
mardi matin (Tuesday morning) #short prose #flash fiction


My poem “lovers without love” recited by the exceptional Robert Taylor. I am honored.
Sweet little piece – Lovers Without Love Written by @shortprose1 #spokenword #spokenpoetry @Spill_Words pic.twitter.com/2f1uDlxrPg
— Robert Taylor (@LairdOfTheHeart) September 7, 2019
you, quest of lovers without love
your unrelenting islands beaten by the wind-blown sand
the sea
extends its waves beyond the singularity of night
the silk of clouds is looking for the sky
scales of reeds chime songs,
cries of those whose loves have sunk
I bathe in the aromatic rose of the moonlight
the night bathes in the foam of the blue waters
a bed sighs
the silhouettes of three carnations gossip on the floor
alienation
empty hearts expecting to be slaughtered
the sand receives me
in the distance a mast decides to flicker
the quest of lovers without love
on a wicker chair
a lonely glove
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your eyes
— undress the moon
in old Córdoba
— — at midnight
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a canary sings
nuptial interludes
your flesh pays its tribute to some other lovers
transitory birds
come and go like seasons
noisy V-shaped flocks
i sigh
then i listen to a monk who reads
from a book of psalms
rings sleep on my fingers
arabesque designs shiver on my skin
pastel sunsets whisper in the winter’s sheen
i walk through your dreams
soaked in poetry, baptized by your verses
your heart adorns my chest
(work of ancient minters)
your lips burn my rings, and with them my fingers
agonizing wings toll bells in the air
i go for your veins, my hands rip your shirt
everything’s a dream
at the edge of silence
mirrors sleep and grin
you’re forever mine!
do you think i joke?
wait!
here’s the silver coin which can get you off
ah,
that’s what i thought
you would never take it
in the lovers’ bed monasticism’s asleep
a cat purrs on my thigh
your eyes become my eyes
my skin tastes like sweet pie
see, why Adam was so keen to sin?
for hidden in deep waters
You is always I
even in a dream
Published by Spillwords on January 22, 2019
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I hope you do not expect me to greet you.
I do not greet takers and parasites. The sins of takers – who laugh in the faces of those who give – cannot be expiated.
Oh, you pray God! To whose God do you pray?
Who’s the God of an empty box?
Your actions are similar to those of others. Perhaps too similar.
Don’t confuse your emptiness with the majesty of death.
This August is too hot.
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Dear Readers,
My poem “feel me my love” will be published by Z Publishing House into their 2019 upcoming anthology.
Most editors and publishers contact me via this blog. My most sincere thanks to them and to you for your likes, comments, and views.
Here is a snippet from my poem:
between your spade
and the incandescence of the hurt bull
the blood and sweat of a forgotten afternoon
Hugs to everyone
Gabriela
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Reflection: I was born out of my own feelings, like wheat from the ground.
@Gabriela Marie Milton

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Dear Readers,
A new opportunity for publishing your work.
Vita Brevis Press, LLC will begin accepting submission for its first poetry anthology in the fall. Continue reading here
Hugs to everyone
G.