My throne is magnificent, yet the rats who live upon it know no decency. They keep soiling my home. I am alive, and so are they. Their hearts still b...Read more

The Earth proposed to me using a ring from a tree. Wrapped around me tightly while held affectionately. Speaking words of inspiration; embracing my n...Read more

I married the pain, Now, I’m numb. The screaming silence That weakened my joints, Applauding, laid me in this chair that was designed, To make me...Read more

Created from dust Birth from Earths canel Raised by the weather Influenced by the mirror Controlled by the clock And guided by the moon Yet none o...Read more

Yesterday, I asked the mirror if it knew me. It fogged slightly, gave up pretending, then cleared. Outside, the moon pretended not to listen as if tru...Read more

You divorced the earth. Now you believe life is simple. You walk too quickly with little care for the journey or destination, feeling little in turn...Read more

I married the earth, Now life is simple. Now the clocks sleep face down. Letters catch fire in the mailbox. I moss and earthworm, The wind braids my h...Read more

~and the moon comes closer and closer It reached But I sat on the chair Closely and closely watching it Earth with me and things around me I ag...Read more

Read this poem out loud. Life, Alarm Clock, Mirror — Mary Ruefle I married the earth. Now life is simple. I sit in a chair and speak to the t...Read more