Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Waiting


Shall I pull stitches from torn flesh,
to prove you my pain?
Or would that only evidence my mortal status
before your concrete, community throne?
You have stolen and silenced a voice;
taken possession which you can never be worthy. 

You of lofty pose,
pray you seek to fly over the balance of scales
may you climb higher and higher.
For I shall sharpen my saber,
creep close to the ground,
and cut down your beanstalk. 

Within the mists where you find refuge
I shall crouch and bide my time
for when you least expect it
I will be there to remind you
of what you are beholden.

Sunday, November 17, 2013


I was able to place a story in this Chicken Soup of the Soul: Think Positive for Kids.  Story #65, pg 220 "Playing Chicken."

Friday, October 4, 2013

Interview with the Lantzville Log

Please come and check out my interview with a local newspaper about Pulp Tattoos and writing in general. 

http://thelog.ca/2013/09/local-artists-poetry-book-launch/

Thanks so much!

Tracie Skarbo

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Pulp Tattoos

I am very pleased and excited to let you know of my latest volume called Pulp Tattoos.  This collaboration with the multi talented photographer Deana Landrum, has been a wonderful experience, and well worth the time and effort!  I hope you enjoy the pages within.



http://www.amazon.com/Pulp-Tattoos-Tracie-Skarbo/dp/1490510729/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379877866&sr=8-1&keywords=Pulp+tattoos

Monday, August 26, 2013

Light the Night Walk 2013

Light the Night Walk 2013

Please click the link above and help sponsor me as I raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society again this year.  Any amount brings us closer to our goals! 

Thanks so much! 
Tracie

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Mortals


Pudgy indigo fingers
shook the air
enraged at his capture;
by mere mortal,
a blonde tressed one at that.

How quick was she
that he
never saw her shadow
ensnaring with feminine
divinity.

Could he rise above
when so many before
had fallen gracefully?
Perhaps he was only mortal
after all.

 

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Mississippi Moments

Inspired by the Black and White photo of "Candy Cigarette" by Sally Mann

She stood there
breathing blued tobacco
into the late summer air
in great gusts of thirteen cool

Lanky limbs betraying
Mississippi moments,
            stilts                
                        and splash play

Blonde streaks
defying gravity

It’s those eyes
those eyes
that pierce through any
semblance of innocence

We are strangers joined at the hip
yet I can’t shake the guilt I feel
for the life she is headed for                        
or the life we all bleed