Judge not the one-winged bird upon his branch; Neither judge the muttering homeless bum- Their fate you know, is left to hands of chance, Though…
Comments closedJudge not the one-winged bird upon his branch; Neither judge the muttering homeless bum- Their fate you know, is left to hands of chance, Though…
Comments closedPoets understand you like no other: They always know what you’ve been thinking about Because it’s right there, staring out at them From inside of…
Comments closedPerhaps time makes holy grails even of stone And cathedrals of dense forests: The next Jesus waits As a tall poplar In a petrified forest…
Comments closedIf these holidays did not enclose one Within this century, then it would be Some other holy days, In some other millenium: On top the…
Comments closedJust dots and dashes line the cranium, Like artfully arranged geraniums; Coming hither, thither every compass-jointed day. In the corpus land profundum, You will find…
Comments closedLearning to live without hope Today is an art far afield; It doesn’t matter if you can cope, For there must be no straying of…
Comments closedThe invitation arrived today, There’s a party in the old armoire; They’ll spread out their best array, Long as we arrive by four. The invitation…
Comments closedIn their silvered wish, My eyes can see farther than time allows, And slow hands can touch a farther shore And praying, there gently open…
Comments closedMy thoughts rhymed, in crescendos To your pitch; what child is this Kicking the stars back to the firmament, He’s either early or late, depending…
Comments closedI’ve noticed while my heart’s been under siege, That you guard it so well, my wakeful Liege: Never sleeping on duty; or forgetting your gun…
Comments closedIn wretched years you tallied The sum of all my sin; And thought that my heart dallied, Just to play and never swim By whale…
Comments closedSometimes used to think that babies could only dwell In their special realm, of sweet baby smells; Tidy white crib, with the even spaced bars.…
Comments closedBaby be mine; Sip dandelion wine, Condense all the lines: Slow down time If a single chord ran through our lives, Baby would you be…
Comments closedThe faster I run away From all these gaggling broods Of the mind’s runaway children, The faster they overcome My mind’s feckless fortitude; Pole-vaulting my…
Comments closedThe house had a secret life concealed within Though externally the surface was drab and plain, Nothing to draw attention at all- Dusty and dank,…
Comments closedCivilizations carry no guilt of that pointed Oblivious memory, a hairs-breadth of devastation Spreading inside the beam of sun’s impermanence My cellular epiphany, of distinctly…
Comments closedWhere does the wind fly, when it blows? Nobody knows, nobody knows. What does the storm plant, when it sows? Nobody knows, nobody knows. What…
Comments closedNever a word though the wise may say The prophets scold, and the peasants mumble Never so clear till comes the day That fortunes fall…
Comments closedIn six days, the world is created; Chaos abated, Madmen instigated, Husband’s berated. In five days, if you don’t count the cars; Constellations of stars,…
Comments closedI used to eat the makeup; Eat the lipsticks, and the liquid makeup Turned my tongue a delicate beige. Once I choked myself on a…
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