At night I eat my metaphors
and wipe my mouth with similes.
My naughty parts glow in the dark.
Mary Ellen Miller, “Red” from The Poet’s Wife Speaks
Reminds you of Mark Strand’s “Eating Poetry,” no? If you like this, go check out MEM’s poem “Desire” on Structure and Style.
4 months ago Short URL 9 notes
-
grumblethorpe reblogged this from viceandvirtueintexas
-
lizgetshealthy liked this
-
unicornfarm liked this
-
bookstorey liked this
-
viceandvirtueintexas reblogged this from mllehazelwood
-
shorterexcerpts liked this
-
mllehazelwood posted this
