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Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais

Alexei Desmarais

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Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais
Jun 30, 2016 · 1 min read

A Sorry Lot

I presume she had a name
though none is given.

Just the wife of a good man
in an evil city living.

But she was a mother
too, a being

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Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais
Jun 2, 2016 · 1 min read

Bent

What is
the real
view?
The true
perspective?

Where the line
between
seeing what is there
and what there is,
in my mind,
to see?

Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais
May 26, 2016 · 1 min read

consider the lilies

so easily exploited the image of
the glacier lily. and not just the image;
the flower too. letting its little light
spill even through this dull and dirty snow.
its petals waves of heat and light — which are
the same — so bright they melt away the snow.
spring made fleshy florum, ready
…

Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais
May 19, 2016 · 1 min read

Tell Them Stories

I sat there staring at the words
As they swirled in the porchlight, mirrored in
The facets of an open door,
Open onto a darkened entry
At the foot of an unseen stair.

Alexei Desmarais
Alexei Desmarais
Apr 6, 2016 · 2 min read

Sunday Morning

No peignoirs here, lightly sheeting
The intimacy of Sunday streets,
As silent-thrumming and oh so sweet,
Gleams golden pollen on the wing.
Intimations of spring settle the sidewalk:
Cherry blossoms, tulip leaves,
Drifting down like snow, or down feathers —
Pillowing shreds from some cosmic…