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Flash Fiction, My Poetry, Poetry, Publications 20228 Comments

Poems & Flash Fictions

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 Charlotte Hamrick

A quick update on my recent publications. Today I have two centos in Emerge Journal’s Tenth Anniversary issue. Thanks to Ariana DenBlyker for her years of work and support for the writing community and happy anniversary! My poems are here … Continue reading Poems & Flash Fictions

dVerse Poets Pub, My Poetry10 Comments

Reincarnation

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Charlotte Hamrick

Dusty trunk of cracked leatherand crusty lock reveal Great-Gran’s long-forgotten cache of fine Chinese silks,bolts of vibrant threads that survived tempestuous seas and mud-sucking roadsbut Great-Gran vanished in the waves of flu, the silks packed away, tempting nibblesfor attic mice. … Continue reading Reincarnation

dVerse Poets Pub, My Poetry3 Comments

Unfinished Ending

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Charlotte Hamrick

The earth cracksshifts, slants Breath stillsSpirit sinks untilall that’s left is a huskLife evaporates like a magic trickUp in the skystars glitter Sharp pointed teethwaitingDying leaves shiveringand rattlingon branches trying to hold onTrying It’s a gloomy morning here with a … Continue reading Unfinished Ending

Haiku, My Poetry, New Orleans, Photography4 Comments

Winter Wind

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Charlotte Hamrick

Winter wind —-Chases clouds across blue skyHowls at shivering palm trees ~~~ Inspired by this post about January winds on Naturalist Weekly, a wonderful blog that connects nature and poetry. *This is the palm tree that fell right behind my … Continue reading Winter Wind

dVerse Poets Pub, My Poetry, Poetry23 Comments

dVerse Open Night: Don’t Carry the World

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

This is a poem that was published in Muddy River Poetry Review back in 2017. It has a reference to a Beatles song in the title and in the verse. The Beatles have been all over the Net with the … Continue reading dVerse Open Night: Don’t Carry the World

Morning Meditation, My Poetry4 Comments

Morning Meditation: A call unfamiliar

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

a balmy late morningsunlight falling across my lapamid the sounds of city trafficthe unfamiliar call of a birdperhaps on a rest stopto even more southern climesor one of the neighborhood blue jays practicing impressionsand waiting for peanuts Continue reading Morning Meditation: A call unfamiliar

dVerse Poets Pub, My Poetry15 Comments

Creation’s Chaos

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

Creation’s ChaosVoices fall from the night sky, a chorale of invisible comets disguised as bone and wax,splashing over the landscape, hopeful as sleeping seeds windblown into creation’s chaos,searching eyes balanced between luck and inevitability. Nursing a tender center desperate for … Continue reading Creation’s Chaos

My Poetry, poetry prompts26 Comments

Daisy Chains

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

bathed in showers of sunlightpetals wave to me in silken exclamation pointssweetly pliantI bend and weave them together into a long line of hugsearth and sun warmedaround my necka feathery amulet against the world A little poem for the dVerse … Continue reading Daisy Chains

My Poetry, Photography4 Comments

On 13 Days of Rain

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

On 13 Days of Rain Hush now, dog! There’s nuthin’ on the front  porch but an empty chair rockin’ in the rain spatter drippin’ off the roof. Thunder’s rappin’ an a-rollin’ and lightnin’s doin’ the stanky leg ‘cross the sky … Continue reading On 13 Days of Rain

Photography, Poetry, Poets5 Comments

Fold us into Velvet

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Charlotte Hamrick

darkness of eyes, darkness of cloudsflowing off the Gulf,lamps will not light this place as cerulean yields to burgundyas night folds us into velvet,when we sleepyou sometimes hold my hand —— from “When You Sleep Without Pain” by Peach Delphine … Continue reading Fold us into Velvet

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