Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The Latest Caesar

 

The old man, 

sanguine as Claudius

and pliant as Commodus, 

trails off....


Missiles shriek from Western jets,  

filament of white hair dives

like tares sowing strains 

of genocide.  

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Pageantry


 


"....and the hot force of the stars were impelled 

   to come into being." (Parmenides, from Simplicius, Commentary on On the Heavens)


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Reborn

 

Mother's ascent bears more life within.

The tranquil sound of her word 

fills my inner ear, 

mind's eye sees her smile

and the brilliant blue 

of her bright eyes.

She's revived in the bosom

of my spirit forever.





Monday, December 11, 2023

Buss

Lips like knives,

Rose cheeks hives...

Hillocks of honey

sweetly prick me.




Friday, October 27, 2023

October

When vivid hues pale

to twilight and cold

colors fade for a spell,

softness lustfully sheds gold

as leaves tumble stiff and frail.  


Sunday, September 17, 2023

Heaven's Smithy

 

"Floor of copper, floor of gold....Beyond the custom-house door, ajar, the street at sunset seemed aflame."