Aspen Marie

Joined April 2025

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In love with life and all of its foibles.

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Peach Leaf
Waiting at the airport Heart in throat Anxiety tinged with regret Washed over me Small hand-drawn sign Clutched in my son’s hand
By Aspen Marie 4 months ago in Poets
Flora. Top Story - September 2025.
Flower fortune teller Petal-soft scrying Assign to me A floral emblem Interpret this Particular blossom Am I blessed
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Reverence
A bluejay Inert, lifeless Situated awkwardly In the center of the sidewalk Not a cerulean feather Out of place As if it breathed its last
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Oro. Top Story - August 2025.
They call me Golden retriever Perpetual sunshine “Dear” and “darling” Warm smile, jolly chatter The kind one Who goes with the flow
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Loan
Beauty and desire Are not the same Though they are Friendly bedfellows Who spend time together Intertwined forms Enjoying Sunday afternoons
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Untitled
It began with coffee. This morning when Nash the carpenter walked in the door, I made him a cup. Cream and sugar. Nothing fancy. When he came back from lunch, he handed me a pretty pack of baklava. He thought I would like it because I speak Arabic to my dog. It perked up my day so much that when I went by a warehouse to see some cupboards, I asked the guy if I could bring him a coffee. He was surprised but said yes - cream and sugar. I spent $2.09. He spent his afternoon figuring out my problem, and gave me 75% off some floor model stuff he needed gone. Just because I was nice to him. Sam’s kindness buoyed me up so much.
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Journal
Tailor
Here is your task Make me a dress Cut from the tide A siren satin lure To suck unwary ankles Legs swimming in A foaming lace petticoat
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Innocuous
It could be humiliating If I let it Creep back in The shame of coming So late to the game Young souls can be excused
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Dream . Runner-Up in This Is How I Remember It Challenge.
Around my birthday Thirteen years ago A tiny bundle of cells Tangled in the wrong spot Made a graceless exit That packed a punch
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
August
Recline in glory Summer Dionysus August is your form Robes of sluggish rivers Wind round languid limbs Heads in shadow
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Cowboy
Peter Pan's shadow In equine form Its crisp outline undulating In sync with Soft clop rhythms Umbral-blue changeling Dancing across
By Aspen Marie 5 months ago in Poets
Achilles
Your heel sucks I get it, but Did you know There is physio for that Surgery is also an option I can’t see how An arrow to the tendon
By Aspen Marie 6 months ago in Poets