Long Chisled Poems

The late may sunlight is bathing a monument of Nature
so colossal in sculpted vertical structure
that it may very well be the palace complex of forgotten supermen,
stories from my childhood pastor of biblical Petra
discovered by Crusaders,...

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153 Street Station is clean
Down sturdy metal steps through 
old Yankee Stadium field
where Ruth and Gehrig ran.

Pungent in the nostrils piss follows me
Up the hill where supers sweep trash 
from yesterday’s deals and conferences
Broom bucket...

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sometimes they appear effusively ebullient
need curtailing, pruning
succinctness of clarity demands simple concepts
a fresh way to express tired vernacular
see contrasts that light and dark embody
simile is like a bridge, connecting this to that
ideas behind envisioned conditions
what...

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I VE BEEN WAITING HERE A WHILE;
WITH IS HUGH BROAD SILLY SMILE;
LIPS ARE CHAPED AND MY MOUTH IS DRY;

JUST TO SEE IF YOU WOULD STOP BY;
KNOWING THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE;
I THOUGHT I GET A...

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My face touched your petal
As I awakened to the scent of you
I remembered this fragrance of some would say like morning dew
It was light yet suttle with a hint of sweet
Delicate like foliage but color...

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We two amidst the wastelands walked
Where heroes fell and mad ghosts leapt.
There slaughtered angels we beheld
With trembling eyelids moist yet brave,
Alone, so drear the gathering Dark!
And you, small vessel, cracked with grief-
By storm,no less assailed...

From...

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as the waves crash
up against the chisled rocks
their echoing sounds resonate
the bruises  of a battered heart
we find  peace
within the chanting messsage
the whispers soothe
to heal our soul
listening to the matters of the heart

as the...

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Because of my rugged features, chisled by my life's
                          ...

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It's brilliant how one seguays into the next, flashing on the
pennon of this new-age attempt to plagerise the etch-a-sketch, and
if you watch closely, if 
you count your bits and bites, your digital copies of digital...

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Finally here!
Life had begun nine months before,
when a miracle took place in the womb.
No details, just one sperm fertilizing one egg.

Now to finally see light.
Big eyes staring at me.
Him wondering!  Me wondering!
What are first...

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Tall and beautiful the Christmas tree,
Arrived home with care,
A strong stand anchored the tree,
There was a beautiful angel on the top,
Snowflakes of white,
Different Christmas balls with snow scenes,
Pretty red and green ribbons,
Tiny gold bells that...

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Would that I could be like you
statue of marble cream
a chisled direction rivaling perfection 
from some nameless artisan's dream.

People come to see your beauty
they smile and walk away
Never to get close enough to touch you
never...

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