Poems from mstarks2018
My name is Maddie Starks. I love creative writing, and I live in Greenville, South Carolina. When I'm not writing poetry, I spend my time playing the guitar and singing. I enjoy writing poems that display the intrinsic value that words naturally hold. As; you read through my poetry, I'd like to emphasize the difference between the author and the narrator :)
He charts his map
Drawing with the very ink
That fills the dark night sky
He squints through the scope
To gaze upon the heavens
The...
I suppose I’ll forever be changed
I guess I’ll never forget
The image of your broad, strong shoulders
Turned away, as you departed.
I’ll...
In my room, there is a book
I keep it hidden on the shelf.
I take careful note to ignore it
Every time I pass it by.
This book chooses to...
Dear Schedule,
I’m about sick of you.
I think I have a fever,
I think you’ve given me the flu.
I’m tired of the strangling grip
you’ve...
She sits alone
With puppet strings
In her crumbling tower
On the edge of the earth
She plots and grins
As she untangles the strings
That...