The Light is On

Sinking Ships

the dream is thinning…

Mitchel David Ring

March 19, 2022

Poems

free verse, life, memory, nature, ocean, poetry, story, writing
Distant Waves

I left a part of myself in those woods by the sea…

Mitchel David Ring

March 13, 2022

Poems

Earth, forest, free verse, memory, ocean, poetry, story, writing
Feel the Rush

There wasn’t any meaning in me until you wrote my story

Mitchel David Ring

March 12, 2022

Poems

Earth, free verse, memory, poetry, story, writing
Wanting

I want you more than I’ve ever wanted anything…

Mitchel David Ring

February 27, 2022

Poems

free verse, letting go, memory, poetry, story, writing
The Dead Turn

On a morning cold as ice, Drank the poison at my bedside…

Mitchel David Ring

February 2, 2022

Poems

color, darkness, mystery, poetry, song, story, writing
Seven Flowers

Give in, she whispered. It’s inevitable…

Mitchel David Ring

January 28, 2022

Poems

darkness, flowers, free verse, poetry, story, writing
newcomers

breathe in cold vapors, ash, heat in our lungs…

Mitchel David Ring

January 14, 2022

Poems

doorway, free verse, journey, poetry, ritual, story, writing
Missing Sunshine

Storm isn’t enough to describe it, what we resisted as long as we could…

Mitchel David Ring

December 18, 2021

Poems

free verse, moving on, poetry, seasons, storm, story, writing
Psychosis

Frantic, shaking in the dark, cold the way death is cold…

Mitchel David Ring

December 11, 2021

Poems

death, free verse, moonlight, poetry, promise, story, writing
Honeycomb

The scene is set…

Mitchel David Ring

December 4, 2021

Poems

free verse, holy, poetry, Stories, story, writing
The Weeping Path

Come find answers— whisper at the moon…

Mitchel David Ring

December 1, 2021

Poems

dreams, path, pathway, poetry, story, writing
Scratch

This world is acid on the skin not strong, but strong enough that it cannot be ignored…

Mitchel David Ring

November 19, 2021

Poems

blood, empty, firelight, free verse, poetry, story, writing
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

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

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