Apples – 2019 in Wingless Dreamer’s Winter Passionate Penholders Anthology
"Not like that—as you grip the bar and yanked.
Maybe watching is just as fun.
Watching teaches what is supposed to be
done and not done...
It teaches that the apple bag is heavy
and can tare.
It teaches that when apples fall from
the bag,
they bruise."
Poetry
Blackjack – 2021, Willard & Maple Volume XXII
"I saw beauty in the imperfections
of the hands life dealt,
the countless folds and flushes
seemingly given at random
That nagging belief
that they’re given to the favorites
Because even life has a favorite
and it’s obvious when it’s not you."
Attack – 2021, Willard & Maple Volume XXII
"Gasping for breath,
Walking in circles
The room closes in
Walls
Smaller and smaller
Air draining from existence
You sink down
Knees pulled against your chest
Holding tighter and tighter
Heat
Pulses through your body
Head spinning twists twirling
Hands in your hair
Pulling
Yanking
Screaming -- to get the voices
Out."
Danni Petrilak 