Somehow I spend a lot of time above a pen and before a keyboard, trying to let you know how I feel and what you mean to me, usually to no avail and causing greater confusion. I’d like to somehow write away the trail of devastation that you are now forced to walk inContinue reading “10 second love story / “Somehow””
Category Archives: hope
Soundcloud Poetry / “Paperweight”
My poem – ‘Paperweight’ – nope appears on Soundcloud. Click over and have a listen! https://soundcloud.com/steven-harz/paperweight-1
Poetry / “Diner placemat love note”
I have become a front porch Bell jar wino looking for yesterday But all I want is to be a back alley junkie freebasing glimpses of tomorrow And on each day of your absence I’ve received a morphine drip of your perceived value While fearing the dark and squinting to findContinue reading “Poetry / “Diner placemat love note””
Poetry / “Context”
Context I might tell you how much I enjoy being with you as if you couldn’t tell (I am that transparent) but it would be without true meaning I should let you know how each of your kisses paralyze me for a beautiful brief instant (which is why I have to pull awayContinue reading “Poetry / “Context””
Spoken Word Poetry / “Talk to Me Poem, I Think I’ve Got the Blues” by Nikki Giovanni
Please enjoy the great Nikki Giovanni and her performance of her poem “Talk to Me Poem, I Think I’ve Got the Blues”
Poetry / “Hallowed ground”
Hallowed ground To much of the world hallowed ground is a grotto under a church in Oh Little Town To others it’s a sacred monolith in Mecca or along the banks of the river Ganges Some feel it’s the killing fields of Gettysburg or where their hearts are buried South DakotaContinue reading “Poetry / “Hallowed ground””
Poetry / “Red”
Red The stop signs (two) and traffic lights (too many to count) between his house and hers were (considered by him to be) impediments to the far too few minutes and hours that they spent together each day (or week or month) but the same red lights and signs on his way home wereContinue reading “Poetry / “Red””
Poetry / the Christmas-themed “Wait”
My eBooks of poetry and romance are available at Etsy – please visit my page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/OctoberRoadPublish
Poetry / “Cereal box decoder ring”
Cereal box decoder ring Your pink pillow now missing had been inside an invisible box with a Crayola note on the back of a love letter treasure map saying something about ‘in case of emergency’ So I go to my drawer and find my cereal box secret decoder ring to decode your internalContinue reading “Poetry / “Cereal box decoder ring””
