Such little ink-wrought wonders on a page
That spring to life in sunset colors bright
And characters from some forgotten age
Bring dance and music to a quiet night
Tag: iambic meter
10/22/2021
As winter comes so will life’s madness cool
And, gathered ‘round a fire, we can break bread
And with our kin such fantasies unspool
As could not be imagined in one head
10/20/2021 – without wisdom
Once with a question we
Could open doors of truth
Could ask for wisdom and
Receive it, given free
And yet it seems to me
That when I ask today
I hear from those who think themselves so wise
And never those whose minds are broad and deep
The pirate and the soldier
The soldier asked the pirate why
He plundered ‘long the coast
The pirate asked, “Why would you die
Defending those with most?”
10/8/2021 – happy place
A quiet corner without noise
In which to nestle tight
Free from the hecticness of day
And like to solemn night
If I could ride a boat along
If I could ride a boat along
The endless stream of time
And listen to the eerie song
It sings bereft of rhyme
I wonder what wonders I’d see
And who I would become
Were I from this spacetime-point free
To with the time-stream hum
10/2/2021
With fevered wanting I look in your eyes
As desp’rately I wish to hold you tight
Look now past all that makes up my disguise
My true, unfettered love is in your sight
9/23/2021 – after the storm
The storm brought howling winds and rain
Endless and singing loud
Crashing against the windowpane
The trees outside unbowed
And after it had passed, the world
Grew soft and sat in wait
And in my corner there I curled
Till quiet did abate
9/22/2021 – Wednesday needs
A bit of chocolate,
Hot, for me
9/18/2021 – autumn ease
Like swaying trees the drying grasses
Quiver in the breeze
As crisper air upon the wind
Fills me with autumn ease
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