Refocused Poems

Awaiting The Night

...Lost inside passion
with burning desire
Vision refocused
in tunnels of fire

Screams of delirium
christen the night
Darkness a metaphor
tainted delight

One then another
the virgins do fal...

On the Edge

...The street light shined dimly
Its shallow shadows slithered
The icy covering now bearded
In a five o’clock shadow

His hand faltered
The easel rattled
His brush refocused
On the edge of the w...

Repudium Tempus

...Time
divorces from memory
Moments
refocused sublime

Lost
in sequential detachment
Freeing the message
—unsigned  

(The New Room: June, 2023)...

Turbulent

...Blank horizons, desolate space
Oblivion in this place
Grey fibers, blank wonder
Losing its luster
Exhausted dreams, taunted hopelessness
Emptiness in this openness 
Ruptured dreams, fractured s...

Cemetery

...I moved away after high school at the age of 17. 
I returned to visit several times and actually, after 7
years, returned with my newly formed family for a 4-year stay.

Moreover, I now feel bad ...

Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 37

...The cold air seemed to help clear his head but the lullaby was persistent and 
he could not get it out of his mind.  He walked for just a few moments
before passing the the entrance to the stable. ...

A Bit of a Story Teller

...He is eight and confused. He has been borrowing ideas all year.
He asked his classmate if he could copy off her.
She has always said yes until today.
Maybe four weeks of copying was enough?
Now h...

Wants

...You know what you want, get it. Make sure it responds to your needs - remote-control it, sub-routine it and on-demand it - wring it out.

But once you have it - something changes, doesn’t it? It lo...

Clone-God, Part Ii

......Now human cloning is always borderline,
but it this case all agreed to it, fast,
a chance to disprove a major religion,
what academic would pass up that?
A good many of them seemed rather glad...

Quest of the Heart: Chapter Two

...Brave Shadow Mane


Falling free at a tremendous velocity
Cursing my decision for acting in haste
Through clouds and frozen rain I could not see the ground
Losing consciousness, in my mouth blo...

Speak To Me

...The way you speak to me
Is the way I allow
But that is over now
The front is over
I’ve played that part out

The way you speak to me
Is refreshing yet cold
Do you see that I’m getting off thi...

Victory

...Vow I take, triumph I foresee
Verbal promise, clear-cut, precise 
Volition has my guarantee
Values changed, new contempt for vice
Virtue's purpose is verified 
Vision refocused, clarified
Vacil...

Tea's Time

...and so as leaves
fleeing Fall’s frailty
they scatter on the wind

poems
blowing blindly
down silent streets

words
shouting
in moonless darkness

thoughts
blinking
in refocused rant

...

Here I Am

...From transition from the girl that I was, 
to the woman I am is not without loss. 
My face that drew comments of how pretty I was faded from view which is a pity because, the swelling of breasts no...

In Conversation With a Man

...In Conversation with a Man

When you lean in so your voice will be heard
If a man’s in the crowd he won’t hear a word
His mind and his eyes will be focused elsewhere
To the buttons or neck of th...

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