The early morning clouds of pink awoke me — So softly and so gently shook my arm. The dew that settled on my nose refreshed me. It’s richness to awake without alarm. I took a gentle step toward the tree there; Of course I first popped the sleep from my joints. And now I can Read More …
Tag: poems
The mute page
Herewith, the mute page the silent ink, the dumb pixels, devious soundless shapes, making so much noise. Yes, loud! The boom of mountains exploding, reverberations that bring pain to your ears, cause your shoulders to shudder, your teeth to shatter and crack! Then what? The plunge to a cottony hush? A whisper, faint perhaps but solid Read More …
Encounter
I never hear them howl. In the movies, their mournful yodel fills the night. In the suburbs, we know them only when our bichons go missing from the back yard. Her I see on a gray mid-morning while out for a walk with Rose, a real dog, 35 pounds of meat packed tight as a sausage in Read More …
Sad limerick
Her best friends turned her tune meant for fun To a dirge with two twists on one tongue. Finding what they were after, She choked on their laughter And coughed up her voice ever on.
God Speed
Re Main We who are alone and godless Enlist your aid. We beg of you, groaning, moaning, mourning, To send your troops: Hail Osiris! Flying past, chariot aflame, guiding Halley’s comet! Beg Him turn course crossing the eons of moral decay Commandeering His charging troops – storms for neo-astronomers. If this alliance be too weak Read More …