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Mount La Verna’s No for Me

       Mount La Verna’s No for Me Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Along with love comes fear the way a cat Brings fur and puurs and claws, entangled, one. You cannot love the cave without fanged...

Fake Views a la Oedipus

           Fake Views a la Oedipus America is throbbing with those who Have thrown away the truth, have stabbed their eyes Out.  Misery of coveting shoots through What used to be their heartblood.  They breathe lies And when they do not get enough, a mouth Produces...

Islands are Harbors for Spliced Love

Islands are Harbors for Spliced Love    Sapho Sappho  By Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden – 2014-12-22, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73289397 She sang about the love of him, of her. She had his hair in mind–and hers. ...

Awe, the Akkadians, and Two Men in Love

Awe, the Akkadians, and Two Men in Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  Loch Awe, embraced by Scottish hills alone, Lies long beneath the troubles caused by wind, Perhaps of troubled hearts.  The cairns...

Loss in the Mental Lottery

     Loss in the Mental Lottery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  My mother had a stroke before the hours My oldest brother was to wed.  This stripped Her brain of language output.  Other powers Were...