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Month: October 2017

Don’t wanna

October 8, 2017October 9, 2017 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

don’t wanna
write a poem today
just wanna
read my book


Pic and poem cc by 2.0 Rachel McAlpine — do share but include my name
photo: a massive garden dwarf in the process of being created at Weta Workshop.

Everything rhymes

October 8, 2017September 3, 2017 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

Shapes on surface of sand

If you were me
and I were you
I wouldn’t be
in love with you.

Honey flows into
the cup of the day
and everything rhymes
with you.


pic & poem by rachel mcalpine cc by 2.0

You’re asleep

October 1, 2017September 3, 2017 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

ocean waves rolling on to a beach

You’re asleep
and waves of air
slide in and out your lungs,
five inspirations
for every snore of the sea.

Once in a while wind bumps
an overhanging branch
and we both turn over like a wave
and your belly warms my back
in perfect time.

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