Refractory Poems

MOTHER SAID

...
Divine counsel marked by wise comment
Came from our Mom with love’s caring depth
Along cautions to which we obliged.

“First, do your best in every task’s breadth
Always enjoy chores m...

Truth Discerned

...When I was slain in the spurit I was mostly surprised.
Dehydrated and dizzy, clenching the lids on my eyes
Blood refilling the arms recoiled from a flourescent-lit sky
None left supporting my legs...

The Promise of Today

...stars revere the rising sun and bow out of sight,
                     refractory shadows lift, revealing rays of light,

                     illuminating, misty, ruffled, canopies on trees,
   ...

Refractory Patience

...From the drizzling silver of yearning night,
mesmeric flotilla of fervor on moonbeam 
sails through the aperture of your window,
anchoring on the swan-winged bedspread.

The diaphanous ivory of ...

Refractory Patience

...From the drizzling silver of yearning night,
mesmeric flotilla of fervor on moonbeam 
sails through the aperture of your window,
anchoring on the swan-winged bedspread.

The diaphanous ivory of ...

Senses Afloat

...AUDIBLE HORRIBLE
hearing paddling away
think silence bouquet

PALETTE TRAGIC
taste creel caught
meals easier bought

EMOTIONAL REVERSAL
warship bombards feelings
cheape...

Nymphomania

...I have been called a sex god
It has been said that
I radiate an aura of pure sexuality
I stopped telling my friends stories of my exploits years ago
Because they don't believe me
For instance
M...

Doomed Dolt, Numbed Nerd, Trampled Trumpery:3

...the Medicare, an undeserved fund the patients spend,
which seems extremely excrescent,
must be crushed immediately without any mend. 
No coverage serves them right! Be they gravely ill or convales...

Kaleidoscope Pixies

...Watching the sunlight shatter
and regroup to sliver again
in refractory bliss across the bay
evening shadows lengthen
and the kaleidoscope pixies
play across my eyes
while the silent hiss of su...

Big Ass Glasses

...Ogden Nash once penned us 
On our social status 
Thus: "Men don't make passes 
At girls who wear glasses."   

But picture his surprise 
Should he suddenly arise;  
How much it would astound, 
So muc...

Phallic Worship

...Death,
An awakening approach,
Destructive constant, obstructive refluence,
Refractory parallax or pantomorphic assistive,
A paper chase, paragenesis phallic worship....

Marriage: the Crucible

...Work of the eyes is done, now
go and do heart work
on all the images imprisoned

— Rainer Maria Rilke


  Crucible: A severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial.  
   and
  A vessel made...

Dialing In

...That engaging voice rings out through the dark
Percolating between bands on the air
Soaring antennas pulse his festive spark
To share his diversion of solitaire

Nestled within promotional urges...

Whose To Blame When the Law Is To Blame

...we become fugitives in our
own outlets when the law
has put us to shame and
unnecessary blame
we violenly revolt like refractory
horses,its such a cruel shame 
who the runnaways are,elegory
li...

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