Flagellation Poems

Scarlet

...
Said the Mother Superior,
“I have completely lost track
of how often the Archbishop and I,
wearing ashes and cloth sacks,
crept into the crypt
and made the beast with two backs.
Altho...

Solitude

...The cruel laughter of the soul
Laments its flagellation by time,
Ebbed on the flattened stones of
A raped river.
Sorrow, an amanuensis of silence,
Reads the minutes of the last meeting
Held wit...

Godlike

...
With all the Gods who've been and gone
religiously believed in and prayed upon
for sure Thor was but one
but who'll be the next to come along
will we sing praises to him it or her
fait...

Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine

...Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...

until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise 
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
v...

Cardinal Directions

...No nearer nighttime.
In my own arms I have nurtured
the sweetest flagellation.
Moth to inferno once more.

Silver septum skin.
She snaps from divine touch
to sputtering projection.
Roll credi...

Pulse of the Poet's Abyss

...In my chambers where phantasmagoria undulate
    not as vigilant watchers but as mnemonic parasites
    I ruminate—
        no longer a singular entity but a disjointed duality
            my qui...

Easter as interpreted by one

...Easter as interpreted by one...

rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted, 
and rebuked courtesy 
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devo...

FAREWELL

..."Fare thee well
If not forever, still forever
Pride which not a word could bow
Bow to you, and by you rejected 
Fare thee well"
Not now nor ever shall I
Seek the directions of your natal star
...

Hi Storm

...In mania, the body unbinds itself.
The skeleton’s dense marrow becomes hollow,
an avian adjustment. It is accelerated evolution.
Fluttering and floating in a slew of thoughts
like nervous wind ch...

Yuletide pageant merry go round

...Yuletide pageant merry go round

Panoply of mystical elements of holly day style 
breathe prez sense frostily exhaled aired
per millennia athwart 
(this terrestrial spaceship planet Earth)
two ...

Yet, More Than a Brother

...Moods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships

Angst of redundancy seethes from within as l...

From Blank Screen To Logorrhea I Write With Confused Adumbrations

...From blank screen to logorrhea, I write with confused adumbrations

Methinks hmm, perhaps
I admittedly self plagiarize and quite aware
aforementioned amalgamated, conglomerated, 
fabricated, jer...

Easter As Interpreted By One

...Easter as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebirthed rebooted, and rebuked
ill shod Unitarian atheist

Though avast percentage
of stonehenge temple piloted ghosts,
harking back millennia
constan...

The Pessimist's Delight

...Gray days come in somber packages
Wrapped with foggy-shaded bows
Perfect venues for lonely pessimists
Wallowing in life's unfortunate throes.

Sadly, some folks enjoy their despair
They like to...

From Blank Screen To Logorrhea I Write With Confused Adumbrations

...From Blank Screen To Logorrhea, I Write With Confused Adumbrations

Methinks hmm, perhaps
aforementioned conglomerated eye gripping titled,
poem already aired
though revisiting said theme
downp...

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