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L’heure Bleu (The Blue Hour) – between day and night – artists’ and lovers’ light

TweetThe Blue Hour The icy cold of fear-filled night retreats before the warmth of dawn In the breath-held pause between the blue hour Madrugada bewitches artists defying pigments eluding skill to represent The death-blood blue of night comes to life and saturates the coming day with the gift of lifelight.

Blood – Poem: blood-line, in the blood, blood feud, of one’s blood

TweetBlood In blood and sinew nerve and bone we are born In that first unwilled gasp of life the myth of blood is incarnate an afterbirth of superstitious dread progenitor of hate My blood is up at transubstantiated lies blood brothers washed in the blood of Jesus soaked in the death of other forms of […]

River Deep – Poem: life’s journey, change,

TweetRiver Deep In the dark labyrinth of sleep a consciousness awoke an unfathomed river deeply flowing surged gathering its unchecked pace Upon the banks on either side were fires, beacons to guide the river’s way on its eternal journey to the vastness of the sea On night-hid riparian strands fire-shadowed daemons ran who mocked and […]

Love (2) – Poem

TweetLove (2) Never forget if you would see the healed bird soar then you must set her free

Horatio’s Doubt – Poem: on a great day for science 10.09.08….

TweetHoratio’s Doubt If science can prove its dead and airless moon can raise the waves and ebb the tide then why should not this force unseen save by its effect move my heart and touch my soul If science can show its unloved sun can open leaves and root all life in the indifferent earth […]

‘Savages’ – Poem: “my country ’tis of thy people you’re dying”

Tweet SAVAGES The earth sang to me of ancient things calling my unknowing soul to remembrance The sun smiled on me and led my soul up towards the sky as a sunflower turns to receive the gift of life The wind called to me lifting my soul on eagle’s wings towards the destiny a proud […]

Never Gone – Poem: for indians places are sacred – not time

TweetNative American – Indian – spiritual beliefs unlike say the Abrahamic religions, are spatial not temporal; communitarian not individualistic. This does not try to be an ‘Indian’ poem – that would be silly. But it does try to express a deep empathy towards the spirit of these ideas and the culture that struggles in the […]

Sea Glass – Poem: modest, etched by the world, and beautiful

TweetSea Glass A scrap of glass wave rolled salt etched opaqued by time ground down by the gravity of life Plain unpretty treasure Beer drunk brown unbanked green or common white clarity lost in priceless time Yet you are precious treasured a child’s memories hidden in a secret life locked drawer with other cherished things […]

Love (1) – Poem: love as a gift not a possession

TweetLove (1) The little girl with sun-rapt smile skipped with joy among the wild flowers Entranced she grasped lovingly the tender stems clutching beauty to her innocent heart then she cried bitter guiltless tears when she found the loveliness she held so dear before its time had died killed by love

The Eagle’s Last Flight – Poem: eagles mate for life

TweetThe Eagle’s Last Flight His mate gone the eagle soared into the high places grief-driven wings beat the air in angry futile desperation higher and higher faster and faster his passion drove him towards the baleful sun the watchers waited bate-breathed for the weariness the exhaustion of flight to bring the eagle down to earth […]