I don’t know how this war started
but I know its ultimate end –
blood feud over pieces of land,
lustful for riches in the sand,
exploitation of earth,
mass machines churning
in desolate fields –
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free verse poetry
Night Terrors (a poem)
We snake thru the glorious night,
red lights shining in angry eyes
searching for honey that’s in the
blood-fields, the tundra that’s
thawing as spring comes upon us
like hell-fire visions –
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Suffocation (a poem)
celestial bodies high up above
are partially hidden in this
light-polluted city where
we hear screams from
four-story buildings &
smell pulsing humanity,
seeping thru the walls
of our studio apartments –
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Bullet (a poem)
I wake before dawn and think
how I’m different from yesterday
and the day before that,
each day, hour, minute lurching
closer to a murky grave,
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Grateful (a poem)
the word grateful comes from
the Latin gratus & was first used
in English in 1552,
so says the internet wizards,
who remind me I didn’t use
this word – grateful – very much
‘till I realized there was
a hole in my soul,
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Great Unknown (a poem)
can you picture God?
it’s better you don’t
we call him by a masculine name
but maybe he’s genderless
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Alt-Psalm #3 (a poem)
how awesome is the LORD Most High?
we shower Him with praise
thinking of halcyon days
while preparing for
a new heaven on earth
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Self-Discovery (a poem)
use three words
to describe yourself –
I’ll go first:
“fiery”
“fickle”
“fabulous”
see, not so hard?
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The Bridal Chamber (a poem)
you welcome me into
the bridal chamber,
looking ravishing
white sheets against your pale skin
the nightingale sings
of our love
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Highway of Existence (a poem)
my body, dissolved in acid
is a fitting way for life’s end
terminate the contract of
my earthly stay
amid the snowy landscape
if you must
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