Flightpath
...Late November and spring rain falls the glen,
dry nor-westers shed pine needle and cone -
and “koork kok” crows the cock pheasant and hen
who outside my window have always flown.
In the t...
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Categories:
westers, home,
Form: Sonnet
The Odyssey Redux Part I - From Trozan Shores To Aeolian Isle
...Now gather around, ye lusty lads, a tale I'll tell to thee
Of jealous Gods, monsters and ill-fated men who sailed the sea.
My tale is set in hoary times when fickle fate was by divine decree.
Then...
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Categories:
westers, adventure, fantasy, myth, mythology,
Form: Epic
The King of Empty Lands
...I am the King of Empty Lands,
Where sunlight westers and then subsides,
And drips its purpling blue before it hides
Below horizons with violet rays.
As dusk diminishes the reds to greys
I pace m...
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Categories:
westers, adventure, history, nostalgia,
Form: Verse