03/12/02 *** 0:12 . the light is fading my tears are too . i still don’t know what i’m doing with you . a need so deep ~ the primal touch . nothing too kinky but a little such~n~such . “look among the nations… ~watch~ “be utterly astounded!” . look at earth from up aboveContinue reading “the light is fading (watch)”
Author Archives: marthakelchpoetry
cleavage (the middle way)
28 august 1998 *** 4:53pm . cleavage (the middle way) . pull them up push them soft . finger on the button lens cap off . sit still for a moment and let me see . your will for the moment you’re pleading me . take me soft lover take me inside . take meContinue reading “cleavage (the middle way)”
console me
2 june 1998 *** 12:58 pm . i lost you, and i’ll never really have you ~ console me. . you begged me, but i never even met you ~ console me. . come on in, the water’s hot and ready, so am i. . the bubbles, roil madly, then explode, so do i… .Continue reading “console me”
ramadan
19 june 1998 *** 3:38 am (for sharifa shafiq subeh & the guy at 7- eleven) . ramadan can’t always be . lightest month of the year . sometimes to me . lightest month of the year . unbearable to see . lightest month of the year . allah told me . darkest month ofContinue reading “ramadan”
no, no
14.2.12 09:50 . no, no not dead ~ but also not alive . the truth is that i couldn’t care if i live or die . no, no not dead ~ a stirring from the core . the truth is that i’ve been through this a thousand times before . my life hasContinue reading “no, no”
anything full
“anything full is bound to slim down” everything null is met with a frown anything hot is certain to cool everything not eschew as a rule anything flat is bound to arise everything fat goes straight to your thighs anything rough is certain to smooth everything tough from a telephone booth “in g~d i trustContinue reading “anything full”
call on me
call on me when you’re in trouble call me anytime strength~in~numbers seek to double trouble~in~decline call on me when you’re in torment call me on the phone call on me when you’re afraid to face the day alone call on me when you’re in trouble call me Counselor floating in this soft, pink bubble alwaysContinue reading “call on me”
darling
some~day my gifts to you will bethe finest nuts and candied~fruitand i’ll be romping carelesslyin fiji in my birthday suitsome~day you’ll find me waiting therethe tools of love at my disposenot noticing i have no hairbecause i haven’t any clothes one~day my gifts to you, my loveof finest seed and fertile soiland i’ll be flyingContinue reading “darling”
posthumous
there are those who never live to seetheir brush with immortalitywho sadly pass into the nightnot having whet an appetite when what they felt and what they thoughtwas just as grand and twice as wroughtas anything i ever said(oh–how much more stay in my head!) but that is just a poor excusefrom one who tamperedContinue reading “posthumous”
Poetry of Martha A. Kelch
Martha A. Kelch often said that her poetry would be known after her death. This blog is intended to realize her vision. We will post poems periodically from the 500+ that she wrote. Subscribe to receive notification each time a poem is posted.
Martha Kelch Poetry 