An Old Memory
I could not follow you, good teacher, why Demand what I could not safely afford? Amid my riches in mourning I lie, Thinking of when you might…
Where the Nereids Swim and Play
Where the Nereids swim and play On golden sand there I lay Under the sun, moon, and stars My heart does look from afar. Where the Nereids…
A Pharisee Notices a Tax-Collector
I bought up my God at a deluxe sale, He fits snugly in my pocket, clinking With my loose change, a most amusing tale, Here is no…
Ode to the Archangels
Michael, His sword is sharp, His armor thick, He does not play a flute or harp, His spear a deadly stick. Oh, Holy Knight of Christ, Who…
Total Love
Tired Withering Dark olive skin resting on the soft embrace of light blue shirt, like weary Atlas leaning against hospitable skies momentarily. And then those chestnut punctuations…
To Die at Appomattox
On the removal of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery The compromise has been forsaken. She was lifted from the pedestal As an airbus smeared…
(flori)cartograph
Would that I but had a garden Wherein which I could tend the soil, And stand watch like patient warden Over the seedlings as they grow. What…
Looking at the Leaves
I see the falling leaves – how on the air Each slips and skids this way and that In haphazard descent - dead things, Being discarded: the…
Bleeding Woman
Shame trickling down from between my legs, Walking impurity stirring disgust, Doctors have just left me to my last dregs, My money spent with almost all my…
The Absolution of Bedivere
Sit now, Thy head bowed, And, awaiting blessed benediction, pray Sweet absolve of Arthur’s stay, His bloodied head crowned. Sit, good Bedivere, as Peter thrice Denied his…
Communion of Roosters
Sat in the hen-house, The rooster clucks, Prior to his fulfillment of Prime “Have you ever thought about “cock-a-doodle-doo?” Saith one rooster ponderously. “How my call beckons…