Category: Poetry

Connected

Where is our tether? What binds these avatars to all that is? Rootless, what do we do for this world? What value from our injection here? # Water binds fish to streams & seas. Does the air bind me? Capillaries & chlorophyll tie leaves to trees. Am I connected, am I free? # Avatars be […]

Live

I recently updated a poem originally written in 2009. I wrote it in fifteen minutes sitting in a conference room while waiting for a job interview. It now aligns with my physicalist/absurdist belief. We only control ourselves. This is all there is. Live now while you may, not like a rehearsal for paradise. This is […]

On Faeries & Magic

faery warriors slain, faery queens drained of life cannot save. outlandish though it seem, it was all but a dream. live i must for when it’s done – it’s done. # i will not lie down with brutish stone whispering in ominous tones yet incapable of tearing away the creeping vine that seeks to render […]

Visión Fantasmal

Cowering, humans flee. Rape and murder, enlightened terrors Plough through mortal roads and valleys. Farmhouse walls and hovel stalls tremble. Napoléon’s caissons roll by Goya’s anxious heart dissembles. # The twin horrors enraged Abandoned by raison, the monsters Monarchy, Papacy, uncaged. Outside his pastoral window frames Life evolves, spawning dark monsters, Hollow, vile and evil […]

Ode to a Goddess

Rhodopis, plied that ancient trade, Among the elite in the city of sailors she gave. A rosy-cheeked beauty, the spirit and image of Nefertiti did bathe. # An eagle snatched Rhodopis’ sandal, flew far away, To Pharoah’s throne in the beautiful and enduring town. Spying the King, that bird flung the sandal into his royal […]

Remember

Remember when we talked?Our words meaningful or not,Drew us closer, whether cold or hot. Remember when we walked?Our feet carried us along,Whether alone or part of the throng. Remember hence we came.Lean in on how we are the same. Lest we do it all again.

The Dance

Shapes, sizes, Bald-heads, bandanas, Amazing, wonderful. Healthy and ill Mingling alike Fluid, flowing. Living, dying Nestled in absurdity. Friends afar yet near Kindred hearts Watch TV Surrounded by cruelty. Silent screams Criss cross the globe. Older, wiser, weaker Yet no smarter are we. Parts missing, destroyed, Living in the moments that we get. Cancerous, healthy, […]