Blackberry Thistles ✓

By katernator1

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poems as delicate as the fruit itself, and as thought-provoking as the sour aftertaste. All Rights Reserved... More

foreword
I
01 | the illusion of happiness
02 | the fountain of youth & other fairytales
03 | of broken bones
04 | the seven deadly sins of the new era
05 | the diety of the dead
06 | even space feels lonely (I)
07 | the metaphor of icarus (II)
08 | a moonwalker's dream (III)
09 | ashes to ashes
10 | screaming thoughts of a quiet mind
11 | goddess
12 | april has kindness (#entry)
13 | may is moving (#entry)
14 | witches & wives-tales
15 | laughter lines
16 | relish & pickles
17 | candlelight & burnt desires
18 | echo zone
20 | ancestors of old
21 | rosemary bush
22 | both hands up (#BLM)
23 | melancholy relations
24 | dark academia
25 | national anthem
II
26 | lilly of the valley (I)
27 | forget-me-nots (II)
28 | lavender and lemon blossoms (III)
29 | a lighter note
30 | haphazard strokes of moonlight
31 | the art of falling gracefully
32 | strawberry sandwhiches
33 | brown-eyed oasis
34 | if the shoe fits
35 | hushed coffee and bitter mornings
36 | wishing wells
37 | the son of ares
38 | like a shipwreck lost at sea
39 | cruel undertones of an otherwise bright mind
40 | a vivid juxtaposition (#entry)
41 | a kaliedescope of spinning tops
42 | the one where juliet saves romeo
43 | lake boats swimming in a restless mind
44 | infatuation ≠ love (haiku)
45 | the water of angels
46 | the only thing i'd ever ask
47 | london boy
48 | i don't mind mind games
49 | my eureka! moment
50 | finite - a love letter to myself
+ | you & i

19 | roots

16 6 1
By katernator1


My roots grow from branches
formed deep in the metropolis
of the earth.

Breathing in the oxygen
from the expired lungs of
my ancestors.

This is my place, my people.

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