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Over the Mystic River

         Over a Mystic River Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem   Aaron Wu@aaroncwu Suspended from the columns of men’s brains, Our dreams are bridges that go strong and straight To mystery though...

Arms, Shoulders, Legs

         Arms, Shoulders, Legs Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem Your dancing causes clouds to form around Your dreams.  These clouds are far more solid than The dreams, except the nightmares.  Clouds...

Bāneh

                        Bāneh The Zagros Mountains hold the city near In beauty.  In the sun it opens like A sunflower, bright and rich.  In winter clear Light shows the buildings.  Snow-sped sunbeams strike It into greater loveliness beneath Ice peaks.  In spring...

Not the Broken Walls, Domes, Floors of Byzantium

Not the Broken Walls, Domes, and Floors of Byzantium The emanations from his chest will not make Impressionist tableaux.  Tessera yield No muzziness (more like a steamer’s wake). The cubes are harder than a Monet field And are aware of their male nature.  Past Things...

The Opposite of Trance

    The Opposite of Trance Etheric this one isn’t.  He is steep With hairiness and muscle like a Greek Guerrilla killing Nazis.  Flesh is deep If worshipped.  He is foreign to oblique. He wants to thrust and press his chest against His victim as he rapes or woos.  A...