The Closet
Tinny ducted shouts From angry gods Force retreat To folded closeted space Where quietude’s usurious coin Mints a treasury Of bereft isolationFiled under: Poetry Tagged: poetry
View ArticleThe journey
Upon the plane we cross With nowhere else to go Helped by icy stares And cold indifference too White-hot we travel Borealis our guide To find a darkened spot And rest awhile to wait For Spring’s faint...
View ArticleA mighty thirst
I drip wet with time In this rain of starlight But not a drop can be wrung And added to my draught of unknown size To slake my thirst for moreFiled under: Poetry Tagged: poetry, starlight
View ArticleTannenbaum Tears
Don't kill it don't kill it I'll kill myself I'll kill myself Tears in the rain I'll kill myself I'll kill myself I don't want it to die I don't want it to die Tears in the rain I want this tree I want...
View ArticleDemocracy
The flags are folded for a future day The rally cries are silent in the books Yet shouts now fill the streets At Democracy’s rough grabbing By those who see her travail Boastful winners mock and laugh...
View ArticleCarrion-bird
The Dark Tower harbors an orange carrion-bird In a gilded cage readying for flight Before a mirror it preens in sunshine Talons staccato clack and echo In revenge ritual dance Across the polished...
View ArticleFlotsam
Fair winds blow But fouled lines Lose the zephyr Leaving you tacking Aimlessly in the doldrums
View ArticleEditing
Down now fell crimson pen Unleash your wrath Upon words misplaced Punctuation erred Grammar confuted Begone! Begone with you!
View ArticleThe Meander
O’er the edge we go To see the twinkle sky And walk the sleep of life Bright-eyed for the darkness That lasts forevermore
View ArticleWhen
When your eight year-old Tells you What he wants To be buried Because he’s so angry At you Because you Took something Away from him When he was six And he wants To kill himself Because of it And he...
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