She had been in a rush all day but she paused for a second on the cool, smooth, gray of the sidewalk. There were no flowers to smell in the city. No friend she ever had would recall this small act of humanism, this epiphany that would slow the fall for just one second on [...]
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The Land of Awake
Posted in Aubade, Ballad, Poetry, tagged Aubade, Ballad, Poetry on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know you have a life to save a meaning to spread, a name to make but you never gave me a chance to give you what you tried take with clawing hands, from the world outside this bed, the land of awake. For 8 hours you were my girl, who would implore, for heavens sake, [...]
My Homeland: The Homeland of the Homeless
Posted in Ballad, Pastoral, Poetry, tagged America, Ballad, home, myself, Oz, Pangyric, Pastoral, Poetry on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green fields extend like curiosity Rolling like infinity To only be interupted by a single tree Whose knotted limbs hold its fruit as high as knowledge Out of the reach of you and me. Winter hits the ground like publicity Falling with equality at the base of the living tree In the horizon the hills [...]
There can be no disorder here
Posted in Ballad, Poetry, tagged Ballad, Poetry on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Leave it as is” She said, “There can be no disorder here” As if the past had fled As soon as the present appeared. Despite the chaos near and the confusion between us I had nothing but trust. There could be no disorder here. Outside stormed the winter for the entirety of the year. Queitly [...]
