‘Arranged Marriage’ Published at Free Verse Revolution!

I love being able to express my views and thoughts on a diverse range of topics poetically, so I am happy to share that my poem, Arranged Marriage, has been published over at Free Verse Revolution! My heart goes out to Kristiana, the editor, for accepting this piece.

Free Verse Revolution shares the work of writers from around the world, offering a diverse range of beautiful writing by budding and established writers alike. Kristiana chooses beautiful images to compliment each poem.

I wrote this post with WordPress’s new Block Editor and, after much trial and tribulation, I finally found the magic button. In order to create a a space between paragraphs, one must hit shift+enter to prevent WordPress from merging the paragraphs into one. You can imagine my joy at discovering this, since most of my poetry needs diverse formatting.

There is still plentiful turmoil rocking the world’s cradle right now, but I agree that educating ourselves and seeking to understand the problem is one of the best ways to intentionally face any situation. Because we sometimes need our eyes opened to see a problem, I write about little things that hide away and try to be forgotten. Hence Arranged Marriage.

Beneath a mudslide

Lies my heart

Buried because you dislodged

The wrong rock on the

Search for my soul.

In your hand

As rough as the settling dust

The shovel is bent

Like the lines of your palm.

You dig for the rose

Between my teeth

And the diamonds that are my eyes and

Find scattered petals and

An oval of coal.

You weep for your child bride

With a laugh like the sunrise

But I die happy

Crushing your ring between two fingers

Until the jewel pops off and rolls

With your head

Down the slope into the river

Where I plan to take the midnight boat

And sail with the moon.

As always, I love hearing your thoughts on my writing!

Photo by Petr Ovralov on Unsplash