Blended fabric forms the web As I’m tangled in your Many limbs The storm of man and blood and soul And a woman out of time Struggling to breach the subject Of an attack on the palace Her people ransacked The rations burned By godless heathens But I’m just a fly, and what can IContinue reading “Wine Stains”
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WD 208 “Edge of Dream”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Edge of Dream It’s genetic They say The trials of birth leave a mark on The mind of a child Of ghostly origin tell me nothing Of spirit imbued, leave it in the apocrypha And if I’m too hasty to label myself existent Tell the judgesContinue reading “WD 208 “Edge of Dream””
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 188 “Unknowable”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Unknowable I’m expected to step to the order you’ve established Cross no line, keep the pace Of a pacemaker, lovingly crafted with no foreknowledge Of the coming disaster It could come at any time, like a phone call in the dead of night, ringing my eyesContinue reading “WD 188 “Unknowable””
WD 160 “Cabal”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Cabal Swipe right to find out what’s coming in the wings Four wings double-bent, two covering the face Moses had a face that shined like the moon, so he had to hide it And I hide my psychic vibrations, solar waves So you can keep goingContinue reading “WD 160 “Cabal””
WD 149 “Beyond Good and Evil II”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beyond Good and Evil II It grieves me to say it To think it To hitch my wagon to a space in their field of vision The watchers mutter their quiet curses As they consider us with chain-linked brains Porus, a sieve allowing the quality ofContinue reading “WD 149 “Beyond Good and Evil II””
WD 140 “Crime Drama”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Crime Drama I made a career out of Gathering dragon bones Sorting through iron dust and black ashes to find Reusable material That I can tape together, bind to my limbs and pretend to be something More mythical than I am There will be a timeContinue reading “WD 140 “Crime Drama””
WD 134 “Partners in Mystery”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Partners in Mystery I partake in the harvest. Reaping my reward A place among the stars A seat with the karmic masters Called to drag rugged scoundrels to account for their Soft offenses, cushioned by darkness and shielded by mystery -There is a hand to hold,Continue reading “WD 134 “Partners in Mystery””
WD 129 “Bow Before Him”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Bow Before Him Bring me back I’ve been to places, seen things Kingdoms in dust and disrepair A white stag, nibbling on grave flowers Cair-Paravel, Nation without end, empty and desolate, and I wonder What lions do when they lose their pride It is essential toContinue reading “WD 129 “Bow Before Him””
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