I woke then, in your grove, Through the bramble, we had dove. You split yokes onto the stove: In the pan – the mass did…
Posts published in “Byline: THEODORE DUFRESNE”
An Ode to What Isn’t
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on March 2025
Oh sing for what isn’t, the always unknown. When the pen brings peace to a bleeding warzone, And each soldier shrugs off a cracked collarbone.…
Shell Shocked
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on January 2025
The boss comes in. He walks slowly. He bends his head to fit through the door frame and places a briefcase on the table. ”Doctor.” His…
Crystalline
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on January 2025
Through our story of my fate, The bright sun never shined. From the last journey we made Formed this tale, crystalline. We trod steadily –…
Leviathan
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on December 2024
O, spread your arms like the plague – let me fallPulled down into your tentacle embraceI delve in – diluted: your ocean’s sprawlCold water soaks…
Lost Letters
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on November 2024
Oh, Tell me where a lost letter goes! Each time a pen touches parchment Each time a man scratches paper – bleeds ink Bleeds –…
Macbeth
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on October 2024
The vile monsters come at night. Werewolves howl at the moon. Flesh contorts. Vampires hunt and stalk, safe from the light. The vile monsters come…
Venus
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on September 2024
You showed me your world, a garden of rose. Its doors would open each time I kissed you. Those doors slammed closed, my heart was…
Stockholm
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on June 2024
Never pull the knife from your flesh.It was the first rule of first aid.The first rule for puncture wounds, that is. You put the knife…