Cement City

By JH_Foliage

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How to capture it all? I was no photographer My paint brushes, I have retired And words simply do not belong ... More

Proem
Tennis Court
The Old Buick
Lake
8:15am
Chinatown
Styrofoam Aquarium
Hidden Hands
Duck, Duck, Goose
The People of In-Between
Bananas
In A Name
Street Smart
Is This Living the Dream?
A World Within
That Hospital
Sundial
Morning Run
Before the Daisies
2021
1:57 am
The Cherry On Top
Sunday Night
The Neighbour's Dog
Dinner Table
At One's Convienence
Playdium
The Kind Stranger
Inverted Stars
Winter Scars
Bloom in All Seasons
Sealed Love
A Bubble Bath
Eviction Notice
Mare
Vintage Prom
Elementary School
Blue Bars and Buildings
Little Bridges
Disorganized
Être Plus Âgée
Construction Fireflies
On The Edge
A Rule of Her Society
My Aunt Works Night Shifts
Artificial Twilight
360 Perspective
The Architect
Origins

Me As A Writer

13 6 9
By JH_Foliage

Hubris flows as easily as my ink:

A double-edged sword

             On the brink of a new idea.

But I must reign in my excitement, and consult the writing books

Regardless of my fast-paced prose

Chastising me for reading during a fight scene.

I'm a warrior who learns by experience

            A recipe for disaster, as messy as it looks

But I vow to breathe life into the skin and bones of my story

Squeezed between my studies, to write and rewrite

            Under my bedroom lights

            In a high-rise.  


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