shadow puppets
My grampa used to throw them from the lines of his fingers onto a blank wall, to my utter delight, in the irregular light of…
Saged
In loud chaos I have relearned efficiency. I have practiced loving myself out of necessity to go forth. Nipping at my heels, is no siren…
fungal
i believe you. slender fingers twirl like batons as you tell stories of places and people i could barely dream. every word more important than…
Winter’s Dirge
December days draw close the nigh’ as winter storms behold these mournful eyes and muted skies and sparrows lone and cold. The forest that I…
Locked
the truth is a hard thing to find: locked bind unwind: feel everything in a sweeping fallen felt weaken fault default: felt too much of…
inspiration anew
You have one foot in the water And one foot on the land, today. Kneeling by a small blue pool that looks full, of sapphires,…
Nostalgia
Living in past summations, your art can be a stepping stone for the wide expanse that is humanity. You may feel a lot in your…
Everlong
Where am I But standing right here Armed with capital letters Wishing I had a beer Or two Or three Nightmares last night still haven’t…
Every Day
There you stand Thirty pieces of silver in your hand O My own Judas You Never really loved me You Just wanted to control And…
Don’t wipe out
I will embrace today better than yesterday paddle my way over every obstacle and I will be weary of sharks who will try to steal…
the citadel
Your mouth is a citadel A place where I reside. Your crooked teeth a serrated sky-line with me safe inside, a place that we could…
Iris
Each day I consider you as I tend the mysteries of my garden the vesper the snakehead and your bulbous roots such a trickster as I…
magus bride
The automatic tinge of orange and purple In the sunrise is a renaissance each day There is an aching in the morning light. It is…
Magnesium and poppies
I’m a lynx cub, organic and bobtailed.You are meant to be inhaled, like the vapos.Full of heavy metals, you are dangerous.You are arsenic and chromium.A…
Summer’s lost
Winter draws another close, to what was just her unexpected start. Even with more discrepancies than most, we once or twice shared a pavement. Finding…
cow-eyed
Somewhere clear across the ocean, you live in a sandy place. Cooking up some kind of potion Mind in aerospace, by now Your eyes are…
three of july
head a’tilt to aevenin’ sky ‘tis a stankin-sticky three of july hellechopper, choppin’ up high no time for tiny guy waving hi-bye that is me,…
The Quantum Uncertainty of the Nagapushpam
If you need a metaphor for your life, consider the nagapushpam, the snake-flower, cobra- flower, god-flower, that, according to the internet blooms once every 36…
Dearest
My sunshine My summer rain I woke today realising that life is fleeting I’m asking myself what sort of person will I have been If…
Addicted
Sometimes I switch into a dwelling mode Searching for a purpose amongst my enemies Every man is an artist Some carry a heavy load I’ll…