Mirror mirror said the joker to the thief why so cruel, so brutal? Purveyor of illusion now suddenly truthful Powder puff visage no longer hides your creeping yet all consuming punchline Masterful saboteur manipulating shadows unveils the tattered now shattered like me #poetry #twitter #vss365

Springtime in the city All the steel and concrete finally at peace Tidal Basin captures cherry blossoms in peduncle elongation, The highlight reel where lovers roam Shade over the old man’s home Stage where the prom queen sings Nessun Dorma alone

Pavements and puddles Mud and concrete This heart’s familiar expertise Habituated to your feet

From the Collected Poems of DT Parker — Captured a star Absorbed night Sugarcoated moonlight so you’d never see its craters only the smooth side

From the Collected Works of Cupid’s Pyramid Scheme — Take courage Yeats too wrote in desperation

From the Collected Works of Cupid’s Pyramid Scheme — Love — the space continuum where humans shape shift the Hurt Kaleidoscope where Time is both infinite and finished where it runs different Every second, a chance you’ll never come back

Day 6 National Poetry Month — My body, a living collection of grief accommodates little else. My soul, my pen — ramshackle bookends to the collected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson #napowrimo

Day 5 National Poetry Month — I’ve no choice to lay bare my heart in your whimsy. A reluctant servant to a captain undeserving. — tanyaparker Inspired by: “I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” — W.B. Yeats✨ #napowrimo

Day 4 National Poetry Month — Down the corridor Past the broken elevator is a staircase to the killing floor #napowrimo