The Temptation of St Anthony
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The Temptation of St Anthony
I entered the desert,
took a vow not to speak
Lucifer’s here too, hoping
silent men grow weak
My path seemed so straight
but quickly became oblique
I que...
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Categories:
whalebone, art, devotion, perspective,
Form: Ekphrasis
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 1
...The following is a collection of selected critiques of the work of Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench from a variety of media outlets. The views expressed therein
are entirely unsolicited, uncompensate...
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Categories:
whalebone, mythology,
Form: Prose
Fishwives
...Fishwives
In junkets to
the golden shore
Beside the cobalt
sea of lore
Was told of dwellings
and rapscallions
Of ramshackled wood
and galleons.
Where ancient mar...
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Categories:
whalebone, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
...High noon in Fort Laramie, the summer sun is oppressive.
A whalebone corset digs into my body’s tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of dearly brought glass, I feel the v...
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Categories:
whalebone, memory,
Form: Sestina
Mister Baleen
...MISTER BALEEN
limerick
Mister Baleen got a whalebone
He went to a charmer Doctor scone
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Categories:
whalebone, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Death Undignified
...The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
A whalebone corset dug into my body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touches the pane
of dearly brought glass it vibrates with the hoof...
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Categories:
whalebone, cowboy-western, introspection, life, baby,
Form: Sestina
Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860
...The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
The whalebone corset dug into the body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of dearly brought glass, I feel the vibrat...
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Categories:
whalebone, baby, children, horse, me,
Form: Sestina