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hives and holes

...bomb shelters abloom
uranium enriched dreams
hives cratered by drones...

Sui Generis

...The sun opens her eyes behind a roseate veil,
her aubade harmonizing with Argus-eyed blackbirds
as it rises to a crescendo, staring in her husband’s
cratered eyes, ready to relieve him of his watc...

Acute Childhood Astronomical Paranoia

...In the sky, a brightly shining sun
is sending rays to catch someone, 
but 'neath the trees I swiftly run.  

Now, the hunt is taken by the moon,
but she won't snatch me very soon.
I peek from b...

Igor needs a bigger lab IX

...Don is the ultimate user
His deals seal you as a loser 
When Trump holds the cards
The lives now in shards
Bear witness he’s an abuser

The Don has a trick to reveal
He’ll di...

Liars' Fate

...
  Joseph's brothers dipped his coat
    into the blood of a goat

  Jacobs said, My beloved son is surely gone
    That was the robe he had on... 

  Joseph is still alive, the brothers said ...

Moon by Jim Barlow

...Meaningless thoughts drift slowly across my mind
Surrounded by bright gray and ebony sky.
Magnificent desolation envelopes me.

No perceived horizon,
All is calm, devoid of 
Air, wind, and rain...

the moon

...cratered like swiss cheese 
brightest at full moon 
lantern of the night...

Catharsis

...a mystic poetess in her thought patterns
of iambic heartbeats, makes new rhythms
with a symphony...joy and pain in cadence. 

in her confetti of stars moonbeams cadence
caressing love in ivory a...

As Saturated Earth Bids Me Adieu

...As Saturated Earth Bids Me Adieu

As saturated earth bids me adieu
Angry moon spat out darken, molded cheese
There, prisoner in chains, thinking of you
My evil captors doing what they please.
W...

Mercury Series

...Mercury
An Angel Having Recently Visited You
Sent back Metal Film
of Your Ancient shores
Cratered silver with loneliness

the Humming of Silver Tides
Or discs bent longingly
With long lonely ...

Sunrise, Sunset: Story Poem

...The sun began to rise at the pale wink of dawn
just as the moon wearied and started to fade.
There were dappled rays spread across my lawn
then disappeared behind a maple forest glade.
Refulgent ...

Moon Goddess

...Soft moonlight catches the eye
A luminous orb in the sky
A beacon both for you and I
Shadowed briefly as clouds pass by

Cratered deep on polar sides
Reflecting sunshine as it glides
Circling ...

The Far Side of Love

...My love cares not if one breaks cosmic laws 
Draping deft kisses on cracked cratered flaws
Explicit union meets with apt applause
Bathing in morns reflect - the reveal transparent
Swathed solid s...

Oh No

...
Oh no!
OhhhhhhhhNoooooooooo!
OOOOOOOOhhhNNNNNNNoooo!

he moans on 
a seedy red bus
in the City of Oaks
stuffed with wounded
weary passengers
sitting on gri...

The Difference Between the Sun and the Moon

...The difference between the Sun and the Moon,
The Sun brings us warmth, 
But then leaves a sweaty mess behind, 
Too engrossed with it’s own beauty and brightness,
To considered how much time we sp...

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