Deborah Barchi has been writing poetry for over five years. Her chapbook entitled Brown Birds is available thru Finishing Line Press.
She is the Director of Barrington Public Library and lives in Scituate, RI. You may email Debbie at:
► Deb's books & selected poems are available below.
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Origami Micro-Chapbook |
Selected Poem(s) |
Photo 'The Walking Stick' from
National Geobraphic website
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{mooblock=Autobiography of a Leaf}
Tender, green and new I hang,
needing only sun and rain. To fly becomes my whole desire. To soar--alone--a little while. I wish so much that I might know the bliss that comes from letting go; until the snow and frozen rain drive me to the ground again. There to shelter, rot, and die; become sweet earth, another time.
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Deborah R. Barchi © 2013
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{mooblock=Vernal Pool}
The sheltering boughs
the matted leaves
the chanting frogs
their hapless meals
and the rain
the rain
the rain
a proper brew
to make a pool
as it was meant to be
as it has always been.
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Deborah R. Barchi © 2009
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{mooblock=A Killer of Houseplants}
She is a killer of houseplants
and has been all her life. when she takes them home they tremble and wilt, knowing they soon must die. What can they do, legless as they are if fate has decreed this unkind end: to die overwatered and underfed. She doesn't mean to kill them, after all; in truth, she wants only this-- to be surrounded by living green; yet no ivy, potted jade, or cactus in a dish has ever lived to satisfy her need.
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Deborah R. Barchi © 2009
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{mooblock=Opening Lines}
What is this?
Road kill and large.
Smooth dark flanks, a small square snout, a hefty thigh flattened out.
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Deborah R. Barchi © 2009
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