The prospect of silence frightens me Stone, upon stone, upon stone Human beings are opposed to tranquility. A man, having lost the wind, dies at sea waves crash, bringing his body home The prospect of silence frightens me In the garden cave we were all free Left unshackled by the unknown Human beings are opposed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Villanelle’
Sound Waves
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged fear, Humanity, Poetry, Silence, Villanelle on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Other Man
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged death, Immortality, life, Poetry, Villanelle, writting on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What comparison can be made to a man with lines written on his face, his feet forever displayed? If only my birth could have been delayed So as to hide me from his shadowed grace. What comparison can be made? He walked as if his name will never fade From book, or clime, or empty space [...]
Stories, Legends, Myths, or History
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Poetry, Villanelle on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What was inside is out again like a story gone too long unsaid It might be hard to put back in. Mother arrived to tuck me in, her kiss removed monsters under the bed, what was inside is out again. The mechanic arrived like a seraphim The engine, having been shed, It might be hard to [...]
Anthropocentricity
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged angels, Anthropocentricity, fall, hubris, Humanity, Poetry, pride, Sin, Villanelle on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pride, not hate, was why the angels fell Below the humans of the earth The tower they build will be their cell. The dead bodies are too useful to sell Bone and flesh fuel the tower’s rebirth. Pride, not hate, was why the angels fell. The devil isn’t as far away as hell his poetic eye sees their [...]
De Morgan’s law: Or What it is to Live in the Mind
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Poetry, Villanelle on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The human genome was yet unknown and justice was just a luxury When I got caught stealing home. Shakespeare was a prophet for the church of Rome building a globe to bring rich and poor to equality. The human genome was yet uknown. She was dancing in the bedroom alone Her eyes complex, like sonnetry, When I got caught stealing home. Her [...]
The Heart Cannot Give Ministry
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Poetry, Villanelle on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The brain is still a mystery that the brain cannot understand and the heart cannot give ministry. The eye abhors its odious symmetry such that seeing is not believing and the brain is still a mystery. Such problems are mated into our ancestry who knew that lips cannot command and the heart cannot give ministry. Even to the [...]
Searching Through the Lost and Found
Posted in Didactic, Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Didactic, Poetry, Villanelle on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Searching through the lost and found I came to find all the things I need to Survive the journey underground Heard archaic records that make an irritating sound while juggling letter blocks missing ‘B’, and reading bibles written in Hebrew Searching through the lost and found An old bike, whose wheels don’t go ‘around, A magazine, [...]
The Morning of Execution
Posted in Aubade, Epithalamium, Eulogy, Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Aubade, death, Epithalamium, Eulogy, life, Love, meaning, philosophy, Poetry, sacrifice, socrates, Villanelle on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The incarned beauty rests reclined, her hemlock colored eyes Preparing for her test. Despite his recent arrest the horror of the loved and wise The incarned beauty rests. Alcestis’ blood pumping in her chest Her hands, resting on his thighs, Are preparing for her test. Unaware of the gathering guests and the unfurling of the elydoric skies The [...]
Watching Her Go
Posted in Poetry, Villanelle, tagged Poetry, Villanelle on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
While I considered everything I lack Sitting on the sullen parkway She turned her back. She had once noticed my sudden wrack She cupped her hand and offered me the day While I considered everything I lack. Hand in hand we walked down the track She knew I would lose my way, So she turned [...]
