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though we sail the ocean blue

though we sail the ocean blue
the torrent waves brought me to you
and the stronger the current 
the closer i drew…
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looshylayJuly 13, 2022July 29, 2022Leave a comment
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june 30, 2021

today, a man at the taqueria
mentioned how both
Memorial Day and the Fourth of July

would be rained out this year

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looshylaySeptember 9, 2021September 5, 2021Leave a comment
prayer

prayer, i

forgive me, oh LORD, for my whore of a mind
for it wanders to the day’s to-do’s at first wake
not once ceasing to draw close to my Creator

or relish in the first joys of morning

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sunsets

sunsets, i

search within the sunsets

to find the quiet

that’s so elusive during daytime

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minute men

ballerinas on a bed of black and white
firm yet delicate
to the beat of heart songs Continue reading minute men

looshylayMay 21, 2021May 21, 2021Leave a comment
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subtly

the way I know
how the light peeks through my skylights at exactly 12:37pm
casting a shadow at a thirty-five degree angle
from my bamboo tree Continue reading subtly

looshylayMarch 4, 2021March 4, 2021Leave a comment
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the dentist

i let you
enter
the depths
of an intimate cavity,
reserved only for your pointed tools
and tender hands Continue reading the dentist

looshylayDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020Leave a comment
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first love

When did we lose our sense
Of wonder
Of the Divine? Continue reading first love

looshylayOctober 16, 2020October 17, 2020Leave a comment
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due diligence

Once, in Houston’s Third Ward
in the sweltering heat of the summer sun 
A Black woman gently chided me:

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looshylayJuly 29, 2020July 29, 2020Leave a comment
untitled

untitled [03]

in spite of despondence,
and consumed by an irresistible élan vital,
she embraced the world
and all things life-giving…
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looshylayMay 9, 2020May 9, 2020Leave a comment

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hi! i’m lucy. mostly a grad student; occasionally a poet. welcome to my creative outlet.

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recent poems

  • though we sail the ocean blue July 13, 2022
  • june 30, 2021 September 9, 2021
  • prayer, i September 5, 2021
  • sunsets, i September 5, 2021
  • minute men May 21, 2021
  • subtly March 4, 2021
  • the dentist December 7, 2020
  • first love October 16, 2020
  • due diligence July 29, 2020
  • untitled [03] May 9, 2020
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