Marita Stadick: If a poem sheds light on a memory... maybe it's not so dark.
Joaquin Dronko: Sorry! I'm pretty much of a LIGHTweight lol regarding darkness. This is about as dark as I get.michellea drifter all the samehe told himself as he drewdeeply on the cigarettedrifting through, drifting along, through this factory jobthrough this apartment with its slimy inhabitantsdrifting through this sleazy cityjust moving alongtowards what i don’t knowbut i do know one thingthey don’t have a hold on me!i do what i wanti come and i go as i pleasenobody has my number, the tv cacklingsomething from the corner of the rooma small black and white setwith a broken antenna. a fire placewith a cluttered and dusty mantle above ithis mother and fathers’ pictures satbeside that of michelle, the only womanjames had ever really loved, the only womanwho would never let him onor off of the hookshe had said, if i let you have me youwill have won your prize and that will be thatand he! had protested vehemently, it’s outrageousvenomous woman wheredid you get such an idea? it’s a lie youdon’t love me, in fact, you use me and yethow could he imagine nightsnights of passions and promises?she does love me. she’s scared of me becauseshe loves me. she says i’ll neverhave her. she claims that if i have heri’ll discard herand she’s not going to give me that chanceimagine michelle. perhaps its true perhaps she senses it truly and i am wrongabout myselfi have always fooled myselffor that matterwhy should now be any different? sheis probably right. i don’t know why i love her so, unless it isbecause i cannot have herand then she’s got it rightand yet it’s not right. she isthe only one. she possesses me, so eroticso neurotic. she drinks too muchthough she hides it so wellhow she glibly takes a drink hereand a drink there but she might haveher real drinking hidden like at night. it’s the alcohol it brings out her demonsthat makes her so tough and! unrelentinghow can she see me at allwith no commitment no pro! miseno conclusions?she’s strangely crueland why does it get to me? really men live for women alexander did it all for some womanand why? and then again why not? wefool ourselves. we know what we want firstand then we just fool ourselvesand when we have finally convinced ourselvesand everyone else thatit is no longer really so, they sayhe’s finally come to his senses. he’sgiven that no-good trampthe boot. he’s finally gotten rid of hershe was a real no-good and yetshe was so good. oh, michelle wasso good. we only know real good afew times in this life. michelle …...Show more
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Stanton Villao: Personally, I love dark poetry, and i find them easier to write, I mean just make everything sad and depressing. I find that there are more sad words than happy words.
Hyman Coren: I o! nly write dark poetry. I've tried other but dark is where its at.
Berry Gilmore: I read and write it.
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