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Joan Spilman

Joan Spilman

Literary Women's and Appalachian Fiction and Fantasy Author

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    Tag: Poetry

    The Birth of Chaos by John Holland

    The sky is indigo and indignant.

    March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 by joanspilman

    Chubb Illusions by John Holland.

    As she dances she sings with sweet sickness of her lost love.

    March 10, 2022 by joanspilman

    The Sky is Coming Down by John Holland

    Wear me for a brooch.

    March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 by joanspilman

    Going Down? by John Holland

    Floating . . . on the tip of a madman’s tongue.

    March 3, 2022 by joanspilman

    If I Only Could by John Holland

    Time . . . every now and then take out a pinch and breathe it in real slow.

    March 2, 2022March 1, 2022 by joanspilman

    A long way home by John Holland

    . . . she dances in the lonely desert of a man’s dry heart.

    February 28, 2022March 4, 2022 by joanspilman

    Abuse by John Holland

    She trembles inside the silence of flesh vaults.

    February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by joanspilman

    Any Town by John Holland

    … tanned legs so beautiful they make your heart ache.

    February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 by joanspilman

    By Any Other Name, by Richard Spilman

    My love is like a red, red begonia. Doesn’t work.

    February 23, 2022 by joanspilman

    In This Season, by Richard Spilman

    The snake splits open, unpeeling its old self against an exposed root.

    February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 by joanspilman

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