N.J. Gardiner
Los Angeles, California
N.J. GardinerLos Angeles, California |
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Nicholas has had poetry published in Europe and the United States of America. Recently he has published a collection of poetry called The Dancing Leaves of God and Man, and is currently working on his new project, a book called Time and Single Dominoes. Nicholas continues in his work to try and keep the simple simple, since it was the poetry that he saw published which he found almost unreadable that inspired him to begin writing. |
DaddyA child's face always coldlines deep everywhere sitting with us all upright in her chair still and quite alone mouthing on a single pain words that only she can hear what will not be shared wounds mortal deep. Head begins its to and fro her body follows on small sister plays across the room beneath her endless stare each day another hell how old has she been when, mother, daughters start at the grating of the door daddy's home again. |
SnowmanSitting in a darkened roomhis hair a silver mane those constant hissing sounds for days he watches on to a TV tuned to "inbetween." He'll tell you if you wait to share or drink a few how God is speaking from the screen telling him he's right, and how and what to do. He'll smile and light one up "This message is not for you." Walk softly as you come and go there are too many rooms like these so many who crave to hear from darkness you should not probe how what they do is right, although once they knew it wrong. |
A City's DaughterInside charging by the hourher face is on with makeup stolen from the store some steamed from color magazines she prays to Him again in a motel's mirror her blank eyes shutters from the pain. She feels the money dry and real in so much rain God take her from this taxi cars and tiny rooms moments bought in hell it was today that she was twelve. |