Jeffrey McDaniel

Someone I know talks particularly about broken marriages so casually, you'd think she wasn't in the middle of it years ago. Scenes from movies and books --- even separations, domestic violence and nasty marital affairs of people we know ---

The other day you said goodbye, then last night you came round to say you're not trying hard enough: you can't get me out of your head. You're confusing, but I'm weak: you break my heart but I take you

And then another day for kisses, again. And yet another work by McDaniel. The Benjamin Franklin of Monogamy Jeffrey McDaniel Reminiscing in the drizzle of Portland, I notice the ring that's landed on your finger, a massive insect of glitter, a chandelier shining at the

Probably used that phrase more often than not. This poem has always been close to my heart. The Archipelago of Kisses Jeffrey McDaniel We live in a modern society. Husbands and wives don't grow      on trees like in the old days. So where does one

Nothing makes sense, even this poem, but I know you get it, I know you understand. Absence Jeffrey McDaniel On the scales of desire, your absence weighs more than someone else’s presence, so I say no thanks to the woman who throws her girdle at

My friend told me today that utopia doesn't exist for people like us. Because we have too many wounds, because our hurt spans a universe. I gave him this poem. The Scars of Utopia Jeffrey McDaniel If you keep taking stabs at utopia sooner