Myrmidon and Unicorns

Demure myrmidon Just don’t occur In nature (To say demure myrmidon That is, to say a mythical Being Much like an unicorn) To say they ever did is to Deride the ancient Greeks And also modern despots (With no implication that They are the same…

Poetry Marathon poem #20

A professor, tall, thin, small beard on the chin of his handsome face, talks to an old man, lonely, watching college students construct a memorial for a fallen friend. Great master of his craft, “Wait until you see what time does to you.” he warns.

Poetry Marathon poem #19

Your insecurities are laid out before me like an open book. Do not worry. I shall read your pages, with gentle fingers experienced in handling fragile tomes.

Poetry Marathon poem #18

You are the light at the end of my tunnel, the one who fills my hope lantern with its oils so it may burn brightly. You are many, my own safe harbor of interconnected docking ships at port, import, export coming and going calling friends,…

Numbers

Hour 24 – 5:00 AM    If simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. We are all one;  and then some, of a sticky situation. Words produce numbers in some crazy, far out equation. Far from equal; but we resonate the sound and deep fulfillment of a…

She is

Sensitivity buried underneath armor still can be penetrated. Speaking so silence cannot affect her though the voices running through her head keep her busy enough as is. The what if’s and what nots are all consuming still she forges on. Heartbreak seems to motivate so…

Ghost town

Haunted memories from a lonely childhood. The sadness carves out a hole in your body for roses to grow and petals to fall. Secret pages with golden letters folded neatly; brittle and cream-coloured, whispy clouds hidden beneath the moss. Remnants of shattered pieces in everchanging…

Greenery

Eerie days and cotton clouds fields of green and flowers. I dream my days away, eagerly waiting for the night. Spending restless hours looking for the sun. When the only thing that matters is the fleeing darkness, giving way. For golden drops of morning dew.

Ode to a cat

Purring, meowing. Little ball of love. Soft paws and twirling tail. Little ball of love. Futile and desperate attempts to convey this feeling in my chest how all that matters is a little ball of lovely fur.