A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Three Things That Are Beyond Understanding The wheel turns once A bullet in the chamber with nowhere to go The wheel turns a second time Water splashing across the mill, carrying particles of the disease The wheel turns thrice and we are Rolling toward certain doomContinue reading “WD 199 “Three Things That Are Beyond Understanding””
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WD 198 “Blameless Effigy”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Blameless Effigy I came to be A presence defined by that which was absent Coagulated blood in a drying nervous system To keep the brain impulses from running free and rising Beyond station As I cross the threshold you see A mirrored image of her SmilingContinue reading “WD 198 “Blameless Effigy””
197 “Chiron Alarm”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Chiron Alarm I can see over a thousand miles Entryways to dark beginnings A picture of a Subway tunnel And I’m the only one waiting for the train I don’t know where it goes When it stops Or what order resides beyond the boundaries of sleepContinue reading “197 “Chiron Alarm””
WD 195 “Shut In”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Shut In The axis of heaven span light years From vertex to vertex A thousand cubits between light and darkness Like a newborn emerging from the mouth of titanic Saturn -In this place, thought is object Object is only a dream We gathered around the courtContinue reading “WD 195 “Shut In””
WD 193 “A Command”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. A Command Wash me clean with recollections of A time long past, when things And thoughts were simpler Active but quiet, a fermentation point for vibrating particles Of sand, not yet glass Your waves crashing into my sternum like morning light breaking Juliet’s window A curse,Continue reading “WD 193 “A Command””
WD 192 “The Crown Weighs Heavy”
A poem inspired by The Prince of Night Winds. The Crown Weighs Heavy Speak your truth to me, sovereign one Born king and keeper of the cradle It rocks on top of a tree, which is madness Because who in their right mind would put a baby in a tree? I would. And I wouldContinue reading “WD 192 “The Crown Weighs Heavy””
WD 187 “Self Made”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Self Made Can I contribute, a single line To the law you have already carved into your heart With blood and tears, as sharpened stone scraped dark red lines in The delicate tissue, the rhythm beating like a war drum And there was something new inContinue reading “WD 187 “Self Made””
WD 183 “Daydream”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Daydream There is a place behind the eyes Which fills all empty spaces With transgressions, animal input Plagued social ills A tablet of translation for things that might be and might be again There’s a heart that seeks to believe that the tall grass is fullContinue reading “WD 183 “Daydream””
WD 182 “Things Come to Pass”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Things Come to Pass I suppose I deserve some contraction Meddling with old metals, locks and lockets Smearing my liquid thoughts like paint across your dashboard Sunlight to sun-dip (But it rises again so quickly, and the dark barely has time) To win you over toContinue reading “WD 182 “Things Come to Pass””
WD 181 “Postmodern”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Postmodern Obtain the product of your waiting Fruit of the vine Kindling in the hands of nonbelievers Who could not foresee, for, if they foresaw, they would turned and be healed But history abhors a heel turn Even though it delights the audience So we rainedContinue reading “WD 181 “Postmodern””
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