The Feast of Fools

The hunted hare Became the hunter The hound dog ran in fear “Blow the horns!” yelled the Hares, “The Lord of Misrule is here!” When darkness overturned the world And day ceased to rule the land The Lord of Misrule took the Throne and all…

The Assassin

Languidly Leaves listlessly Leaning Rustling, Sighing, Seething With thoughts of Rain The rain that does not come With it’s sweet smell Of Innocence and Ozone This Rising Assassin we call Heat Rising before the sun, he comes With his Great Killing Swaths Bleaching the world…

A Man Named Campbell

I knew a man He goes by the name of Campbell Never did I see anyone Who liked to cause more trouble It was coming up to the time When they say Lucifer fell Into the brambles The time we now call The feast of…

The Magic Black Diamond

There first was a little girl Then there was another Soon there were more and more The first little girl Assumed this was The Order of the World and modeled her life after This in every way ‘First there is me, Then others follow, I…

Little Golden Heart

On little paws She walks like a queen She’s sweet and nibble Until she trips and falls She glances around, hoping It was unseen! Tiny golden lady, She was born to run through trees Tumbling with other puppies She only reached for grace Amongst the…

Something Beyond Words

Their life’s lines entangle with yours You and I The margins between there is no knowing Where one ends the other begins metaphors abound but always fall short of the reality that is two become one limbs intertwined we finish each others… thoughts, feelings, sentences…

jovial, ardent, killed, ecstasy

Jovial He is It is his defining trait Often laughing, smiling Or filled with thunder and lightning He is Olympian in nature While being cuddly as a fluffy button He is the diction definition of Jovial in all senses And part of why I adore…

Dreams, sleep and adulting

My joy in this brilliant morning Is tempered by many things The earliness of my waking My eyes folding shut Even while my fingers Find Each Key…stroke The heat of a summer Come on too early Burnt leaves on a plum tree (how can that…

Red Demon in the Dark

Red Demon in the Dark VCS You come to me at night but thought you haunt them You are not the man of my dream You are the the demon I feared Long ago When I was a child And I served in the a…

Land of Haven and Fated Death

Land of Haven and Fated Death Virginia Carraway Stark Spades played on spades Dominoes crash On the square by the sea Where white means death Beauty is a tomb And creation is a cruel fate They say nothing is impossible Is it merely a cruel…