lindsaysscribblings.com » Poetry http://lindsaysscribblings.com Poetry, Prose, and Photos by Lindsay Bernsen Fri, 29 May 2009 22:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 © penguinswaddle@gmail.com () penguinswaddle@gmail.com() 2880 Poetry by Lindsay Bernsen penguinswaddle@gmail.com No no http://lindsaysscribblings.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/poetryslammed141by141.png lindsaysscribblings.com http://lindsaysscribblings.com 144 144 Lave http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/lave http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/lave#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:48:39 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=582 Fingernails full
Of cells
Entropic
Scratched from my back
To be washed down the drain
Of my shower:  I lack
A proper campaign,
Misanthropic
Death-knells,
A cull,
Or a gain.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/lave/feed 0 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/mystery-babylon-the-great http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/mystery-babylon-the-great#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:50:27 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=535 Feigned nonchalance does not fool
My body
Your solace is arrhythmia
The wobbling, teetering
Too-loud heartbeat Of
your captive
Pen-mate
Your solace is arrhythmia
A fluctuating victory
Whose only term:
I suffer.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/mystery-babylon-the-great/feed 2 Predictable Enigma http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/predictable-enigma http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/predictable-enigma#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:40 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=530 And I, broken
Would be yours
Is that it?
I would,
I’m sure.
And yet,
Only your craving for chaos
Would make me stay.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/predictable-enigma/feed 0 Double-turned http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/double-turned http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/double-turned#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:38 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=528 The point was hammered: my protocol is off, hurtful.
I know it.
The point was hammered so I broke:
Not one more blow.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/double-turned/feed 0 Resistance http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/resistance http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/resistance#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:16 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=525 Such a blank white canvas is
Intimidating
Though it never was before
I have resisted it
And you
Imperiously
Meekly
But now I shall concede.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/resistance/feed 0 Take Heart, The Salt Does Sting (or I Miss You too) http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/the-salt-does-sting http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/the-salt-does-sting#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:08:12 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=471 I recognize this pattern:
The emails, the phone call
The internet stalking.
I recognize this pattern
The need for some,
Any
Interaction, recognition, reaction,
Justice.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/the-salt-does-sting/feed 0 Recorded for Sincerity http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/recorded-for-sincerity http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/recorded-for-sincerity#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:00:28 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=467 I know what your apology says:
I’m sorry I wasn’t what you wanted
I’m sorry I couldn’t convince you to stay with me
I’m sorry that you were unhappy
I’m sorry that I snapped at you
And I wish I hadn’t said I never wanted to speak to you again
Because in reality I do
Every day
The way we used to talk
But not now
With the prospect of your misdeeds looming overhead.
Oh yes, I know what your apology says,
And I know that it doesn’t compare
With the apology I owe you.

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/recorded-for-sincerity/feed 0 Writer’s Block http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/writers-block http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/writers-block#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 22:00:42 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=391 Desire I can write of
Fury just the same
But Love
Love
My pen tarnishes thy name

]]> http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/writers-block/feed 1 Ink Heart http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/ink-heart http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/ink-heart#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 22:00:31 +0000 lindsay http://lindsaysscribblings.com/?p=392 The ink heart on my hand bleeds
And I want it to bleed
Into you
To Impress you
Imprint you
Meld you
Mine
With a single
Spasmodic squeeze

The ink heart on my hand bleeds
Like I will
If you leave.

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 knew.
You knew me too,
didn’t you?

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