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Yet Poetry

                        Yet Poetry Yet poetry is after all just lines Of words, yes even when the words are sung By angel voices in a choir that shines. The words are words when coming from the tongue Of Gabriel or Abaddon, not more       [Gabriel and Abaddon] Than...

Arions Conflated

                    Arions Conflated Modern poetry  modern verse contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem If you had hooves and mane—and god-made wings— And if you had a voice that let you speak, You might well be a flying horse who...

Wedding Wings:  Hymenoptera

        Wedding Wings:  Hymenoptera The thought of weddings brings a joy to some, The brides and grooms in white and black, perhaps To mothers of the brides.  Joys overcome The nagging doubts, but joys tend to lapse. Among the guests the odd one here and there...

Clarity and Confusion

                  Clarity and Confusion Modern poetry  modern verse contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem He shows contentment with his claws.  A paw In whiteness stretches out and claws curve out Of white and pink.  The curves of...

  Tahitian Light and Dark

     Tahitian Light and Dark They called him “Purpure” because his hair Shone light instead of black like theirs.  It shone Of poetry, perhaps, or maybe flair Of charm. Their combination might atone For many sins and signally his spell Translated clearly in their...