War Senses Poems

Eight decenniums ago
A woman sang near a riverbank
A wife's longing for a husband in imago
A soldier far away bearing no ankh.

Katyusha was her name
A well-loved...

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“La fin du monde” 

The fragrance 
that makes you pop
in all the best places

no need for bikini
nude etat liberte
un amourette

experimentum crucis

500 Years
Eau de Protection
holy water...

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In the deaf woods of curious willows
lies stalwart beliefs of days bygone.
Retribution, restitution, resolution
resolve, beginning our journey.
Blinded by bewares of sours ungifted
lost constitutions coagulate.
Lamenting gargoyles...

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Down distance streets distant days obscured 
Visions of idle things resting in the weeds skeletal 
Rusted eons have fallen machines dead

In their stance flies flicker...

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to walk in early morning's still

to see the silence through the chill

to smell the rise of dawn from night

to hear the sky's unravelling light

to taste...

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Orange and oil 
The old man
smells odd like 
burnt wires Black 
&
cryptic desires 
oranges and oil!
Static erupts like infinite fire.
Noise white grows in volume,
even higher.
oranges...

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Wings black as midnight draw back 
from infernos façade 
Secret devices sharp, 
keen of talons and man-made MAW 
EYES; Scarlet, pumpkin fire orange at the...

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all small broken alone
where the shadows roam
a child hides in a dark home
tick tock murmured the clock.
while branches dance
and rattle like brittle bone.
toys scattered around...

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A white dress 
a figure at rest
The grace of the west
A white dress
Elegant and built to impress
A white dress forlorn and driven apart
An empire in...

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They say I need too much
to keep a positive
young-yang attitude,

More
and deeper soul,
higher sacred grace 
of gifted gratitude.

So do I often feel,
except privileged they feel too...

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I am grateful for a dancer's flow, gravity unhinged 
               ...

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I no longer see the world- as you do
yet, I remember it well-
blue skies, fluffy clouds, a bright sun
rain, hail, thunder and snow
Now I can...

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She once had soft, delicate skin, 
A complexion of pure and bright,
With long silky locks draping her curves, 
Her glow was an elegant sight,

Until those...

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So as the fauna flakes into flasks and the distance is at ease,

so as the forgotten fallen ones are at peace and you and your...

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Dangerous,
blast~
trip to the past,

creamy crib
slips last,

dangerous dips
dive fast,

first is last,

blast is past,

take is most-

rips divide,

kicks hide,

rips wise-

scents re-animaize....

kids collide....

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