http://slow.writerscafe.org/KLZimmer The original writings of author Karen Zimmer en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776073785 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The widest eyes you'd ever seenLashes pulled forwardAs the contours of your shouldersStarted shakingYou'd never know what to sayThe coldest bones you'd ever knownSo worn from holding you in a placeThis far from the shore http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1453523/ I bet his voice echoes, still. Stuck-- skipping through the halls on repeat, his words… probably entombed in that school. It’s been two years. I recall it more clearly than my most favored songs. Deep-- and chilled to the bone with regret, the newsman voiced: “This int.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452806/ A working novel, based in the future United States after a series of both nuclear and biological attacks. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452805/ A poem about current US Race issues. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452785/ We walked- traveling along dusty roads or dirt paths where tiretracks carved interstates in the earth and weeds grew. That’s what we knew.These roads used to be asphalt? Balancing on railroad tracks, we’d pretend to be gracefulgymnasts, creating angles with weary lim.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452278/ She whispered, “…the road issmooth,” recognizing this when we stopped hearing the usual sound of rocks andtheir dust shedding skin on the underside of the trailer where the other girlsslept. They slept, mumbling inaudibly, occasionally stirring to exhale amuffled cough fro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452277/ I knowThat time turns beautyMore lonely and empty  But you know me too wellSo by nowI’m a valley  And you are still a volcanoI remember your destructionLike I’ve lived it before  And you understand .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452276/  The most brilliant partAbout this whole thingIs how you speak fireworksIn the most foreign symmetryWith everything  That should be  Human  And I want your heartbeatTo hear meWhen all of my clatter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452275/ A poem for my boyfriend, Jake. I love you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452273/ A poem for my boyfriend, Jake. I love you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452272/ A poem for my boyfriend, Jake. I love you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452271/ A poem for my boyfriend, Jake. I love you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452270/ Do you rememberThe river? Summer wavesRenderedAngry in liquor YetAgainst the breadthOf the bartenderI wroteThe stonesIn sentencesLike tightropes Words fallingAlmost as awkwardly As theAccentsOf her.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452269/ A poem for my grandmother. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452268/ A poem for my father. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452265/ Steadfast, her stareSilent through the glassThat awkward whisperI thoughtI remember herStill a strangerShe satBalancedOn the bar stoolStill lecturing warm liquorShe only orderedTo purpose herBeing hereI volunteered myselfOf courseAccounting.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452264/ A poem about the loss of a loved one. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452261/ A poem for my father. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/KLZimmer/1452259/