here
our thoughts
wish themselves
about inland shoals
where beauty
be Mistress
her peace
overlaying strife
her wisdom
impart’d
for at least
this moment
better
to be shar’d
with tomorrow
Berth Rest
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Category Archives: Poetry
Kiss (from the Time Capsule)
like
solitary Cinder uplift’d
by the song of Nature’s breath
fades the melody
fades her wings
to alight upon a needle of pine
to slumber
to emerge from her cocoon
a candle of hope
an armor’d torch
scourge of the Forest
drown’d into ashes
the starving Ground
to suckle new saplings
richer than before
so too
a simple peck from your lips to mine
shall inflame the bond of our flesh
till our spirits slip into th’ Innerworld
where all seasons are one
Night to his pillow of dreams
as squints Day and stretches her light
to awaken Love beyond measure
Dawn 2022
Today
rings the Sun’s doorbell
of Hope’s anniversary
when spirits last shook hands
so much time
in so little time
now a mane of snowfall
melt’d to a mist
fresh candles nudg’d from their beds
then lull’d back to their pillows
conceiving vapors of renew’d confidence
another boast
another test of the sinew
of that boast
another venture
into the mysterious forest of light
the memory of a sleepless eye
Floral Reef
“Always Open” sign
pit stop ‘neath our aery wings
hopscotch Grab’n’Go
Eyes Listening
as Journstar
takes last sip of her nightcap
feels the weight of her eyelids
the sky
the hills
the trees
the lake
they speak to me
each dusk a different story
NOEL
Haven
just a small parcel
garnish’d by man
our housekeepers
preserving our endangerment
though not the wild
the vanishing wild
consum’d by
cement
technology
and violence
this alternate paradise
must suffice as paradise
until Nature’s children
germinate
from Mankind’s progress
… or Mankind’s ashes
Breach
whimsical glimpse
in my sleep
only shadows
of my thoughts
the tongue
of my mind
numb
speechless
knowing her name
knowing the dream of her
cannot hear me
until
the snake
of untimely darkness
becomes a comfort
I’ll never remember
loujen haxm'Yor 