Greasy Spoon Saloon: ms.Corinne

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I loved your lips,
ripe mangos
bending
the heavy
bough
the
orange
glow
of her sun
burning
early
autumn
at dawn.

ms.corinne
and her men

in white shirts
dressed
in black
shoes for the feet
to keep moving.
Dancing the dances
in lobbies and halls

ms.corinne

at the front doors
parting

ways hesitant to a kiss
or a late cafe au latte.Spring

pressing on like lightning bonbon
so long.

By Steven Wakowski

Last words of a dying man

Sadness, grief and sorrow are emotions we all experience. Poets and writers have long realized how expressing your emotions with words can help in dealing with the pain. To give words to your deepest feelings, to shape your most painful emotions into verse, to release the pain locked in your heart; this is the true power of the poem.Some of the most famous poets lived sad, dark, depressed lives filled with pain, loneliness, depression and even suicide. These poets were artists who used words to express their painful and sad feelings and share them with the world. These words joined together became poetry, sad poetry filled with their yearnings for relief from their pain. Their unbearable sadness was the catalyst for some of the best poems ever written.