http://slow.writerscafe.org/Colette The original writings of author Colette en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776040446 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I can't keep my ex out of my dreams. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/2487901/ I thought this poem was added long ago, but it's missing, so here it is...an oldie from my 3 Passions series of photography and poetry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/2088308/ You know those mo fos who talk the talk, but don't walk the walk...yeah. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904167/ that vicious cycle http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904164/ deja vu and signs...what's it all mean? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904162/ daydreaming in IKEA as I watch all the couples pass me by, wishing someone would have me for a little while http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904122/ unrequited love, when u go from being sad to a little pissed off http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904118/ unrequited love - story of my life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1904116/ Once again, another man has turned his back on me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1831916/ When speaking to a writer friend about adding music to my words for soundcloud, he said "I like your naked voice." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1670926/ Mercury in Retrograde f*****g things up again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1637751/ I wander like a gypsy, but there's a love that follows me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1629813/ What it's like for me living in an urban jungle. https://soundcloud.com/mzmoonshine/urban-jungle http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1394698/  I have no familyI'm a widow of deathSince I was sixI'm a shadow of divorceA concubine corpseAnd when my mommy diedAin't sure how I stayed aliveSo many needlesSo many medical mistakesSo much mysteryBehind this faceThese eyes .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1345358/ Being a different breed of woman http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1268983/ Unrequited Love (Is there any other kind?) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1259782/ What it's like being a single woman in West Michigan. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1259198/ well, this is what listening to old school (& current) music does to a girl's head http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201919/   Does anything go better than chocolate & peanut butter? Nope. Lesbians get more dick than I do! The last time I had some it was a premature 4thof July. Some pink flowers for his moth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201916/ This was a challenge for my poetry group the Almost Dead Poets Society...to take lines from 27 of your own poems n shape a new one...here's mine! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201912/  MoonchildNo sunshine No Moonshine No one knows what to dowith my kind. They’d profit from meif they thought they could but they’re lodged somewheresomewhere    &n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201907/ #justsayin http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201905/  It’s fast cars            andloud music It’s a picnic lunch            ina Cadillac trunk .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201898/ I’m on a trainriding backwards, with a door openingto nowhere I wonder if an angel just entered? Gay boy #1 with a NikonGay boy #2 a potential terroristGay boy #3 bravely closed the door to nowhere a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201890/ sometimes a girl's just gotta get a lil pissy n vent! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201886/ This is an ekphrastic poem I wrote as inspired by the artwork At Home and Abroad by Whitfield Lovell http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1201884/ For the Almost Dead Poets Society "They say it's your birthday" Challenge. All events occurred on August 10 unless noted otherwise. Extremely experimental. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1139558/ feeling jilted and watching Barfly...one tends to write stuff like this... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1131372/ Language of Love - Writing Challenge for the Almost Dead Poets Society using select antiquated slang for love from Dictionary.com http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1126982/ metaphor/simile challenge for the Almost Dead Poets Society http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1118925/ to live inside a poem... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1098430/ yeah...people making assumptions...again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1098405/ read between the lines, and u tell me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1091872/ Tired of people and their ridiculous assumptions http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1091859/ a poem letter from a ghost http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1091847/ another one bites the dust http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1087320/ 7 of the creepiest words from Dictionary.com used in this challenge I created for my Almost Dead Poets Society http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1062694/ this is a Cento poem - a collage of lines from poets of the Almost Dead Poets Society on FB http://facebook.com/groups/poetryzombies http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1048780/ For the ones who will never read it anyway cuz they are too busy saying I love you to someone else http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1047363/  Somewhere in a speckled sort of timeOur polka dot universes were inclined to collide You spoke of rhymesAnd forced tears of fake performancesRepeatedRepeatedRepeatedFor each audience, andAll the smoking,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037665/  He said Mi Reinaand the journey beganof octopus on ricea heat wavea droughtwork unfinishedwork only just begun a revolutionor revelation? stories of knives in abdomenskitchen sawssound.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037663/ He turns a momentinto the Atlantic OceanHe turns the Atlantic into ice for the polar bearsand the polar bears into petuniasfor...her He sways like a snake charmerHe blinks in slow motionHe lights a cigarbut never smokes i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037661/ She walks like anEverglades moonShe kisses like a wet sunsetThe corner of her mouth is Lake Superior She dips fire in morning gloriesWades a see saw with her hipsRocks a concert with her eyes To her, a big O is like .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037658/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037657/  Your blues are like drunken mortarthe mentality suppressesthe infidelitiesdespairRetracted from the thoughtsof cerebral disconnect A monkey awaitsin the middle of nowhereto reach to Venusas she bypasses th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037653/ To be a poet... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037650/ Tired of BS-Gimme More! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037644/ the rise after the fall http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037640/ confidence, sexual prowess http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037635/ female empowerment http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Colette/1037628/