Poetry

Who Prays for Your Water Droplets?

Alarm clocks blaring—our sightless hands search the nightstand and windowsill trying to dismiss the inevitable arrival of morning. Still despite our success of

Now— on Purpose

The seals have been broken, the trumpets have sounded, and still the great masses of the human familia choose to

Bipolar

Is she? Bipolar? Me? Bipolar…oh no…I think I might be…manic though But she’s off-kilter.   Her got PTSD in our bloodstream

A Turban for Dickinson

Have you prepared yourself to die Egypt? that is what the lot of you asked me.    I said “No”—unknown to

Rogue Plants

Rogue Planets

In the collection of love poems, "Rogue Planets," Egypt English takes readers into the darkness dwelling within lovers, existing to be conquered with light. This is the prologue.
Healing

Good morning floorboards, did I wake you?

We live in a house with creaking floorboards. We lose ourselves between the cracks and crevices. Most days, we float

Freedom

Caged Birds Singing of Flight

We always believed we could fly—no one else did. They only saw us getting as far off the ground as

Love

Railroads for Crossing

They will say we sound like the distant rumble of two trains passing in the wake of night—like the scent

Royal Vantage Point

I have stood on the bank of the Patapsco, staring across the water at the steel trees with no branches

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