WD 218 “Hypothetical Numbers”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hypothetical Numbers Settle your debts  Before they break you Come to terms with your debtors  In this life before the next  You were  like a candle never lit Left out on an open window  Suffusing the house with cold wind There’s nothing to see No placeContinue reading “WD 218 “Hypothetical Numbers””

WD 217 “A Day in February”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. A Day in February  Another day  Another chance for the sun to  Kiss you as it passes Off center, tied with a ribbon to the stone that spins under you Because it’s all yours  Wondering into forever  Fields of green Cats and kittens  And you’re alwaysContinue reading “WD 217 “A Day in February””

WD 216 “So Speaks the Worm”

A poem inspired by the Muse of Cold Earth. So Speaks the Worm Mother nature never looks me in the eye But, I like to make claims in her name Genetic absolution by self flagellation  A hollow whistle through the empty trunk of a log We took a hundred pills for our particular breed ofContinue reading “WD 216 “So Speaks the Worm””

WD 215 “Parallax TV”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Parallax TV  Like a tree armed with needles  A sinister synergy of malice and growth Affixed to the cable lining the sky You keep the elements running through your ley lines A sovereign distraction from the chorus of demons There is Nowhere but up No chainsContinue reading “WD 215 “Parallax TV””

WD 214 “Change My Skin”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Change My Skin I came to a realization At the peak of one lunar mountain The things that changed me were also changed.  Coins in my pocket, jingling with oils and skin cells  Passed between traders and betrayers alike  Silver in the shaft like Judas hunting werewolvesContinue reading “WD 214 “Change My Skin””

WD 213 “Mermaid Blues”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Mermaid Blues It’s just me aboard this canoe Naked bleached under the sun  On a seaward journey without drinking water But if there was a way to filter all the salt of these wounds From that crystal spring that spews from the godly abyss  I wouldContinue reading “WD 213 “Mermaid Blues””

WD 212 “All There Is”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. All There Is Bring me another vision Something translucent to place like a filter over my eyes While I watch TV Looped animation, your days and hours like a pixelated GIF French fries dipped in wine Until you tell me the world is what we makeContinue reading “WD 212 “All There Is””

WD 210 “Weird Sisters”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Weird Sister You can’t take my eyes from me Across the lines Blurring together into fathomless fog I want to guide myself by sense of touch By taste of tongue  By ripples of motion in the bleakness  There comes a time when all must trade theirContinue reading “WD 210 “Weird Sisters””

WD 209 “We Are All Plagued”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. We Are All Plagued I woke up standing up Bolt upright like I was the target of the lightning Hail falling down across my shoulders Your snowy mane rife with disease  And you coughed in my direction Alluding to the second coming Forget me not  PetalsContinue reading “WD 209 “We Are All Plagued””

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””