Knight Rode in an L Shape by Patricia Furstenberg

[tabby title="Poem"] I paint with words for my future self,wonder what she'll choose, shea knight at heart who knows her roots unearthedby time, brave on a mighty horse. It’ll be me, afresh one day, at times caught between pages or...

The Sea Speaking by Patricia Furstenberg

[tabby title="Poem"] And they should knowthat a human being the sea iswith arms that pull and legsthat kick the sea isthe Gorgona ever moving, everin the depth of itself stirring, throughbirth, death, lucky rebirth and ever,ever yearning, yearning, yearningthrough waves...

Walls From Within by Patricia Furstenberg

[tabby title="Poem"] If these walls could talk,not gossipin sharp, menacing thoughts,but whisperas sweet as a mother’s lesson,teaching in lovewhat they witnessedand learned. If these walls could talkof the times they held someone's back,he, backed against a wall,she, banging her head...

Revolution is Poetry by Patricia Furstenberg

[tabby title="Poem"] That day it rainedWith bullets and tearsWith stones and fearBrother against sisterChests bareLips dareI was there. That day we yelledWords that killedSongs that freedTruths willedTeeth bareFists dareYou were there. That day they failed,We stood unafraid.Kill the revolutionThey raged.Revolution...

What the eye smells by Patricia Furstenberg

[tabby title="Poem"] I wanted to beThe lace on the waveThe curve in the oceanWhen it swells with love.But I am not,I am me.I wanted to beThe spark in the sandThe diamond that shinesMightier than the sun.I am but me.Let my...