Unnamable Poems

clouds, shakespeare inspired

...clouds

appear as shapes

dragons sometimes

forks and trees

naming the unnamable 

a search for home

(Anthony and Cleopatra)



busyness

seeming much to do

and the rain

in...

An illusion

...If you had never heard the word beautiful,  
Would you know what it means?  
Could you grasp it in the curve of a smile,  
In the hush of a sunset bleeding into the sea?  

If no one told you a ...

A Great Unknown

...(“The Search For Unnamable Things Merit Badge”, 2011, original oil)

A Great Unknown

I figure there are just a handful or two
Of friends and family who really know me
But last night in ...

Planting a Seed

...("Heaven and Earth", 2024, original encaustic)

Planting a Seed

Sitting quietly
I find a seed within my heart
and entering into it plant something 
unnamable which was there all along
...

Loveless Are the Romantics

...If I took my heart out of its cage
you would think: "ah offal, just meat,
fresh blood if I eat it quickly."
.
Crazily, you call 'need' love,
you're crazed, heartless,
a cannibal, a crippled dog...

Descartes' Rule of Signs

...I. Noise in an empty hallway:
My old leather shoes protest as I hurry down the linoleum tiles
Like I'm wearing a little piece of history older than I am.

II. Headlights on a dark road:
Speeding...

A Bird In the Hand

...If I hold a little bird
in the palm of my hand,
it is as if
I am gently holding the heart of God,
even though the unnamable One
is that infinite Phoenix of Light.

For if I am gentle with this...

Darkest Light

...Here at the heart of the darkest day 
Darkest light at noonday and midnight 
The shadows show the holes to a different realm 

A different reality, negative images of creation 
The opposite of l...

Carrying Onward

...As a boy
I explored shallow river beds.
I carried home in a jar unnamed water-bugs,
minnows, tadpoles and
little frogs that glowed yellow
when the sunlight swam in the creek.
Now the su...

In My Spiel and Storied Telling

......dead mice thus far do gnaw, splintered mirrors
neck and rubber yet with scant regret.
Ropes both for hanging and climbing, good grief,
bad love, honey-do-dew in a salty brew.

In my closet, p...

Trumpasaurus Extinction Highly Unlikely

...Huge life like mockup 
rigged up to bark
dare buzzfeed outsize monstrosity
diet coke, McDonald's and meatloaf
pet banality, execrable, and misogynistic words
greets visitors at formerly named
M...

For Dorathy

...A lady is missing.
She does not answer her voice mail,
distant friends look for signs
indications of further steps.

It can be presumed, assumed
that the end of her brilliant earth existence
f...

Et and Other Poets

...The mind is a long walk home,
dinosaurs unnamable
litter the green turf
of our travels.

Reptiles shrink to birds,
the larger birds collapse like balloons
eventually running out of sky.
Lizar...

I Am

...I Am as am, in being-ness complete
Self luminous, with vibrant bliss replete
Here and now present, in the joy current
Centred in void, to each pulse cognisant 
Swaying to the rhythm of loves hear...

Marco and Laura Coming Together

...It could be seen in the rough surf 
Marco and Laura traveling towards French style turf 
Touring the gulf 
Showing the teeth of an angry wolf 
Winds swirling 
Waves curling 
Water hurling 
Lik...

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