Category Archives: Poetry

Profile in Silhouette

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alicebarrett

Behind him a brick wall drips with old colors, He is facing West 82nd Street. His lashes droop down, his eyes are closed. All I can see is the blackness where his face was, . As if his face had … Continue reading →

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Quiet

Posted on January 24, 2018 by alicebarrett

This forest is so young My hands can reach around almost each tree, My arms can tightly embrace even the oldest. Yet such quiet pervades the forest That I forget time. . Quiet is itself older than trees and forest, … Continue reading →

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Feather and Skin

Posted on January 17, 2018 by alicebarrett

The sixty-ninth year is coming upon me Since first I made to count. Still the self-same hawk circles over, Or another in its place, . Skimming clouds overhead, watching My old bones and eyes. She disappears a moment into the … Continue reading →

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Stay tuned….

Posted on December 5, 2017 by alicebarrett

I’m working on the final draft of my first book. Crowds are waiting for release: I’m working as fast as I can.

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Cafe haiku

Posted on December 4, 2017 by alicebarrett

Floor tiles are mismatched An old man stands bewildered Which way to go now? . . A woman passes In the cafe filled with diners – A breeze melts my skin   .

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Skeleton Skeltonic Verse

Posted on October 25, 2017 by alicebarrett

skeleton bones rattle as they roam ‘til they come back home. the last time i saw one he, she or it shone in the sun. he, she or it was having fun until he, she or it shouted a curse … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Ghost

Posted on October 25, 2017 by alicebarrett

My grandmother wore a white sheet on Halloween. Her black oxford stout-heeled shoes poked out from under the hem. She walked with her familiar rock from side to side. Her pale blue eyes glinted through the eye holes. . She … Continue reading →

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Catholic High School

Posted on September 23, 2017 by alicebarrett

They sent us forth under false pretenses. They sent us forth with the false idea that we knew the world, knew where we stood, knew what needed to be done. . In truth, after graduation, we landed like turnips off … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of Ways

Posted on September 21, 2017 by alicebarrett

There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground – -Rumi   There are hundreds of ways to touch a leaf to hear the sea . Hundreds of ways to breathe to sigh . There are hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Here’s Looking at You

Posted on September 8, 2017 by alicebarrett

  Sun’s out, hummingbirds are humming. . Then one stops, Stares. One eye Stares at me Staring at him. . He hovers, flicks away. What was his name? . Either Ruby-throated Hummingbird, or Nano AeroIvironment Spy Drone, . Which looks … Continue reading →

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