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Cold-Blooded
What calamity, to have wit but no soul
Breath without heart
A bloodless manner, in its stead
Crave the taste of it on your tongue
Thrill at the acrid tingle
Barely sigh at its sight
Consciousness bereft of conscience
Of dust you are made
To dust you shall return…
July 2, 2025
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Ah, August...
Ah, August, how I barely knew ye Now you’re gone, oh why you leave me Standing in a pool of tears My frosty mug bereft of beers The grass...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Contrition
*Illustration reference: "Saint Peter Penitent" by painter Gerrit van Honthorst The end is not the end, my friend If you and I, this...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Thoughts and Prayers
When all your life you’re taught to win To give an inch is grave as sin To choose to turn the other cheek Is ridiculed and mocked as weak...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 29, 20231 min read
Too Late
*Illustration reference: “Stańczyk” by Jan Matejko (1862) It makes me weep internally I hide these tears so none can see That I am slowly...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Proud World
Illustration reference: “Monk with elephant in the forest” Photographer: Visoot Uthairam I’ll not believe we must have war To those in...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 27, 20231 min read
The Grand Exit
*Illustration reference: From the book, Advanced Style: Older & Wiser, photographer Ari Seth Cohen There is no hardship in us aging As...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Uncharted Waters
*Illustration reference: Fulton County Jail Each one of us has fatal flaw He thought himself above the law Be that it may, no ego boost...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Summer's End
*Illustration reference: Dobrila Vignjevic Nothing feels more like a bummer Than when you sense the end of summer Sunrise comes a wee bit...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 24, 20231 min read
The Gravedigger
*Illustration reference: "Grave-Digger" (1871) by Viktor Vasnetsov (1848–1926) Ol’ Thomas T. Taylor, he was a gravedigger He dug them...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Breakaway
*Illustration reference: From a photograph by Adrien Cho Nature needs no filter No enhancement beyond eyes The dusty rose of coming eve...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 22, 20231 min read
Nightfall
In the quiet of the evening Aloneness takes on whole new meaning It might to some bring apprehension Stillness can breed quiet tension...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Fifty Nine
An ageless love is rare as jewel To, after years, be ardent fool When glances pass between you still There’s no conditions, no “up till”...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 20, 20231 min read
Comes the Rain
*Illustration reference: Animated film "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988). Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki The rain it washes, cleans,...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 19, 20231 min read
Ruminations
*Illustration reference: "Fodder Beans, Cock Bank, Whittlesey. Sept 2017" by painter Fred Ingrams Red is the colour of my love Tis cool...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Dreams of Love
Did you leave without a warning? As death of Love again I’m mourning Or did I choose to doubt the signs And put my faith in stars aligned...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 17, 20231 min read
I Will Survive
I write this as I sit in pain I fell off my bike, yet again Though how I fell displayed no grace I’m thankful helmet saved my face I got...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 16, 20231 min read
To Love And Be Loved
* Illustration reference: Photo by Shalyn Nelson of her grandparents Wanda and Joe. They’ve always been there as sturdy as oak A fountain...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 15, 20231 min read
Get On With It!
Isn’t it a funny thing When young and spry you’ve got that zing A joie de vivre, without a care A certain kind of savoir faire But then...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Slumbrous
*Illustration reference: Sanderson Mansnoozie from “Rise of the Guardians” (2012) from the illustrations of William Joyce from “The...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 13, 20231 min read
My Pup
* Illustration reference: Aleksandar Nakic Through normal course of routine day The work that piles piled my way My desk I like to keep...
Theresa Baxter
Aug 12, 20231 min read
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