Recent Poems

by Sharon Nichols, February 16, 2007

Valkyrie (betrayal)

one unabridged turncoat plotted the shameless wreckage as the bonafide laggards flopped out onto the avenue. pollyanna shifted in an unsightly jumper and handed the marauder a bouquet of swords. sharpen that oscillating beak, you fork-tongued cunt! the mask of edification cavorted like a marionette into the misery of entanglement. stitch your lips, bungling blabbermouth! and cinch your girdle, unwise old friend, for the frivolous damsel in her sneaky, snarly metal frock is ripe for the fracas. all eyes, akimbo—double action! the hellhounds are cooling their heels for the well-earned stampede, peering through their viewmasters at the tumorous piranhas. welcome to the blacklist, daily shackle! and thank you for the emancipation of morning!


zero5

wake up dying
bird crying your call

your eyes don't see the silver
cram the black and red
i'm fed
the colors i possess
confess
your study thing
it stings your lack
and on your back
you pen again
you ate
your putrid saints

i hate


this cruel moment

do you know?
do you know?
how slow this moment goes?
how you glow?

smoke upon your lips
your hips
i long to lick your sick
my fix
your skull
my hull

i walk

A one-time cog in the corporate music machine and staff writer for the Woodstock Times art section, Sharon Nichols served as music editor at Chronogram for four years. Having released several volumes of poetry through her own Origin of Souls publishing, she is a part-time DJ and dreams of opening a nightclub in the Hudson Valley called Factory22. www.myspace.com/sharonnichols