Where Do We Come In
...Where do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what we saw d...
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Categories:
veneris, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Naked Death
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Naked death
…the barred and sealed cattle wagons
disgorge
at the Konzentrazionslager
the faux pas relief
from urine mud faeces sweat and tears
unkempt...
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Categories:
veneris, bereavement, death, grief, hate,
Form: Elegy
The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Thirteen
...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Thirteen
Oh! Woe! Woe! On pubic islet the dirty deed’s done
Bloodied needle leaves stain the Zen-rock cobbled garden
The derelict torn womb spills seminal fl...
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Categories:
veneris, dream,
Form: Quatrain
Naming of the Parts
...For those of a military cast of mind
There are many poems they can find
Which do embellish battlefield glory
In the telling of their story.
But for me there is another field of play
Where mer...
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Categories:
veneris, me, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Chanson D'Amour
...Like Orpheus and Eurydice we dwell in realms apart
Without a Charon to help us cross the great divide
But my love for you sings to the beating of my heart
And your charms I still hymn with prais...
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Categories:
veneris, loss, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme