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Adolescent Philosophy Is Wet

     Adolescent Philosophy Is Wet Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  When hair on chest is not quite new or old Long after armpits make announcements, too, Young males are dragged along in being bold In...

The Purpose of Preying Plumes

The Purpose of Preying Plumes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  Do fledging on your heart and feathers on Your mind.  Your eyes might need some feathers, too. The point is flight beyond yourself, a swan...

Whoever Heard of Surging Love in Holland?

Whoever Heard of Surging Love in Holland? Can deep romance occur in boring, flat Terrain?   Not even in Italian fields With cypress trees, tight shapes, can hearts combat The boredom of a sort that never yields The passion that romance requires.  No notes Of music can...

Similar Sense Twin Sonnets: Paired Poems

Similar Sense Twin Sonnets:  Paired Sonnets                  A Fair Lot with Bucephalus “How fair a lot to fill           Is left to each man still.”                                                                        ~ Matthew Arnold “Sohrab and...

Over Millennia

                Over Millennia The autumn, with tall steppings like giraffes, Brings colors taller, taller than the rest Of seasons.  Graceful, slim months come like laughs Of palettes, legs and necks in step and blessed Like warmer spots, a million autumn leaves Upon...

Loveliest of Trees — an Antidote to Autumn Foliage

Loveliest of Trees — an Antidote to Autumn Foliage Imagine drinking saké underneath The cherry blossoms.  Saké and the food Are not about our deaths and joys — a wreath Of loss and life.  This day is for the brewed Sak-ura-flavored drinks, the pink of blooms, The...