Brighter Still
The road is paved with light which welcomes dreamers Out of deserts, into gardens Only to remember In the desert The stars shone brighter still. postscript For day 20.…
So Help Me
I knew you when you cried And I caught your tears. We're the same age, But you're my heart's daughter, Really. He'd better deserve you now And work hard to deserve you forever because so help me I'll punch him…
Heartsore
I am too far from where the rains descend. I am divided from the cool of shore And grey of sea. And where the river wends is far beyond my grasp. Oh, go before and reconcile the stars with where they end and I begin; I am not anymore. Until…
Soul Tanka
I remain empty Words go in and come out: both. But those that fall out Are full of my very soul. I cannot be replenished. postscript For day 17. Just a tanka, because finals are kicking my TAIL. I've written 1.25 papers out of 3.5 for…
Quarrels to Art
I speak Into voids and hollow trees In the middle of night. I speak And no one hears My tree falling. I speak And nothing comes of rhetoric But division. I write And wars inside come forth In art. postscript For day 16. From "Out of the quarrel with…
Iron Will
You look to stars for light and nothing more For beauty has no meaning to a brain That has no mind attached. You stand on shores And calculate the density of rain Or gauge the atmosphere without the wind To gently cool and soothe or stir your soul, For you…
Iron Love
I trace your chiseled jawline with my hand Enraptured by the cold and steely gaze Of living death etched sorely on your face. My breath is caught--I draw back as you stand And push me sideways. I can only hold The hope that you know who I am within, And…
Illuminated
I use odd words In everyday speech. Ink runs from my mouth Indelibly impressed by the ancients and Imitator of their thought. Identified proudly with the lovers of wisdom, Intellect is no obscenity to me. postscript For day 13. Poetic form: Pleiades I don't mean to say this…