Short Capstone Poems

gray-granite Winter
with a possible flurry -
capstone creeks

1/27/2019...

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Where intellect ends,
  the spirit begins

Capstone reversing
 —direction within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2018)...

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El Capitan - you are a joint
   Within the Sierra Nevadas
Of punctuated granite -
   A sentinel of the ages. 

Sylvestris partition -
   Beam of silver - or steel - 
Are you a step to heaven
   Or a capstone for hell?

Stern expression of peace - 
   Keeper of fortitude - 
Of what would you speak?
   Would I even understand you?...

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Diphylleia grayi turns transparent in rain,
Transforming before me to lustrous bone
Drawing out aches in my marrows pain
Patience — the clouds will fade, leaving you standing alone
Ending transparency, we find white in every pane
Wringing you dry; elevates this capstone
Wet again, you bloom into ice-etched floral glass
Hiding in purity, the world forgets quickly; how clarity is surpassed...

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The intrigue was deepening. 
Remove the capstone. 
You had buried a 
legend alive.

The trial begins and 
ends, leaving no room
for any shady questions, 
and fake answers.

You don’t want to accept
a lesser pain. There was
no door, no window.

The arousal comes 
when you hear the
explicit obscenities.

You want another twist to a tale.
I want to demolish the fate.



Satish Verma...

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What's your word for the new year?
   Will you use it to set your direction? 

Will it get you out of your comfort zone?
   Could it become your personal capstone?

Will it challenge you in a multiplicity of ways
   Will it spur you to new heights every day?

Will you treasure it both at work and at play?
   Or will you write it down and then throw it away?

What's your word for the new year?
   Will it have changed your life in retrospection?...

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