ANNA DEH - POETRY IN ISOLATION

Anna Deh is an emerging writer with a background in both creative and academic writing.  She graduated from San Jose State University in 2019 with a BA in English Literature. She resides in California with her two Maine Coon cats.

​“When This Ends” 

​It’ll be summer again.
Lips brush my collarbone
Endless streams of seeping apologies.
Overfilled jam, sickly and fragrant,
Only Black Opium could compete.
Tangled limbs amidst polished blades
My, how we’ve grown alone
While the world shifted outside our doors.
How we carried on those nights,
staring at pixelated faces—disconnected longing.
Later, we shatter our past
spooning rose jam,
dripping down our quivering lips.
Let’s embrace like the world can pause
Since now we know it can.
 
 

​“Sick Time” 

​We made plans to meet
Against early summer heat
 
 
Winter sleet still hit our cheeks
Time comfortable in our palms
 
 
Our skin dampens
Heavy and robust
 
We made plans to meet
On that broken street
 
But the clock ticked on
The gates shall close
 
Time trickled
you stayed put
 
Until the sirens rang
warning of fading souls
 
Did you head my cries
Let time antagonize
 
By my window, I look on
Tears at your pointless haunt
 
Our plans to meet
Deemed obsolete
 
 
 

​“Distancing” 

​Past sunset, sneak on down
where no other soul is found
a warning crash
a looming splash
glances and sighs
hands between strong thighs
 
 
Police about, watch out!
two hearts on the run
nothing can trump our fun
oh! how selfish we must be,
taunting God with glee
graced in company
sand between our toes
embracing much too close.