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  • Ripples

    Ripples

    A stone tossed and turning dragging behind it the weight of all this…

    Mitchel David Ring

    October 23, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, hope, poetry, secret, storm, story, writing
  • Underfoot

    Underfoot

    It’s in the water, in the air here, the leaves not alone in their dying…

    Mitchel David Ring

    October 17, 2021
    Poems
    autumn, free verse, poetry, promise, story, writing
  • The Republic

    The Republic

    Gasping, choking among refuse and wreckage, crawling out of waves like hammer strokes, the sunset at our backs and broken masts silhouetted…

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 29, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, ocean, poetry, searching, story, wander, writing
  • It’s Always Raining Here

    It’s Always Raining Here

    It’s always raining here, a secret language falling steady, collected in stone basins…

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 25, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, journey, poetry, secret, storm, story, writing
  • Sage

    Sage

    I burn sage because I like the way it smells. The demons I let stay because they’re good company.

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 18, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, poetry, scars, seaside, story, writing
  • We’ll Be Back

    We’ll Be Back

    In another life with glasses raised and fire in our throats to keep us warm through the night…

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 12, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, journey, memory, poetry, return, story, writing
  • Alchemical

    Alchemical

    After falling, breaking bones against the ground, the sky torn away replaced with flesh and blood, we laughed and laughed…

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 10, 2021
    Poems
    alchemy, dreams, free verse, poetry, story, writing
  • Purple

    Purple

    Tensed for a blow that may never fall, my back to the night and waiting…

    Mitchel David Ring

    September 9, 2021
    Poems
    dreams, fire, free verse, poetry, story, writing
  • Onlookers

    Onlookers

    They were handing out pieces of the apocalypse today…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 29, 2021
    Poems
    apocalypse, firelight, free verse, poetry, story, writing
  • Snowfall

    Snowfall

    A glimmer out of nothing, shadows set in shadows come alive…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 26, 2021
    Poems
    death, free verse, poetry, space, stars, story, worship, writing
  • The Right Way

    The Right Way

    There might have been a path here once, but probably not…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 24, 2021
    Poems
    forest, free verse, memory, poetry, story, writing
  • Speakeasy

    Speakeasy

    These things we say, quiet enough that the world has to lean in to hear us…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 21, 2021
    Poems
    blood, music, new-wave, poetry, story, writing
  • Out There

    Out There

    Out there they said some things could be remembered…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 19, 2021
    Poems
    free, free verse, memory, morning, poetry, story, writing
  • Coffee Stains and Cigarettes

    Coffee Stains and Cigarettes

    Signed, with love, an enemy…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 16, 2021
    Poems
    free verse, message, ocean, poetry, story, writing
  • This Dream

    This Dream

    That was me, stumbling blind in darkness like no other darkness…

    Mitchel David Ring

    August 15, 2021
    Poems
    consciousness, dreams, free verse, poetry, story, writing
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