each droplet
falls from sky to soil
divergent paths
converge to nourish the loam
where the ever-yearning shoots
of an uncertain spring stretch out
to bid the world a hearty
hello.
Tag: free verse
Scarlet rivers
Azure rivers flow
entwined, a
force of nature
while
their scarlet kin
exist
persist
drawn from
courageous hearts
The suburbs
The suburbs
a continually cracking
edifice to an illusion
Moonlight
My friend tells me
moonlight collects in
pools each night
yet in the morning
I find only
water •
January litigation
January
should start a GoFundMe
to hire a marketing expert,
perhaps with social media prowess
alongside a slick-haired attorney
to complain that the phrase
“the dead of winter”
is wholly inaccurate,
its slander
lowering property values.
Teaching Ozymandias
Each era
power-drenched leaders
think themselves
unique;
can the great
comprehend a future
where their deeds
just prove the value
of teaching
“Ozymandias” to
tenth grade English students?
The eraser
Borders
ink lines on paper
at the drafter’s desk
the pen as potent
as the eraser
Not yet given
the truth is often
a lie not yet given
its time to breathe
Ghost in the machine
no solitary tombstone sits
beneath a
hunchback cypress
no one knows the name
of the soul and a voyage
to the other side
the
ghost in the machine
awoke
cold chrome and steel
a heart, erupting
emerging
where only void lay before
Autumn sunrise
verdant landscape
beams in
naïve optimism
each year choosing
to forget the sun,
swollen with untempered power;
supple stems stiffen
involuntary camouflage
against once-moist soil
now nature’s adobe
stacked
to the horizon, and
pining for an autumn sunrise
Unspoken Politics 