Poetry – Anna Flurry

Skyscraper Roots

Seedling growing from cracks in concrete tiles

We speak of pulling up evil by the root,
But it’s not exactly what we mean […]

Slow Growth

Image Description: Photo of several trees whose branches are permanently twisted from the wind, continuing to grow from solid grey rock against a cloudy background.

I am an oak sapling
Slow growth
My roots are deeper and wider
Than I am high […]

This is a Bad Poem.

Image Description: Photo of a white llama against a grey stone background at Machu Picchu

This is a poem I don’t want to put on the Internet.
This poem
(Like most bad things)
I will keep to myself. […]

break

we say:
“the world”
“everyone”
“everything”

is broken […]

The ocean will cry for me

When I have no more tears to give
Her salt water heaves
In great sobs of emotion […]

Infinite Tale

Image Description: Multi-colored yarn hanging from the ceiling.

We each weave intricate narratives
About ourselves and our surroundings
The little explanations and stories
Describing who we are to ourselves […]

Up and Away

Image description: Yellow aspen leaves with blue sky in the background

My spirit quakes
Like a tremor of the earth
A snake
Sits in my throat
Winds its way down to my heart
And squeezes […]

Snow poem

I live life asleep
Half formed words […]

November 10th, 2016

The world seems divided Between the day before yesterday And yesterday. The future was different two days ago.

Lately When I close my eyes And fantasize Before I go to sleep It is not a man’s lips I touch with mine That make me fall through butterfly time They are softer lips Fuller hips And eyes profound and deep She winks long lashes and curls a smile Intoxicatingly close she stays for awhileContinue reading “Butterfly Time”