His elocution stuns Exact in its sense Dynamic in delivery Such perfect prose Wrapped in irony Like sweet music Lilting and melodic Untainted by rhyme And happenstance He writes by rote His words a river Flowing into sea Touching life’s pulse For mere seconds Changing on command As natural as air He breathes it out … Continue reading Touching Life
Water clear and cool Reflecting like glass Showing imperfections In shocking clarity Fog rolling against Sliding smoothly over Like a knife’s blade Sharpened by time Ripples flow outward Reaching the shore Distorting faces Shadowed in the smoke Cleared by the breeze Reflection flawless As night closes in For a moment of time You can see … Continue reading Like Glass
The effect was dazzling With curlicued brilliance Dancing on the forest floor The nymphs came closer To see beyond the door As it opened wide to thin air And breezes gathered near To witness the magnificence When daffodils appear But as often happens in the wild The hunter became hunted Forest fires raced through wood … Continue reading What the Nymphs Saw
The man in the box He speaks in tongues Unintelligible to the human ear Yet creative in the delivery And always on pitch He controls his vibrato While others are hesitant Enamored of themselves Without speaking one word Lost among the poseurs Who demand more and give less Perfect for the masses But the man … Continue reading In Tongues
The test went quickly Multiple choice and such Risk and reward And they rushed it Those followers of form Advanced as they were When failure didn’t pass Their learning out of class They put their pencils down Like laying armor down After warfare’s spoil Then the waiting began Second guessing on the heel A game … Continue reading Tested
The traveler leaves Never to return But always on time Lost in the maze of time Haggard as a vagrant Trivial in disregard And soft he calls Magic like the wind Whistling through heather Dusty on the road Complicating travel Collecting companions To plot the way ahead And light the way behind Constant as a … Continue reading The Traveler
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