southern | Dream Dumpster

Sonnet for the Suffering

28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by giovannaleah in Poetry Tags: abuse, battle, Freedom, haiku, healing, love, magnolia, poem, poet, poetry, south, southern, strife, suffering, texas, war, white magnolia, wounded

White magnolia,

Sweet fragrance of my freedom.

Linger through my strife.

Advertisements

Red Dirt Blues

13 Sep 2014 Leave a comment

by giovannaleah in Poetry Tags: blue, blues, haiku, hurt, loss, love, oklahoma, poem, poetry, red, southern

You love that red dirt.
They say red dirt is precious,
But I was left blue.