Marie Anzalone's Blog, page 3

Number 14

written for the poetry club Casa los Altos, 14th anniversary of existence, 2/14/2022

Machetes

Dreams come into your life. They come into your house. They come carrying machetes and food. They bring answers, and they bring demands. Sometimes they fix the door. Sometimes they break your favorite plate. They tell you great truthsand they often lie. They sell your soul, and b..

Lullaby of Seraphim

 We are all poetswe are most beautiful when in love. I will never win beauty pageantsbut life, and you,make me radiant. There are catacombs in my heartvaults in my soulwhere secrets hatch like seraphim, or basilisks fire-breathing old gods. I feed..

Faces

for our sisters

Houseplants

Houseplants  If you think about it, it takes an appreciationof sexuality-all of it- to really love Mother Nature. Even our unassuming houseplantsare cyclical orgiesof heterosexual and homosexual bliss; phallic erect stems, wet petals engorged with nectar,..

For Spanish Speaking Readers: Series of Guatemalan Poet Biographies

15 public articles highlighting the voices of poets who normally would not receive international or national recognition

After Quarantine Ends

English translation of a poem I wrote in Spanish.

Recovery

first poem of 2021

Ordinary Stories

poem written for an event

Souls of Trees

writing exercise theme: "wood"