Unhe(a)rd
To alter the mindsof the millions believingthat progress is measuredin gold-painted plasticsin botox and spray-tansin filters to fakeby giving them factsis daunting, but stilllet voices of poetsbe heard,be repeated,to break […]
Category Archives: Quadrille
Enchantress
undulating curvesenchantress youunnerve me perfumedI’m sacrificedleftin electric attarwrung from cinnamonand midnight rose in your gazethe mysteryof a sickle moonat three am your voicestringent, strongunravels sleepand bind merestlesstetheredand enslaved. De hosts […]
Sugarcoating
Engraved,in mindthe dire dreamsof dirge and dread, awakeat three AMslick with sweatwith bedsheets coiledaround my legs I realize, alas,that nightmaresreally sugarcoat realitywhere crooning dronesawaitto crack my ribcageand rip my heart […]
High Noon
Sharpshooter Shawnentered at noonsurrounded by silenceadvanced to the barhe slapped his handon the counterfor a shot-glass of rye. While tipping his ten gallonhe pointed at May-Louwho sashayed with a smileinto […]
Even later when …
Later when,by the shore the indigo skyblotches the stagnant seawith lapis lazuli,recklessly I diveinto your obsidian gazeforgetting the silenceleft in the wakeof seagulls leavingfor nests on islandsbeing devoured by twilightwhere […]
Björn Rudbergs writings 