Marie Anzalone's Blog, page 13

Validation in a Sunset

"My heart is calling, telling me there are more mountains I must know like lovers’ bodies. I used to have its contour map sketched on my hand, but it got washed off after years of disuse."

The First Rule of Living

an exercise exploring the theme of satisfaction

Another Day

a simple little love poem

Dialogue with the Moon Bird Woman

I.                   OnWomen and the NightShe comes to me in a waking dream, glowing, an owl’s face on amiddle-aged woman’s body. Wings with hands, soft hair and softer feathers..

Firefighters

we were asked to write poems for the members of city's volunteer fire department, who recently lost a beloved member in the line of duty. This is my contribution

Supernova

I did notoffer you the stars in the skybecause theybelong to no manand no womanto be given away like that. If I thinkof you when I gaze with longingat the stars,it is because they havelong evokedthat same wonder-sense for all of thehuman story, that I get..

Boats

I.Don’t make afuss, you say-don’tdisrupt anything you are tooyoungandinexperienced tounderstand. Whateveryou do, donot rockany boats.Boats are meantto be kepttied to shores,and socialstudies teachers should justcarry more guns. ..

Two New Books Published

Information about two new books- one I wrote, one I edited- available internationally on Amazon and in person in Central America and Mexico

The Sculptor

written for a public presentation for Valentine's Day in my city

The Properties of Jade

One of us is asunpredictable as a river;the other,as intransigentas hardenedlava. But I heardwhat nightingaleswrote to thewind,as a messagefor skylarks;the nightcalling to the day, the bayasking to be invadedby theocean.  I wait for ..