Anna WestSilenceI stopped and listened to the silence, heard the silence, the noisy silence I heard the worlds within worlds, the noisy chatter of a…Nov 26, 20233Nov 26, 20233
Anna WestBorn StillI was watching a gothic tableau play out from the corner of a hospital room. A pale girl lay on the bed below. Dark hair on white pillows…Nov 18, 2023Nov 18, 2023
Anna WestinLong. Sweet. Valuable.The IrishmanI never knew your name. I don’t need to know it to remember, your wild heart branded my soul.Nov 15, 2023Nov 15, 2023
Anna WestThe PomegranateI put a pomegranate in his hands. His hands once strong and brown, long fingered, now rested empty of life. Closed. Wrapped like torn paper…Nov 15, 2023Nov 15, 2023
Anna WestEmpty Skin WomanOne hot, late summer afternoon, three children playing down by the river thought they saw some frayed, sun-bleached cloth caught in the…Apr 23, 2021Apr 23, 2021
Anna WestSilent Night ~ a Tankanight, silent, breathing the sound of light touching earth kissing her sweetly silence caressing silence bringing forth its sound of loveFeb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020
Anna WestBurned — a Tankathe lucky country blackened, burned, devastated yet, in blackened soil radiant life reaches, blooms and with hope will thrive againFeb 8, 2020Feb 8, 2020