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'Forward Brave Souls' Victims of Ambition's Merciless Will

...“Up men to your posts! Don’t forget today that you are from old Virginia.” 
– General George Pickett

Beneath Gettysburg's sun a merciless blaze
Stood Pickett with his face etched...

To Seek My Fate

...
To unknown shores, I have now come,
to seek my fate, if I have one.
Not found at home, where was before,
I have now come to unknown shores.

Through salty sea, through storm and wind;
I've be...

When I Am Up - For Mental Health Month

...When I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue.

When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one.

W...

Sailin’ Away

...(Or, The Whaler) 

Everybody wants a piece of my action
Everyone wants a piece of me 
Time is money — no satisfaction 
All I want is to get myself free 

I became famous — 
Vulgar and shamele...

Vulcan Ale

...Have you ever drank Vulcan ale
You’ll get the runs and turn quite pale
You’ll need a bucket for your stool
And you’ll be screaming like a fool
It’s also known as a white whale...

White Whale

...Writing a torrent
hoping for one

Words are endemic
tide zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)...

Chasing Perdition

...The White Whale
Atlantis
or Holy Grail

Avarice and greed
destruction
prevails

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)...

Friends, Haven'T You Any Fish

...The best poetry stays silent and deep
It cries for attention below still waters
Each one melting into oceans weeping

I still fish poorly in infinity’s pool
With no reward that satisfies
How th...

Poetry Keeps a Day

...Poetry will not keep you warm
Not like a cat nestled between legs
But, it hunts down manic thoughts
Gnashes the static till the mind gives 
Chases a thought till claws are bloody
Keeps you drenc...

The Lie From Fairytales

...The sleeping beauty surrounded by lackluster roses-
She receives rest I never shall,
Whilst I work my hand and mind to bone and broth.
The star-crossed lovers staring down from the heavens-
Bliss...

The S S Edmund Fitzgerald

...“Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early” – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Balladeer,
from The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald

A song by Gordon Lightfoot I ...

Shakespeare and More

...Dedicated to my beautiful sister, Dr. Barbara Voglino, with thanks for introducing me to some of the greatest literature ever penned.  Love you, Sis!


The bedroom we shared,
Always qu...

Witness To Evolution

...I would help man evolve toward God’s Dreams for this life
And not strive just for mites (some ascribe to have worth?)
(In God’s Will) let us humbly trust Grace is God’s Gift
To a sinner who can’t ...

White Whale

...In oceans deep, the white whale sings
He seeks a mate to ease his pain
His song, it plays on our heart strings
As Moby Dick searches in vain

Such loneliness no whale can feign
For he’s the las...

Word Fantasy In F Sharp Minor In 3 Movements

...Word Fantasy in F Sharp Minor  (3 Movements)

1

(Andante con moto)

Hey man. Take this.

I got it last night,
under a fractured street light,
with shattered pieces of clear glass, scattere...

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