SLOAN HAMPTON

Category: Poetry

  • Cucurrucucú paloma

    Cucurrucucú paloma

    If you are not here, who will claim the love I reserved for you? Who will wipe the tears that flow for you? Who will hear the heart that beats for you? With you gone, who will remember with me? Who will remind me I’m not alone?

  • the sun’s sacrifices for the moon

    the sun’s sacrifices for the moon

    you are my tomorrow . . . wherever you go, I’ll follow

  • solutions

    solutions

    Made decisions poorer than me. I’ve been drinking with friends I’m too eager to please.

  • alone (2021)

    alone (2021)

    alone is who I am . . . when you withhold your feelings from me and use the distance for hiding.

  • Promises to the Heart

    Promises to the Heart

    I’m shipping my heart to heaven. It has loved for the last time. Filled with sorrow, my heart was heavy and weighing on my mind.

  • When May Comes to Stay

    When May Comes to Stay

    Like autumn, I fall for you every time you find it convenient to visit . . .