Long Cartographer Poems

"I do not see what right any one would have
to object to calling this part 
[the South American mainland], 
after Americus 
who discovered it 
and who is a man of intelligence, 
Amerigen, 
that is, the...

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Leonardo more than a Renaissance man
artist? yes but - 
sculptor? yes but - 
musician? yes but - 
anatomist? yes but - 
cartographer? yes but - 
scientist? yes but - 
engineer? yes but - 
inventor? yes...

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Night one on the new river, the campfire is spirited
and the future appears hospitable,
everyone has their rations, everybody is resting their pride
for on an expedition epic to each man and for a republic as well
souls...

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              If a poem was a spell at wizard's dell. 
Would it say in a state of dual-singularity come to life 3D...

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In the tremble of the evening and the rustle of the unfinished letter,
My aged hand, shrouded in the mist of memories, writes the last farewell,
Under the blue cloak of celestial silence, waiting for the silent...

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         ....When she gets bored of Mr. Slick 
and wants to have real fun.
You win some you lose some Newssome.
You abuse some,
misuse funds,
talk about appropriations,
self donations,
inappropriate grooming...

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ALLOWED    HIM    NO   LATITUDE


Andy, professional cartographer, adored his maps,
Valued them more than anything perhaps
As any cartographer would
As  all cartographers should  -
Lovingly drawing his Italy, ...

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The knock knock should have told me
there are demons at the door
but I never would have listened
I was taking that trip
I bought a one way tickets
and wasn't looking back

What too good  
now falls with...

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We lie besweated together on our bed, our battlefield.
Where never and always victory and defeat are given or siezed.
Long years of exploration have not yielded up even tiny bits,
Of the complicated and beautiful continent of...

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Hello pretty woman,
Might I say you look very beautiful in that dark black dress tonight?
Beautiful like the night in sight,
Beautiful like the celestial bodies that light my sky,
Beautiful like the sparkling water in sight.

Please pretty...

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My mother was lying 
When my father was wearing a military uniform 
And went out before sunrise so no one could see him 
My mom kept smiling for the length of his absence 
So we...

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Galactic Traveler
Alone in time and space
Lost in eternal paths
And orbits that you trace 
Cosmic cartographer
Through nothingness you turn
In hope some distant eye
Could faintly see you burn

Transiting the heavens
Resplendent angels' course
All of your life unknown
Viewed vividly...

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My soul hungers
It searches for satiation
Constantly craving convergence
Thirsting to thrive
My soul, the devourer of dimensions
Digesting the universe and filling the vacuum
An unrelenting engulfment of the unknown
Feeding on novas of knowledge
My soul creates
Tendrils trace out to...

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