urges me to do so. For Maggie is responsible for my addiction to poetry prompts. For she recognized prompts to be no more artificial than any … Continue reading →

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Dearer One

Posted on 14 February 2018 by clarioretenebris

         Loving. Sex. Pure light. Dark heat. Fire. Want. Tight. Controlled. Passion. Poison. Naked. Rapt. Aching. Surrender. Giving. Tasting. Taken. Beauty. Known. Held. Holy lust. Dangerous longing. Black peace. White rage. Oh! Exhaustion. Float. Drift. Oh. Oh. Oh. Come here … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing

Posted on 11 December 2015 by clarioretenebris

⠀⠀⠀⠀ How can we have known? This shame belongs more to you than it does to us. Your war on us forced us to extremes. You would have done the same. You have done worse and you will do worse … Continue reading →

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