Cycles
A ghost with fangs
hides in the shadows
of dark corners
where even the sun won’t dare go
to capture
rupture
strangle
until lightning
slices the ebony night
cracks darkness
trembles mountains
exposes
the open road
for a new beginning.
 Jan Marquart has authored eight books and has been published in various newspapers. She has received the National Self-Published Book Award for 2000 from Writers Digest for her memoir, and received the Editor’s Choice Award from the International Library of Poetry.
Her poems, essays, and stories have been published in: Every Writers Resource, Poetry Victims, Lady Ink Magazine, and Solecisms. Also, while you are clicking on links, check out Jan’s two blogs: Free The Pen and Aware Living. |
Copyright © 2012 by Jan Marquart
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