Darqjuliet's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by darqjuliet  —  There are currently 6 poems total — keep up the great work!

Midnight in St Lucie

She listens to Dylan when she's struggling, though most think it's something from the
heroine-soaked 90s

Most of the time, she's graceful
about it, she waits
until the sun sinks far below
the horizon and decent people
are sleeping

...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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you have 7 missed calls

I’m not sure if this is you.
There wasn’t a name or a message,
just a voice from the void
telling me to leave
a recording after the beep.

I just wanted to hear you,
are you there?

 
I suppose I can try again
later, tomorrow or
sometime...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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Okay, let's talk.

About sunflowers and sadness
and love that leads to madness.
Children’s laughter and fears,
grown-up joys and shared tears.
Because at the very least we
all go through those years.

Let’s talk.

About the differences we lack
whether white,...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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Grief Three Ways

I

A flash of red streaks across my chest,
creeps up my porcelain neck, and spreads
like a heat wave across my cheeks, coming
home to rest in the lobes of my ears.
I am aflame. Outside the night breathes in
the scent of rain and...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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Kinfolk

We are quick to anger,
& even quicker to forgive
because we need each other.
There is no one else,
no other soul who can
understand.

The resilience.
The perseverance.
The hurt.

That's our truth.
And it isn't.

We come in every shade
...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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off the vine

on watermelon
and her

she is left wondering
if the swallowed seed
is sprouting in her
hollowed-out gut
fertilized by the doubt
the worry of being
inadequate

and when it sprouts
when it blooms
grows ripe and ready
to be plucked,...

– by Rachel Jenkins

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