Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
Muse
she speaks without words / flitting in and out of time / inspired dew drops fall
September 29th, 2009 | Free Verse, Poetry | Read More
what.
this is not a poem for the masses,
a piece to be picked apart by academics and judges
this
is not a poem
begging to be heard, nor
is this a poem
seeking acceptance or in.clusion
this is not a poem positioned on its knees
you cannot pull alongside it while its rhythms walk the streets and ask
“how...
September 28th, 2009 | Poetry | Read More
drink.
she was the breeze
eyes closed
head tipped back just so
she moved with the music
she was the music
fingers spread wide
arms opened wide
her hips hypnotized
her feet shifted in circles
and figure-eights
carrying her body from
corner to corner of our dance floor
i was the beat
the base-beat on which her...
September 28th, 2009 | Poetry | Read More
words that fit.
They are too young,
most of them. mere pawns,
pieces in someone else’s puzzle
innocent and unaware
of the truth of war.
They are too young,
most of them. mere fawns,
fodder for the end of a muzzle
infuriated and overwhelmed
by the truth of war.
I have looked into the eyes of men
and women with nothing...
September 28th, 2009 | Poetry | Read More


