Hello! I am Anthony O’Dugan, writer, editor, poet, author, and so much more! I’ve been writing on Medium for just over a year now and I am also an editor for iPoetry as well as the managing editor for Pollinate Magazine. I’ve amassed a diverse collection of works in my…
And so I write…
When the world sleeps
whether actually or in my mind
where only quiet exists so that I can finally hear the sound of the knock of the ones who deliver the words from worlds I only know when I am still.
And so I write…
To free…
from CRAVE 2: Forbidden Secrets
I remember your smell from before I knew you.
The taste of our first kiss was something I recalled, like a distant memory.
When you touch me it’s as if I’m awake for the first time
free to live all the dreams I have collected,
like finding a…
I haven’t slept for days…
My thoughts are soft swirls of purple haze.
In the middle, a minotaur, minding a maze.
Within a labyrinth of many ways,
I rage at the mirror that reflects my gaze.
Tired torpedoes fall silently still
As attacks become naps of necessity’s thrill. …
It’s hard to be creative
as any dreamer knows
for all we want is the room to fill
as our imagination grows.
Creativity comes as a spark
sometimes little and alone
in the all-consuming dark.
At other times it booms
as it flows
like a mighty river
rumbling and tumbling
into whosoever knows…
And I know how it feels inside
To be unseen, when you’re wide-eyed.
Days and nights just pass you by
When everything will make you cry.
Can you die without life?
Hit the gas and take a dive. …
Hello, and happy full moon to you!
Tonight’s full moon (January 17th, 2022) is our first full moon of the year (known as the “Wolf Moon”) and it brings with it a host of energies that often find us in heightened emotional states. You know the old saying people sometimes…
