A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Mourning Dove I waited The entire span of A serpent’s coils, for The fruit to become ripe The tantalizing allure of knowledge prodded me on like Jabs in my back A desire to understand and be unmade But I passed the fruit on to you AndContinue reading “WD 152 “Mourning Dove””
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WD 151 “Marriage”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Marriage I came to share my tears with the stars Radiance, light on the backs of the darkening night Words to sail by Worlds to deliver in a single promise “Forever” It’s a gift we haven’t been given, but a territory we boldly claim Like invaders,Continue reading “WD 151 “Marriage””
WD 146 “Metamorphosis”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Metamorphosis The song of the frogs came Early this winder In the dead of the desolate night I heard them from the lake But there is no memory of the person you used to be Two hands, marked by mud A chrysalis, a home And theContinue reading “WD 146 “Metamorphosis””
WD 145 “Vessels of Wrath”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Vessels of Wrath “I am” Such a phrase to inspire A line of products And advertisements upon a podium The fickle moon waxes and wanes Hands clasped like we’re part of the same machine Animatronic diaphragms wavering and pumping out new followers but No leaders It’sContinue reading “WD 145 “Vessels of Wrath””
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 135 “Isolation”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Isolation The big picture has no character A floral pastiche of Places without people, objective facts Liberated accents of muted color, range and flow But look upon the hand that paints it and you’ll see Deep scars Sorrowfully twisted fingers, bled to dryness like winter birches Continue reading “WD 135 “Isolation””
WD 133 “Winter Secret”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Winter Secret The severed fingers point upward, toward the sky Clock hands, keeping time and watching the seasons No one knows the day or the hour But I’m bound by a wreath of timelessness Holiday wrapped, kept at bay And I want to sing, like theContinue reading “WD 133 “Winter Secret””
WD 126 “Elegance (Faith is Not Enough)”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Elegance (Faith is Not Enough) I want to drink you Slide your soul over the fringes of a crystal champagne glass And taste that sense of truth that is innate to your being It has to be so soothing to know Clerical to be so solidContinue reading “WD 126 “Elegance (Faith is Not Enough)””
WD 125 “About the Abyss”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. About the Abyss Create a timestamp Or at least an educated guess What went wrong. When things began to crawl instead of run Ether to ether Begotten loss Shoulders bared, inside a chamber where thoughts move slowly We call it “The beach” A palace of considerations Continue reading “WD 125 “About the Abyss””
WD 121 “Hungry Ghost”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hungry Ghost Take me home, at last I waited in the wings, posed with claws outstretched Wings ten cubits tip to tip I knew I was too heavy to carry, so I left my body behind A sad memento of futile thinking, underneath a shallow layerContinue reading “WD 121 “Hungry Ghost””
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