Forestalling Poems

Automatism denies

...Automatism

seems to deny the

dancing polarity

of life and death

which is to deny 

the unbearable 

and precious secret

that life and death

are not two~~



"While the soul ...

Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders

...Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders

one of whom would be
this married sexagenarian,
who recently acquired
his Senior Fare Card
courtesy Trump's big beautiful bill
...

Our Natural State

...Free from the world’s stress,
Away from its nonsense and mess,
The mind is free from distress,
Nothing suppresses the soul’s access.

Free to embrace the light,
There are no tendrils of the nig...

Vision of the future

...I was born through the whispered wish 
of angel
purple clouds draped
my newborn sky
I tasted dreams
in chocolate ice-cream swirls 
the tender embrace of bruised knees 
and flushed cheeks 
gui...

Black and White

...“Moves are slower, concentration intense, as style and wits are pitted.
Finally, the remaining white knight makes a brilliant challenge admitted.
The black king weak from the affray, a pawn keeps d...

Forlorn Eyes of Poe

...NOT CONTEST BOUND

I stood upon a rocky shoal, regret lingering across my mind
Its fingers traced the blood-filled lines along my bare arm
as if they were the brittle veins of leaves fallen from ...

Three Secrets

...One of the many secrets of life:
There is no true freedom.
Man is slave to his own ignorance
And to his own personal sense of reality.
This, in turn, leads to another secret:
The only true sin i...

Rain

...A cloudy sky with streaks of grey
dims down the faint light of the sun.
And sprinkles soon sully the day,
forestalling any chance of fun.
A pelting sound;
pommels the ground.

Showe...

The Phantasmic Creature of Sickness

...The echoes have returned
And they bear some bad news
The spawns are buried deep
With no liberty to lose

Maybe, these are waters with algae,
They're rich if murky
Forestalling for weeks on end...

Hand In Hand

...Falling, I don't know what to do
Down the lane, all thoughts sink
Traveling through my own blue
Coming, I feel Thy eyes' jot blink
You give me a hand in my hand
All thoughts give way, blue brand...

Our Daily Bread Community Food Pantry

...The spouse betook monthly outing
today May 4th, 2022 
to 3938B Ridge Pike, 
Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426.

No more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
...

Appointment For Love

...I turned to my wife
With desire in my eyes
And my loins a little disjointed
Forestalling sin,
She asked with no grin,
¨Kind sir, do you have an appointment?¨

You'll need to make an appointmen...

To Be Like Eliot

...My faithful quill recumbent
Motionless
Stark against the virgin parchment posed upon my desk
The peeping moon breaks through grimy windows
Mocking me as the mantel clock chimes the cheerless Midn...

Daily Bread Community Food Pantry

...No more bare cupboards,
fridge, and deep freezer
since returning with more than
our share of daily bread
referring to this mister, who

frightfully squawks like an old geezer,
plus the missus
...

Starstring Lingering

...The lights have fallen
to nightbreak.
There, on the sharp horizon.
Cracked open.
Leaching
pastel peach...
(Or is it apricot?)
...into the dimming blue.

The moon,
two stars -
aligned,
in ...

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