Naked on Cashmere

She Had an Uncanny Energy

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

She had an uncanny energy for lifethankful for every little miracle it bestowed—and it made herentirely impossibleto live without. xx Atticus@attic...

“Leisure” by W. H. Davies

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Leisure” by W. H. Davies What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as...

She Wasn't Happy or Sad

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

She wasn’t happy or sad,in love or out of love,she was just thereexistingin the ebb and flow of life—and that was a dangerous place to bebut her w...

In The Mornings

21 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the morningsshe taught me Frenchand after breakfast she would paintand I would writeand as the spring rain fell on the skylightand the tea steamed ...

“i carry your heart with me” by e e cummings

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"i carry your heart with me" by e e cummings  i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; ...

Does The Sun Promise To Shine?

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Does the sun promise to shine?No, but it will—even behind the darkest clouds,and no promisewill make it shine longer or brighterfor that is its fate...

All Life Is A Revolt

14 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

All life is a revolt against deathand all revolts are eventually quelled.The question is:in those momentswith a rock in your handand tear gas in your ...

On Those Nights

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On those nightswhen the thick snow driftsthrough moonlightand the sky looks like falling starsclose your eyeslook uptongue out to the  godsand feel t...

"Out Here On This Very Day” by Prince Neptune

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Out Here On This Very Day” by Prince Neptune (Cody Simpson) Out here on this very dayWe journey further into the illusionAdrift in the great dream...

"I Have Fallen" by Christopher Poindexter

07 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"I Have Fallen" by Christopher Poindexter I have fallenin love many times.Have you ever sat in a barand watched a lonely manor woman by themselves,th...

Today I Opened A Book

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

that you’d pressed—it was orangeand redand yellowand small.And in all waysit was our lovegone nowbut beautiful stillas the memory of something mor...

Keep Your Kingdoms

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keep your kingdomsgive methe open roadthe stars in the skythe smell of a campfirearound the next bendand I will be as rich as any king. xx Atticus@at...

Tell Me, She Said

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tell me,she said,about our houseour childrenour gardenabout the lives we will have --but he never couldand it wasn't until she was gonethat he underst...

Daughter of Mine

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daughter of mine—for your smiles,for your tears,for your skinned knees,and your broken hearts,for the love you give,and the love you find.For whatev...

I Took Her Hand

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I took her hand,and my heart beat fastas her warmth swallowed me up.A thousand times I’d run this trailbut not with her.Her eyes were all that young...

We Aspire

22 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We aspireonly to liveour lives well,to fall into the gentle to and fro of life,and the refrains of seasons and tidesrocking us slowly & finally to sle...

I Woke Before Her

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I woke before herand she slept on as the sun rosespilling light across our bedshe was an angel in my sheetsthe girl I would drawif given a thousand ye...

There Is No Excuse

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There is no excuseI’ve heardworthyto declinea requestby a lady ofreasonablemoralsand pleasantcompanyfor a skinny dipunder a warmsummer moon. xx Att...

You and I Are Stars

15 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You and Iare starsmet oncein the breath of a universecrossed only for a momentas the ebb and flowof dust and atoms. xx [email protected]...

It Rained in Rome

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It rained in Romebut when the sun came outit seemed freshlike a city made newand the ruins glimmeredreminding methat nothing lasts forevernot citiesno...

Hidden Away Above Two Thin Staircases

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hidden away above two thin staircasesa bed, a desk, and bookshelf,a writer’s paradisethe rain would fall and setits cadence to my thoughtsthe old ra...

We Drowned Out The Voices

08 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We drowned out the voices in our hearts that our love had run its course,for this night at leastthe old music played louderthan the truth that beat b...

Have You Ever Had A Feeling

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had a feeling there’s more to youthan the personeverybody else seesa person hidden deep within the very fabric of your soul— you ...

Go Forth And Conquer

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Go forth and conquer for the world is small and you are a giant and every stepyou takewill make the ground shake as it risesto meet you. xx Attic...

To Be Honest

01 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To be honestyou scare meI’m terrified of letting you inof seeing myselfmore clearly through your eyeswondering if I’m good enoughor if one day I’...

Her Love Came From Deep Within

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Her love came from deep withina calm acceptanceof who she was in the worlda quiet respectfor the face she sawin the mirror.xx Atticus@atticuspoetrywww...

She Flirted With Life

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

She flirted with lifeand life flirted right back with her, as if all the universecame more alivejust for herand everything felt her glow.It wasin the...

We Ran From Beach Clubs

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We ran from beach clubs in rain showers drinking champagne from bottles jumping into pools in our clothes and kissing under lightning, we yelled ...

I Want To Know Every Part Of You

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I want to know every part of you, every scar, every bruise, I want to trace the map of you, my fingers a compass, your freckles the constellation...

There We Were Making Rhythms

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There we were making rhythmsJumping ahead of Earth’s own heartbeatSetting new times to our universeAnd we drank it in like warming wineWe the childr...

I’ve Had The Slow Murmur of a Paris Thought

19 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oh no,I’ve had the slow murmur of a Paris thought,the kind that won’t leaveuntil well aftera month-long-weekof rosé,cafés,and sunsets on the Sei...

"Paris in Spring” by Sara Teasdale

18 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Paris in Spring” by Sara Teasdale The city's all a-shining Beneath a fickle sun, A gay young wind's a-blowing, The little shower is done. But ...

There Is No Safer Place

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There is no safer place I knowthan tuckedin a cornerof a café in Pariswith a bottle of roséand an afternoon to spare. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www...

In The Mornings

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the morningsshe taught me Frenchand after breakfast she would paint and I would writeand as the spring rain fell on the skylight and the tea stea...

The Way You Flirt with Paris

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The way you flirt with ParisI am forgottenleft in the spinning blossomof your love—and all I can do iswatch you bothand smileas the gardens bloom.xx...

"Fourth Caprice in Montparnasse" by TS Eliot

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Fourth Caprice in Montparnasse" by TS Eliot We turn the corner of the street And again Here is a landscape grey with rain On black umbrellas, wat...

Give Me A Room In Paris

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme PARIS and invites you to take a moment each day to refl...

Poetry To Me

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Poetryto meis stumbling in the darksearching forthe right wordsto describethe feelingI getwhen she smileswhile she sleeps. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry ...

"Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost

11 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.I have outwalk...

The Sunset Raged

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The sunset ragedin its gentle furya four-horsed apocalypsecharging toward ushuddled on a beachin woolen blanketssinging songson a ukuleleto the ever-r...

On Those Nights

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On those nights when the thick snow driftsthrough moonlightand the sky looks like falling stars close your eyeslook uptongue out to the gods and fe...

I Have Seen Your Darkest Nights

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I have seen yourdarkest nights and brightest daysand I want you to knowthat I will be hereforeverloving youin dusk.xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atti...

"Meeting at Midnight” by Robert Browning

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their ...

My Sweet Darling

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme DARKNESS and invites you to take a moment each day to r...

I Have Noticed

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I have noticedthrough careful observationthat you look your bestsoaked in champagneunder fireworksdancing in the rain. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www....

"Sometimes I Sit” by Christopher Poindexter

04 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Sometimes I Sit” by Christopher Poindexter sometimes i sitalone beneaththe stars and thinkof the galaxiesinside of myheart and trulywonder if anyo...

Sometimes We Feed The Hurt

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes wefeed the hurtinside uslike a wild bear on a chainjust to seehow angry we can make itbefore letting it go. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.a...

“Thunderstorms” by W. H. Davies

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

“Thunderstorms” by W. H. Davies My mind has thunderstorms,That brood for heavy hours:Until they rain me words,My thoughts are drooping flowersAnd...

She Was A Storm

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

She was a stormthe kind of girlyou needed to loseyourself to findsomewhereup half a bottle of whiskeyand down half the moon of sky.xx Atticus@atticusp...

"Do It All And Do It Now Baby” by Prince Neptune

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Do It All And Do It Now Baby” by Prince Neptune O delicate young woman youListen here and listen closeRun into the balmy nightSinging with boister...

Leave Her Wild

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme WILD and invites you to take a moment each day to refle...

I Would Rather Have a Body Full of Scars

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I would ratherhave a body full of scarsand a head full of memoriesthan a lifeof regretsand perfect skin. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry....

"Let Me Kiss The Cracks” by Kayil York

28 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Let Me Kiss The Cracks” by Kayil York Let me kiss thecracks in your soul.I can’t promiseI can makethem go away,but I can at least tryto ease the...

Let’s Stop Pretending

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s stoppretendingto be so perfectfor the worldand get onwith finding outif we can beperfectfor each other. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atticus...

“Imperfection” by Dejan Stojanovic

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Imperfection” by Dejan Stojanovic Trying too hard to be too good, Even when trying to be bad, Is too good for the bad Too bad for the good. ...

You Are Worth Your Imperfections

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You are worth your imperfectionsyou are worth your bad daysyou are worth your goodyou are worth your confusionyou are worth your insecuritiesyou are w...

"Underneath” by JmStorm

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Underneath” by JmStorm she wasn’t afraid ofmy demons and i didnot fear her madness.we saw beyond thosethings that lifedoes to a person.and under...

When They Met

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme IMPERFECT and invites you to take a moment each day to ...

To Me She Is

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

To meshe isthose final stepsthe turn around the last bendand a little housewith a light onand a fire litwith a faint laughfloating on the warm wind—...

"To All of the Lights” by Najwa Zebian

21 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"To All of the Lights” by Najwa Zebian To all of the lightswho chose to dimwhen I was in the darkness,thank you for teaching methat my own lightis ...

All Of The Light

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

All of the lightall of the treesall of timeall spinning throughout the darkened skyas ifthe whole worldwas createdjust to hold her—asleep on the cou...

“The Rain” by Kayil York

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“The Rain” by Kayil York On days like this I feel as heavy as the rain.I feel like I'm falling from the sky and crashinghard on the ground.Someti...

The Sunset Seeped Off the Seine

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The sunset seeped off the Seinedripping down our shoulders and fingersin the oranges of the Musée d’Orsaycigarette smoke danced in the scattering l...

“New Life" by Prince Neptune

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“New Life" by Prince Neptune let me tell you about freedomit cowers and shiversas young women dance for yousuddenlyamidst a kaleidoscope of salutat...

If I’d Met Her In A Cave

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme of LIGHT and invites you to take a moment each day to r...

She Stood There

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

She stood therebathing in the grand forests of his lovewith only the quiet rustleof the treetops against the skyto remind her she was real at all. xx...

"He Asks Me” by Najwa Zebian

14 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"He Asks Me” by Najwa Zebian He asks me:“What do you want from me?”I stare at him in silenceWith tears fighting to stayburied inside my eyes,wi...

I Like You

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I like youjust the way you are—in my baggy shirtsin my tangled sheetseating popcorn in my bedquietlyso I don’t hear you. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry...

“In My Solitude” by Christopher Poindexter

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“In My Solitude” by Christopher Poindexter in my solitude i hearsecrets about megod only tells tothe flowers.his voice whimperingfrom stars todus...

I Feel In Every Girl

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I feel in every girlthere livesa wild pixie,that if let go,would run and dance in grassy fieldsuntil the end of the world—and when that girl grows u...

“The Cleansing” by JmStorm

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“The Cleansing” by JmStorm she gets quiet sometimesand i can feel that a certain weight has gother by the heart. and itis in those times that iw...

I Longed For Real Silence

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme of SILENCE and invites you to take a moment each day to...

In This World

08 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this world of bits and piecesshe was wholeso entirely in front of methe one honest giftof my lifedripping therein the rain. xx Atticus@atticuspoet...

"My Darling, Don’t Forget” by Kayil York

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"My Darling, Don’t Forget” by Kayil York My darling, don’t forget your resilience.You are so strong and so capable.The only person who needs to...

And, Out Of Her Great Sorrow

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

And,out of hergreat sorrowand fear,came oneexhilaratingseed ofthoughtthat consumedher in a calmingwave of love and hope—she was free. xx Atticus@at...

“Won't You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Won't You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton won't you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylon...

When Given A Choice

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When given a choicebetween you and themchoose you.It’s better to be whole and alonethan broken at their feet.xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atticuspo...

“How We Change” by JmStorm

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“How We Change” by JmStorm you're not the sameperson you were10 years ago andprobably not theperson you thoughtyou'd be. but thatis the natural o...

Obsession Is Not Love

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme WHOLE and invites you to take a moment each day to refl...

Keep Your Bustling Cities

01 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Keep your bustling cities,give me only the moon,some wine, and old friendslaughing in the desert,and I will show youwhat thepaganscalled god. xx Atti...

“Here’s To The Ones” by Christopher Poindexter

30 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Here’s To The Ones” by Christopher Poindexter here's to the oneswho give their love,energy,and essenceaway for the pleasureof others.to the on...

You Will Find

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You will findthat most of life’stoughestand more existentialquestionscan be solvedor indefinitely postponedby spending more timearound the people yo...

“Without this – there is nought –” by Emily Dickinson

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Without this – there is nought –” by Emily DickinsonWithout this — there is nought —All other Riches beAs is the Twitter of a Bird —Hea...

She Had an Uncanny Energy

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

She had an uncanny energy for lifethankful for every little miracle it bestowed—and it made herentirely impossibleto live without.xx Atticus@atticus...

“Mumbling Down The Streets of New York” by Prince Neptune

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Mumbling Down The Streets of New York” by Prince Neptune mumbling down the streets of new york I hear jazzechoing up from manholes in the ground...

I Think Sometimes of the Great Stories Lost

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I think sometimesof the great stories lostto old basements,floods,and fires,it makes me saduntilI think alsoof all the storiesnot yet made,in young mi...

Learn To Linger

24 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Learn to linger in the beauty of life, every moment, every sunset, every smile— soak in the magnificence of everything that is already—and you ...

“Leisure” by W. H. Davies

23 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“Leisure” by W. H. Davies What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as...

Don't Give Up Now

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t give up now,chances areyour best kissyour hardest laughand your greatest dayare still yet to come. xx Atticus@atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetr...

“Never Go By The Book” by Christopher Poindexter

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Never Go By The Book" By Christopher Poindexter nevergo by the book.they will wantyou to,but you mustn't.if the lustis too strong,tear one pagefrom ...

You Stole Pieces Of Me

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You stole pieces of mein all the love I gave youand never got back.Keep it nowit is my gift to youfor you will not get more—and that,my love,is my g...

“You Are Good Enough” by JmStorm

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“You Are Good Enough” by JmStorm you are good enough.only you can set thatstandard.but realize that youmay have to walk alonefor a bit. because n...

The Power Inside

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Put your hand on your heartThe old man saidin youthere is powerthere are ideasno one has ever thought ofthere is the strength to lovepurely and intens...

She Wasn’t Happy Or Sad

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

She wasn’t happy or sad,in love or out of love,she was just thereexistingin the ebb and flow of life—and that was a dangerous place to bebut her w...

“The Death of Nature” by Prince Neptune

16 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“The Death of Nature” by Prince Neptune A gentleman crouches beside a young boy drawing waves on thepavement, 100 years from now‘Son, if you ca...

Don’t Move An Inch

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t move an inchin this morning lightshould you smudgethe beautiful I seeI want to paint youevery curve with wordsand place youon the mantle of my...

“To Memory” by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"To Memory" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge  Strange Power, I know not what thou art,Murderer or mistress of my heart.I know I'd rather meet the blowOf ...

Mon Cœur

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mon cœurmy heartyou are missing from meas noticeablyas if I wokewithout a legso far awayyou beatthat I must hobblethrough my daymissing you withmissi...

“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,    That mark our place; and in the sky...

Today I Found An Old Book

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

TodayI found an old bookon my shelvesI opened the pagesand smelled the smellsand for a momentmy mind forgot its place and timeas I walked into a cabin...