20/2023
She spread his arms and legs Across the table and secured Them with silk rope to make Sure he wouldn’t slide off the Dark oak while she had her way… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
She spread his arms and legs Across the table and secured Them with silk rope to make Sure he wouldn’t slide off the Dark oak while she had her way… Continue Reading
where are you now whom i longed for since the universe exploded from your navel touch spiralled from our fingers into the vacuum you made from your naked body and… Continue Reading
broken pain loss forgetting death grief ache forever fog colour no colour shade sun hot and cold scars scabs all that stuff melancholy memory loss again looking not finding scrape… Continue Reading
On the bed, old man’s morning stretches, I close my eyes, and the years wind back, All those empty days, and the board games On top of the wardrobe. I… Continue Reading
A pleasing view; its definition. Such over-use of, in effect, An abbreviation for something Which needs more detail. Used tautologically too often By the under-educated (blame Governments for that), and… Continue Reading
His hand stills, The loss of words complete, Language gone, and feeling. In this void, everything is silent, And he drifts away into the Darkness of space where All is… Continue Reading
She folds him neatly into her handbag, Torso first, then legs and arms tightly Wrapped around that main part of his, And lastly his head, tidily compressed To fit into… Continue Reading
I am not cursed with an organised mind; Instead, it’s all tangents without a circle In sight, tripping from one thing to Another, and skirting the boundaries Of credulity when… Continue Reading
She had nothing on her legs but skin, Right up to just below the point of interest Where her skirt began and the skin Smoothed its way beyond. She stood… Continue Reading
It may have been sleepwalking that brought me To this place, pockets heavy and holed with keys From every house I’ve dreamed myself in, And scars across the backs of… Continue Reading