2021-09-20 17:57
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Kelley Ann Hornyak is a professional writer, poet, and aspiring singer/songwriter from Allen Park, MI. She has received several honors for her poetry and other writing.
2021-05-03 15:55
“opia: the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable—their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque—as if… Read More
2020-11-06 21:37
Moving on is not linear.Some steps are monumental,toes tracing mountaintopsand knees brushing clouds.Many nights are missteps,tripping overwhat was onceswept under,sometimesforgotten painbut… Read More
2020-10-31 15:13
On a day so fraught with ghosts and demons,I wish I had guarded my heart a little more fiercely.A little barbed wire is a wise defensewhen the veil is so thinand the wolves so hungry.A mache… Read More
2020-09-29 20:40
the most difficult pieces arethat you've made methe enemythat you've torn downeverythingthat we're onlymemorieswhere i thoughtwe werefamilythat your blood smearsthe sunlight,no salve coating… Read More
2020-09-18 02:10
Winding roads led me here tonight,to the water's edge beside your birthplace.I brought the music with meand I cling to the melodylike you used to do.I let it coax the tearsout of their hidin… Read More
2020-08-29 04:01
Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 62nd birthday. I wrote Eternal Refrain in 2009, shortly after his passing, but I am sharing this for the first time here in the strange days of… Read More
2019-12-07 21:23
Gold-laden paths up the mountain.Fluent in screams, I stayed at the bottom.Drowning in the blood pool,did I think it would be disrespectfulto step up and out?It was not my blood, after all,a… Read More
2019-10-02 19:11
The leaves are meltingand dripping through the trees.The sky is meltingand dripping through the leaves.The sunshine is liquid,pouring through it all,washing away the painand making me clean… Read More
2019-10-01 15:50
Un tetheredand un comfortable.Petals in a framefling raindropsat my flame,but the fire's burnedtoo longto beso quicklyquenched.Something festers,something lurksbeneath the glow,amid the work… Read More
2019-07-03 04:29
I have yet to fully address my partner’s stroke here on the blog, instead telling the story in bits and pieces of poetry, and perhaps it is best told that way. She is a private person… Read More
2019-05-09 03:21
I held you high like all the rest.While the others drop your palanquinto stand in picket lineswith protest signs,I slink back quietlyto mourn the icon,the image,the false deitywe placedon th… Read More
2019-04-30 21:43
She anchored her worldwith a chronic sense of overwhelmand made sure that the rest of uswere completely saturatedby that ocean of busynessuntil no one bothered to knock on her doorfor fear t… Read More
2019-04-29 16:30
Where haveyou beenhalf mylife?Missing.Present but absent,you played the roleand flimflammed them allbut I never stoppedwailing for the youthat I knew.Persian blue pumpsclicking their waydown… Read More
2019-04-28 20:55
The pilgrimage happened naturally,in its own time and protected spaceas I went on about my days.I never had to force it,never had to tell falsities.What is meant to becomewill always be done… Read More
2019-04-28 03:37
Ghost.Near sleepand approaching dreams,wispy white lipsbrush my cheek;leave a glittery dustand a happy flush.Tossing and turningon downy pillows,I accept the whisper of you,the sliver that's… Read More
2019-04-27 03:31
I never told a lie.Every word was set in stone,emblazoned in gold,and kissed by lights.Nothing mattered more.I just needed a bit more time.More time than most to process,to synthesize the tr… Read More
2019-04-25 23:30
It was eons agowhen it all made sense,when we were friends,when life and loveseemed not to end—when taboo was a gameand tribe was a scentand music would surround uswherever we went&mda&hell…Read More
2019-04-24 15:53
I lived in denial like it was my palace.I never touched the world outside those rooms.Though my castle was appropriated by a captorwho oddly didn't want me there at all,I stayed within the d… Read More
2019-04-24 03:03
The doctor put her hands on meand she told me I was on fire.I wondered how I could burnso long without being consumed.She wanted to pour ice waterthrough my glowing embers,but there are camp… Read More
2019-04-23 02:06
I can't be angry with anyone anymore.I can dismiss or disregard you if you're cruel,but nothing you can do to meis worth the self-poisoningthat occurs when I spill my fury.Lifetimes of slamm… Read More
2019-04-22 03:26
Automaton. Plastic and circuits.Product of my environment—sad but significant sign of my times.Taking fears and cranking out fearbots—shaking, tears that rust my hopebits.I ran l… Read More
2019-04-21 01:54
Verge of tomorrow.Votes lead to joy or sorrow.A country divided,half hope,half hate.It's as ifthe timesnever changed.TV news will lie to you.They say we're racistsand I guess many are.But co… Read More
2019-04-19 16:13
For Uncle John and PatrickA friendlier climate is desiredbut you chose to fight to the finish,so we'll overwinter here in the blizzard.Blue skies turn to shades of grayand hair tumbles from… Read More
2019-04-18 19:11
Come run with us.The sheltered halfof your life is done.Overprotectress preoccupied,oppressors absent.No armor needed,no bodyguards,and not evenforged excuse slips.Nothingto slow usdown.Page… Read More
2019-04-18 00:31
Today is National Haiku Day and #HaikuAnApology is trending on Twitter! Love it. Applause to the #poetrycommunity for keeping poetry alive in this high tech age. Here is what I came up with:… Read More
2019-04-16 20:41
Your efforts, cute—your presence, much less so.But my patience is built on bedrockand your abuse blows away like snow.A weaker creaturewould have become unhingedwhen you transmogrified… Read More
2019-04-16 02:46
Silken strings of words surround me,pages crinkling a comforting symphony.While believed to be in hibernation,I secretly spun a web of strangeness,a collection of tales I'd never told—… Read More
2019-04-15 01:38
It's not easy waking up in this graveyard of dreams,everyday choking up black dirt with insects and mold,knowing that somewhere beneath that cake of earththere is a bright yellow canary buri… Read More
2019-04-14 02:08
Come and sit with me a moment.Hang your crown on the hat rackand know the absence of that weight.Kick off the shoes you try so hard to fill.These mind maps connect our parallel lives,neurons… Read More
2019-04-13 03:13
You don't have to be here to change me.You are the air in my lungs,the dreams in my sleep.Your sentences are printedlike tattoos inside of me,like graffiti, like calligraphy,like the gospel… Read More
2019-04-12 01:43
Calm weather, cloudy skies.Wispy, ethereal, celestial thoughts.Weave through and wander.Stay as long as you like.No calendars here, no clocks.No deadlines, no time limits.No ceilings and no… Read More
2019-04-11 03:59
It was never what they made it out to be—never what we heard or saw on TV.We dreamed of grandeur and grander thingslike hugs and love and support for our dreams,but stayed stuck in thi… Read More
2019-04-09 23:30
This poem tells the story of what it was like to support my partner and fiancee as she survived a stroke in ICU. These words came to me after we spent some time at that same hospital today… Read More
2019-04-09 03:54
Laughing and cryingWe split the balance betweenLiving and dyingPhoto by: unsplash-logomadison lavern Read More
2019-04-08 03:21
You train your lenson the historied landand showcase the contrastbetween the light and the dark.You don't see your talent,don't see your skill,but I do. We all do.It's clear and bright and s… Read More
2019-04-07 02:11
Thrum, thrum, thrum through my body—reverberate like guitar stringsand make my soul sing.I thirst for the love-drunk melodythat flirts with infatuationand tumbles down, down, down,to a… Read More
2019-04-06 03:59
The layers upon layers of rain-soaked pagesstick to each other and to the eras and ages,keeping me glued to the concepts I conceivedwhen there was still time and space to dream.I remember wh… Read More
2019-04-05 00:58
Every day I pay tribute, wordless,and every day I absorb the noise.I will do so for the rest of my daysuntil the streets are soundlessand until the sun weeps no more.Until it's quiet beneath… Read More
2019-04-04 03:54
I have barely begun to tell the story of the past year and a half, of everything that has happened to my partner and our families in that time span, other than this singular tweet exactly on… Read More
Rough Sketches Of High Places - NaPoWriMo Day #2 - A Poem About Two Dreamers Taking The Scenic Route
2019-04-03 03:24
Hyper energy pulsates in this space,maximum overdrive, voltage cranked high.It's an echo of what we once were,what we could have been,if only we had let our plansharden into concrete.But you… Read More
2019-04-01 18:56
Growing older is fraught with disappointmentas my convictions further solidify into certitudes.Destructive impulses outweigh restorative ideasin this strange era of hostilities.There is much… Read More
2017-11-01 03:16
Pass for HumanMoody as the clouds rolling over this Halloween moon,I'm not the greatest company tonight.In a room full of dancing and laughter,I move in slow motion between the dancers,unnot… Read More
2017-10-31 02:20
Star ChartsBody aches—psychotic breaks.It's a damn shamewhat they did to us.Did we come down for this?Did we chart it allamongst the starsand choosethis timeand place?When we slip betw… Read More
2017-10-29 19:11
Paper DreamsCan you imagine how much loveis woven through these trees for you?Through these small town streetswhere I drive and sing and dream,where I fantasize and romanticizeabout lovers w… Read More
2017-10-28 19:11
Skate or DieThe night after he left us, I skated on the shadow side.I watched the stars spin like teacups in the sky.The angels serenaded him through staticky airwavesand I made wishes on ev… Read More
2017-10-27 21:25
Summer TripsI'm sorry I put you in the box, baby.I'm sorry I labeled you a sexy celebritywhen you were just a hometown flake like me.You appeal and you break me wide openand I guess I'm just… Read More
2017-10-27 00:52
My partner and I are celebrating 21 years together, weathering the storms and somehow surviving them all since age 14. We're young at heart and yet old souls. We've had our ups and downs, as… Read More
2017-10-25 19:11
HovelErosion doesn't require abuse.It only requires neglect.Lack of money, time, or love—it doesn't matter which,and many times, it's all.In any case,what was raised in hopewill slowly… Read More
2017-10-24 23:15
If you were following my OctPoWriMo posts, you might have noticed that I dropped off on the 17th. I had surgery that day (FYI: All is well!) and though I intended to use the downtime that fo… Read More
2017-10-17 03:21
Milk (Tread Carefully)Doesn't it seem deliberately ignorantthat I'm swallowing pills to numb the painthat my loved ones have thrust upon me,after having watched you do the same,after having… Read More
2017-10-15 07:11
Santa BarbaraThis shark-filled sea is as dangerousas the lightning-lit sky above it,and the ones I love mostare in harm's way.The sharks smell bloodand the lightning seeks release,and I can'… Read More
2017-10-15 03:33
Let It ShriekEvery time I think I'm freeit all comes rushing back at me.But now I'm worn, my edges blurred.Might not remember what I heard.(And if I do, am I really sure?)The pieces never fi… Read More
2017-10-14 03:59
Triggers flashinglike emergency lights—frightening fireworks,lightning overworked—everything burnt on sight.But I breathe.Inhale slowly and evenly—exhale slowly and evenly… Read More
2017-10-13 03:47
Burn BrightDepression, is it?Medication-inducedand difficult to elude?I assumed the obviousto be the truth,but this troubleis not what itmasqueradesto be.There is another namefor the emptine… Read More
2017-10-12 02:15
Discarding DarknessLetting go of darkness.What it's like to try to kiss the handthat is and always has been intangible.How it feels to wrap my armsaround a spectre.Empty.This day tried to co… Read More
2017-10-11 02:14
HatchetI never bring you up in conversationbecause too many know the truthand then there are those that still don't.Those that know would nod and smilewhile marveling at how damaged I must b… Read More
2017-10-10 00:16
Peace & EaseI'd been told to ignore the sting—that the point was in the pain.But my advisors never facedmy particular afflictionand they never lent a handnor coated me in any balm… Read More
2017-10-09 03:01
No matter what,from here on out,I'm taking care of myself.Seasons and seasons of putting others firstand focusing on outside perceptionsinstead of what I think and feelhas led me here,to the… Read More
2017-10-08 02:47
Let Me BeHere it is.The letting go.The chapter closing.The clench unfolding.What broke withinremains in pieces,but also at peace,the way it should be.I rest.I breathe.I dream.Future pages ma… Read More
2017-10-06 15:59
It was a foggy, humid, beautiful gray day today. I had a lot to do and a lot on my mind. I've had one appointment after another, dealing with my own health issues as my loved ones deal with… Read More
2017-10-05 22:16
I'm trying to mostly share new works for OctPoWriMo. Though this one is not new, written at the beginning of this year, I stumbled upon it in the vault today and it seemed like a lost p… Read More
2017-10-05 02:08
Opposing SidesThe classic tales will lead a child to believethat reality and wishes are on opposing teams,that desires and dreams differfrom day jobs and responsibilities,and that yesterday… Read More
2017-10-03 23:12
VisibleYou are long gone.I don't recall your face,but I remember your flowers.Across the street, the acorns still falland no one sweeps them away,just like back in the day.But your house is… Read More
2017-10-03 01:42
In the wake of last night's shooting in Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in US history, I really haven't been able to think of much else. There are so many reasons to be disheartened and d… Read More
2017-10-01 23:15
Those of you who have followed my blog for any significant length of time know that I love participating in National Poetry Writing Month, better known as NaPoWriMo, where you write a poem a… Read More
2017-07-01 19:11
Neon BeachBass licked by tropical tones—sunset tinged with candy ribbons.Melodies fill up my sea and my skyand I run over with temptations.Once, this space was empty.Twice, this space… Read More
2017-06-21 19:11
Old HauntsI left you here because I know you'll be happyin the orange forest glen beneath the tree canopy.I left this note in your pocket to explain it all away—the reasons I could nev… Read More
2017-06-17 19:11
Sky-BoundSomething I've secretly struggled withis that my life comes down to this.The dreams I built up in the airwere left without any doors,and worse, with no stairs.I abandoned myself in… Read More
2017-06-12 22:14
Amethyst
Amethyst era—another cloak of mourning,but this one royal and regal.Translucent and revealing—this shroud is not just devastating… Read More
2017-06-06 02:32
Before and after, side by side... I have made wishes on many dandelions in my 35 years, watching the seeds blow away on a hopeful breath and praying that they were really carrying those wish… Read More
2017-04-09 02:45
Good Enough TodayOnce, it seemed smart.Once, it seemed safe.Later, it still seemed fun enoughto warrant the risk, to warrant the pain.But now I pay and I pay and I pay.I long for a moment th… Read More
2017-04-08 03:35
ComplianceWas it random fortune or set-in-stone fatethat led me to this broken yet bountiful place?I eulogized childhood dreams on this graveland watched as hope seepedinto the ground like s… Read More
2017-04-07 07:12
Disrupt the NightSummer storm,replete with rain,with hail that threatensto crack the panes.Flashes light up the navy skyand the ground takes the hitlike the champ that it is.You sleep peacef… Read More
2017-04-05 07:11
The Square CircleLet me walk with you this eveningalong this quiet blockwhere everything that means anythingis contained in a glowing box—where blonde sisters trick their misters,endur… Read More
2017-04-04 07:11
MelancholyAge brings a softness—a shadowy shademidway between darkness and light.It paints the undersides of billowing clouds,underscores laugh lines of tired eyes,and chases away blea… Read More
2017-04-03 07:45
ChampionGod and love—and love of God—were so important to youthat even those who weren't religiousbecame believers of the gospelwhen it was read by you.Out of our graduating clas… Read More
2017-04-03 03:08
WeightedA bouquet of feelings:A quiet understanding.A wish that I wasn't there.An annoyance at redundancy.An awareness that I'm dead.As empty and unattached as a mind can be,I swirl down the… Read More
2017-04-01 07:11
It's that time again. NaPoWriMo 2017. One poem a day for the next 30 days. Here we go!PearlsIf I had been told that I'd spendmy whole life missing you,I'd still have chosen to fall that hard… Read More
2016-11-12 03:55
I rarely write political poems simply because they feel like they have an expiration date. Times change and I want my work to be applicable to any era, not just the ones in which I am writin… Read More
2016-09-16 05:03
You may recall me mentioning the lovely Judy Rodman here on the blog before. I always like to note that she wrote one of my favorite songs, One Way Ticket (Because I Can), whi… Read More
2016-09-13 22:51
UnauthorizedI have a reputation for living life easy and free.It's rarely been that way—not in reality.They wonder where I got my talentbut I was groomed by novelistscrafting a biograp… Read More
2016-08-23 19:23
MaskThe mask is ornate—giant diamonds inlaid,24 karat gold as a frame,and the eyes that fall upon itare green—an emerald so supreme,if you know what I mean.It is awe-inspiring.It… Read More
2016-07-19 08:49
It's been a good minute since I've posted anything poetic. Almost a month. I'm exhausted tonight after my first difficult evening with benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms (on this particular… Read More
2016-06-29 00:51
This Eye on the Arts feature on graffiti artists, tattoo artists, and art in Michigan City is so inspiring for anyone who works in a creative field or dreams of doing so. Featuring Feli… Read More
2016-06-25 23:07
If you only knew how loved you were, and how exquisitely perfect you were from day one, you'd still be here. Thinking of all the Michael Jackson fans who, like me, wish that June 25th, 2009… Read More
2016-06-24 22:36
I haven't shared anything in a while, but I have continued to write daily since NaPoWriMo, which was a conscious decision and something that I really want to continue for the rest of my days… Read More
2016-05-06 08:06
The line between life and deathfeels so much thinnersurrounding each loss.One careless step and I could bedancing with you on the other side—toe tags and body bags on this side.But the… Read More
2016-04-24 03:51
Every Blessed ThingI hold all your memorieslike a locket long forgotten.I'm resting in the musty, dustybox of antique jewelsuntil crying eyesfix on a hint of glintand hurting handsdiscover w… Read More
2016-04-23 00:48
Obviously inspired by Prince's untimely passing. I don't know how I feel about the quality of this one. I just wrote it as it was inspired and left it as is. I don't know when a real, true… Read More
2016-04-22 02:08
I wrote this poem (and the previous poem, Silent Movies) last night as a matched set, right before going to sleep. This one happens to include a Prince reference at the beginning of the seco… Read More
2016-04-20 07:11
Silent MoviesDandelions.Daisies.Sunlight from the eastthrough morning lark squintsand wide night owl eyes.Laughter.Pretty presence—mindlessness and mindfulness—the kind that only… Read More
2016-04-19 23:55
I have a voiceand I haven't been using it.I've been tumbling throughpage after pageof personal pain,and maybe that will help someone,but there is a larger aim.I'm a singer,a lyricist,a poet… Read More
2016-04-18 20:01
Love NoteCutting that cord was like shuttingoff my air supply. I never knewhow central you were. How essential.I thank God for the healing, for thebridge that connects us. Now I cherishyou l… Read More
2016-04-17 07:11
PassionflowerPassionflower,I love your bloom.My eyes rivet,every spring,on your blazingpurple shock of life,and on the youthyou bring.Like a honey kissor the quickest lickoff a twist of lime… Read More
2016-04-16 07:11
Soften MeLight, fragrant, emollient.Sink within and soften me.Heal my flesh of battle scars.Fuse my bones with strength to run.Fill my hurting heart with joy.Show me how to live again.I can… Read More
2016-04-15 23:04
A super simple one from Miss Complexity herself... but hey, I have a lot of work to do tonight, and what better way to welcome spring than very simply and sweetly? In any case, it definitely… Read More
2016-04-14 23:22
When writing this today, I had some very specific examples of the "anchors" that I refer to, the evidence of fate or divine design, but the poem came out very simple—just broad qu… Read More
2016-04-14 01:53
Time WavesSometimes their voices,just up the stairs,travel down—a waterfall of lightthrough time waves—transporting meinstantlyto an erawhere wewere all happy.Their frequencyis y… Read More
2016-04-13 03:15
I've been working long hours lately and haven't been feeling the jolt of inspiration that I usually feel when it comes to NaPoWriMo, so I decided to go with today's NaPoWriMo.net writing pro… Read More
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