Tag: Poems
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Today is Emily Dickinson’s Birthday. So, I Should Write a Poem
Everything points your way; You can see the golden eye. What the Queen has bequeathed to stay home runs and apple pies loft back into your sky. Each ruinous nation rejects finally even the fallen tree; Above the skies stares salvation where still the angels sing. Where were you when she was born? You were…
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Poem: “Out There”
There’s something about standing here. Purple lake. You lake monsters curl around Nessie’s frame while locked inside twirls Nessie’s babe. The bark peeled away, the arrow fires straight through the cotton woods where the vision stood. One can hear the fields ticking, the silence purring Delta blues Bitches brew. The vision spirals inward to that…
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Poem: The Night Sea
The Night Sea I want to breath again beneath the mythic pond. This presence blows the wind And bares the dew soaked dawn. The spirits sing from wells. The earth’s throat opens wide. They say what no man tells. Their secrets dance inside. The king is sleeping still. His drawbridge dream released. His knights…
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It’s National Poetry Month – So I Should Write Some Poems
I was just glancing at Youtube, and it said that it was national poetry month. Man they have a day and a month for everything, don’t they? Hehehehehe. Well, since I’m a poet, I thought I should write some poems, especially this month! Just wrote this sonnet a few minutes ago. Hopefully I can do…
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Poem: “Together”
“Together” Each day they add more marble to our wall, but what is physically kept away grows larger in the soul each day. The lake is frozen. Black Baikul. Every time we take a glass from the garden, the serpent grows another head. The World doesn’t spin when the rings inside her don’t extend. What if we…
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New Rough Song Demo: “It’s Over Now”
So, for the first time in a while a tune struck me out of the blue. I’ve been in straight poetry writing mode the last month or so, so I decided to apply the lyrics from one of those recent poems to this tune. I was surprised that it worked out so well. I think…