Hour 16: Ancient Lore

Ongoing still, the oration of an ancient story Aging ever faster, ever growing gaunt and hoary A tale so old and often told Of gold for blood and blood for gold   Recited countless times before the jury How warm the blood, the gold how…

City Adventures

With landscapes so lovely It’s hard to not be joyous Immersed in this loud Bustling city A sense of peace Makes its way through these city adventures Yes! City adventures, You know those that leave you feeling quite lovely They bring about this tantalizing peace…

Mind Cages – 16/24

I place potential lovers into cages of my mind they scratch numerals on bricks to keep track of time they usually lose it, time is hard to catch as am I, but a treat to watch they eventually stop counting and hum along the tune and realize…

Beyond the Veil

Are you a God, my darling angel? You, the one who saved me that day. Was it in May? Or June? I’d been dead so long. For months it seems Flying about with the Sylphs And faeries. And then you came. You with the heavy…

Father

I got my love of learning from my father He also gave it to my brother I got my love of people from my mother who also shared this with my sister I am reminded I am not alone by my friend and forced to…

Nonsestina

I decided on a gleeful whim one evening to entertain The travelling musicians who played priceless violins And promised them that, following my advice, they’d regain The boundless joy they had access to as children Without apparent spiritual or moral compromise Or sacrifice of a productive life or…

Eight…

We need. Inside. If hurt, we hide.   We need real love. Fits like a glove.   We need deep sleep. Not Li’l Bo Peep.   We need our brains. (I hope it rains!)   We need more time for this bad rhyme…

“The Road Not Taken” Hour 13

I came to a fork in the road, I even almost ran over a huge toad. I paused and pondered as I waited for the gigantic toad to pass. Which road will lead me there quicker? The road well-known was heavily travelled. On the other…

Sestina for the Night

As the clock strikes midnight my mind is on something beautiful Away in the city she is who I long to be with this night We don’t need any words or to speak just us together touching It is as if the only language we have is our love…