<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hyacinth Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hyacinth Poetry]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/poetry</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:04:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment In The Palm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some things Never change Only in a Sea swirling, Always moving Kind of way. Quiet evenings Hot air When I see Contentment Within reach. Watching clouds Caress a picturesque Mountain view Asking if they need Light As much as We do. Things do not Stay the same, But rather I have been here Ten thousand Times before Among Forest paisley, Ocean houndstooth.]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/contentment-in-the-palm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3da8e5faba6cee57d97441</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:01:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_ec884a87c3554b40ad949e6ae93ab23f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stinging Nettle &#38; Poison Oak]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was not aware Poison Oak Was so severe. I remember Being a child In the lush Green Fields Of Wales. And crying over Stinging Nettle. It's barbed leaves Prickling my Untouched skin. But much like A scraped knee, With time comes The ability to Frown a little And walk on. Naively, I assumed Poison Oak Would be another Stinging Nettle in a life Of scraped knees. Until the moss carpeted, Secret keeping, Coastal forests Taught me To Heed their Poison warnings, From scar tissue, All too Familiar,...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/stinging-nettle-poison-oak</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18e48f3455402997509e3e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_0ea1f250a1f24f7f8d1bd33c3e969f40~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers Curse]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was not a werewolf Until I met you You met me, bit me Tended to the bloodied wounds You gave me I heard you say look at that Red full moon Look at that red full moon Red full moon Red full moon Until all I could do was Look at that red full moon And when I came to you with matted fur You said it's just A lovers curse And when I grew claws You told me we would Make it work My teeth grew sharp Just like my words You said, "I see it hurts, it hurts; Just try a little harder To make it work," I...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/lovers-curse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18e15cc2da9ec2684b06c7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_d5b1454afdd4428a873b7c7050c01612~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Greed]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am always Falling For another Soul And should I be less Infatuate - Able? Perhaps, But in the fluttering Of hearts Is a beauty That remarks On the purpose we give To the world And fret not upon unrequited Daydreams, Pining does not take away from the flowing streams Colours shine a little brighter Even when I'm weak At the knees And I may be Too much for some Lacking dreams of others I may not be what you want, But I love the trees The pond, the bumblebees And my wants Should not conflate...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/i-am-greed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18de773455402997509004</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:44:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_a6610c4e6cd34cc7972316b10b26f82f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Writes Love Letters These Days?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yellow buttons in the field, I pour my heart onto paper, Vulnerable ink, worthless words, I make wishes on ancient streams, Never bold, only brave Who writes love letters these days? I only get so many words per day And I must put them all on the page- Unless I am to speak foolish thoughts to your face Dandelions are only weeds to sad suburban families Who don't climb trees Who writes love letters these days? "Your eyes bring me visions of the sea and sky, When your lips brush my hand it...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/who-writes-love-letters-these-days</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18df843455402997509284</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_8614da9d12cf45268c11198a9087cb45~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darling, Love, Baby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you smell the redwood trees? Darling, love, baby, Take me to the beach Watch the sun set Rest your tired feet. Darling, love, baby, I am not whole anymore Live with me a little wounded And I will give you more and more. Darling, lover, baby, Inspiration comes in many forms I'm a painter, I'm a poet Who painted you so beautiful? Darling, lover, baby, They say the river heals all wounds I never say what I a thinking Unless only the forest listens. Darling, lover, baby, We know that life is...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/darling-love-baby</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18d70c69f69d4475ad79a5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:55:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_178c89295262490e925e891ad3859b3d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep Your Eyes Closed, My Darling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Close your eyes, Listen To your heartbeat I do not expect you to tune out your thoughts I think that is impossible, Or I would not write so much. Eyes closed I see A hearth, Old fashioned, The center of A well loved cottage. Stone mantle. Plaster walls. Leaded windows, You know, the ones with The pattern That forms diamonds? The fire In the hearth Burns hot, A home. Maybe it is peacefully quiet. Maybe music plays From the Thrifted Record player. Something old, Before our time, But bringing...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/keep-your-eyes-closed-my-darling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18e30d69f69d4475ad9581</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_54bbb9b4150d4e3fbfaf750267524b91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have You Tried Asking A Stellar Jay?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you listen to their screams They speak Better than we do. And with all the time They spend watching From trees, Railing, Empty chairs, Which they are more deserving of Than the people This world was made for. And all that time watching, Don't you think the Stellar Jays know A little more about you Than you know about Yourself? If you cannot see Past their beady eyes Then I don't blame you, But it's a shame You'll never Look at the Stellar Jays Knowing they are One of many Kings Of the...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/have-you-tried-asking-a-stellar-jay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a17bddaf840e8662c448385</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 04:26:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_8190fca3f851461ab94265a84f7b3e7f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Lay On Soft Grass]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the spring And bugs crawl over me Reminding me One day I will be a corpse. It's not sad. It's beautiful, I think if anything, everything, Was forever We would forget to be grateful, Of course I am afraid The end comes too soon But I learn to face the sunny days And thank the bugs Only when the bugs eat my bones Will I rest, Until then I endeavor To love someone Every day Worship the sun Worship the moon Climb the ocean Swim every mountain range And kiss their perfect face.]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/i-lay-on-soft-grass</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a17ba20f840e8662c447b07</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 03:46:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_71e5be84d98245048def69653711e93e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Nectar, I Will Never Drink]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do this funny dance, 	Hummingbird Of honesty held in my hand, 	Gets eaten by a snake And my lips never move, saying things that do not match my brain 	Snakes can swallow anything whole - ostrich eggs and the earth And I am glad you cannot read my mind, it's dark in there, you'd lose your light 	Why are snakes a symbol of evil when they're just trying to survive? But I wish I could form my thoughts into sounds and say you are a perfect star in this violet - blue sky]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/sweet-nectar-i-will-never-drink</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a17b92be7ae03e6441f8970</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 03:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_b4ba261442264a079d62b2d4e6865579~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No One Ever Marries Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moments are so temporary I asked, once, for forever And I am glad to let it go I mourn in moments That I so easily Slip from every grasp It is never without Thorny cuts And scars meant to last. Your name sounds like Songbird music And you taught me how to Love And I always remember The small child I was; Every day has four seasons And my winter is harsh To everyone I want to let you in, My love I want to write your song: The world is not a cruel place Without human intention And without human...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/no-one-ever-marries-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a17b5c9f840e8662c4470c4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 03:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_2a5e4ceb68d7467fa544ef3d38e84e6f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fierce, Gentle Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Short and sweet Just how the summer Should be Fresh berries Stain Lips and fingers We lay on hot beach sand Clothes smell like Bonfire smoke September is coming Short and sweet, Just how I like it How it should be I will miss you When winter comes But seasons always End I would Rest in your lap All summer Kiss your neck, I prayer, Write our story until Semptember And ask if it's the end, We bathe in sunlight In my dreams And it feels So good On bare skin. These two poems were written weeks...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/fierce-gentle-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1799a5e39bc17a59bb6ef1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 01:26:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_0593299fffa541e1a851e15edd7c97cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mini Collection of Mini Poems About Longing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think kissing him is Breathing And I suffocate In silence Grief, Perhaps, Is the privilege Of having loved I would never find it Attractive To be perfectly Sane Dandelion man You get one wish What will it be? (Wish for me) I, not un-often, am told I am sugary sweet But some people Prefer Savoury]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/a-mini-collection-of-mini-poems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a179492e7ae03e6441f33d0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 01:08:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_14870ae629554c379da120b0de5721f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speechless, Parts I &#38; II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you are a language I cannot read Maybe you are a painting And that is why your eyes Are blue Maybe you know The answers And that is why You look away Maybe I think too Much And that's why I have nothing to say If the eyes Are the window To the soul, What do you think I should See when I look into Your eyes? I do not believe in your naivety. They say Curiousity killed the cat I wish I Could ask What you think of that. The full saying is, "Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/speechless-parts-i-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a178dfdf840e8662c441343</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:39:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_af3926fb6ec344f2bca9c95f2087786b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass Intestines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is honesty spilling Guts all over the floor Am I obvious: easy to read, deciphered with a glance and you choose to turn away Am I a mystery: clouded in hypocrisy, molded by half strangers and their opinions on my broken teeth Are you trying to read in the bylines, looking for meaning in a dialect you haven't heard before Is honestly spilling guts All over the floor This poem came about out of genuine curisosity. When is it dishonest to not speak your mind? When is honestly crossing a line...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/glass-intestines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a178c28e7ae03e6441f2044</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_e89182d3347a4d89b530ec1329ce0f2c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Overflowing Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write poems About lovers That I will never know Because Love is Only one thing Spilling out Of my soul. And if I learn How to hold It Cup it, Give it, Then maybe I will be A more loveable Lovely Person And maybe The world Will hold More love In my wake.]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/empty-overflowing-cup</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a178b67e39bc17a59bb4e35</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_acb806d12bd140e8918740c201c44af9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Calls Of Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fresh grass sprouted through the mud Observe the world, the cattails and egrets These hopeful yet endless stretches of sea I hear, "It was impossible," Only gray patches of sky blink through The late morning Your motive twisted tightly like a whip The tall grass is difficult to paint Do you see this meadow dying under storm cells? Have I disappeared like a bark beetle? Blending into the furrowed trunk of an oak I had once thought, "I will never live like that." I hear, "I'm not letting you go...]]></description><link>https://www.hyacinthpoetry.com/post/the-calls-of-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a178886f840e8662c440744</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:23:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b6638f_9980e590e48942a68e76bc2e0cbb0954~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>malhyacinthus</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>