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Monster In Your Pocket

...When we first met you carried him in your pocket,
Strange ugly little thing, tied to a string.
I thought it odd that you would carry such a pet,
Yet who was I to say what you could do?

Later he...

Conceits

...
"Conceits"



Such conceits
as veils between 
our windowed worlds 
torn torrential incomplete

mayst thou watch and learn 
the one I spawned, 
strength beats weakness...

An Old Story In Rime

...Just a maid just sixteen
a serving girl  a go-between
upstairs and downstairs  her scene
'til love was to intervene

She so young he the master's son
a web of attraction
begun
one rainy after...

God Wants To Save Us All

...For God Did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world
 but that the world might be saved through Him.  John 3:17

In this season of penance
When we focus on our sins
It’s important to...

A Start But This Could Be My End

...an introduction  
written upon her wall
even in the darkness    
sparks struck  
where one could see it all  
   
blood of man  
chalice'd    
leaching out    
a dying hand  
  ...

Seize the Ceasing Day

...when evening’s dawn descended on her restless soul

defeated dusk and dust collected deep into the night

cobwebs spun an open trapdoor over broken peace

insomnia prevailed as a cynical remind...

Kissing Lips

...At long last the desolate drought of parched loneliness exploded

Soaked in insatiable appetites the flood gates bathed their desire

Like starved lonely survivors they glued their deserted cravi...

My Affectionate Addiction

...It was those eyes, blue, almost effervescent.                                                       Caribbean water.                                                                                   ...

When Once a Lovelorn Callow Swain

...When once a lovelorn callow swain,
Heartbroken by a maid's rebuff 
Sought balsam for his heart's deep pain, 
Of female wiles had had enough, 
Grave listener at the local pub,
Sat Tom inured to p...

A Striptease of Words

...Great poetry-
How do I define
your sheer delight?-
See-through
but not entirely uncovered-
suggestive
but not barely defined-
I wait at the edge of clouds,
enchanted by radiance;
recall the ...

Embrace the Lines

...Embrace The Lines

Vitality marks gently stretch your soft skin beyond the wildest dreams of
beauty unbound where children had once or thrice embraced your womb
the soothing waters cushioning and...

Divine Intimacy

...Love, now
With the end nearing
Of this dated form
Called mine,
You increase! (Your blessed
Virus taking firmer hold);

Ah! If all the countless
Ails of this world were
So dear…and the many
...

Roots

...the exile
 far from the homegrown 
 this mud pile
 hidden by the hedgerow
 of old time

out West where the sun 
 sets its sore raw burnt wound
 into the ocean
 of my blues, night soothes
 i...

Dream Out of Africa

...Inside the zareba I live in a hovel
To say live is being generous, barely surviving
On a day like today, well like most days 
A cool cave would be a pleasant alternative

I dream of a better lif...

Family Stories Recited

...SINS OF THE FATHER
Just a maid,just sixteen,a serving girl ,
a go-between upstairs and downstairs,
her scene 'til love was to intervene;
She,so young,he,the master' son
a web of attraction, begun one...

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