Brandon Lamar SimsPromenadeWon’t you say of that most stubborn one, love, That seeks, mutes, and consumes one’s best urges, Making of us no angels, not above The…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Brandon Lamar SimsHumilityEach day she counts blue daisies and begins With an accounting of all that is good To her and others, now, til the world ends, As she…Jan 14, 2019Jan 14, 2019
Brandon Lamar SimsSublimityMove forth my soul, you soundless, endless thing, Release, without delay, my feet and hands And take away, through motion, the fixed pain…Jan 4, 2019Jan 4, 2019
Brandon Lamar SimsSupplicationCome to me, all who may hear the long voice Of fathers, of sons, of benefactors, And receive to yourself the gift of choice Between what’s…Jul 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsMaledictionYou have offended me for the last time, My dear, though this strikes inward as the first Whereby I bleed and without you can find Some…Jul 13, 2018Jul 13, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsRomanceCome, my love, and be an ambulant fool With me, your haply benighted lover, Handsome guy, pristine priest, schooler of schools, Walking the…May 28, 2018May 28, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsPrayerMother of heart, soul, old mother of bones, Be with us in this our hour of need, Bless us before electric strength is gone And we can no…May 28, 2018May 28, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsTo SleepWhite-withered Sleep, which nightly keeps Me up in tinctured gales, Lift up and tell — What puts me from your spell?Apr 17, 2018Apr 17, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsVespersViolent being on the horizon’s cuff, Spare me, tell no sumptuous lies today That fair winds and sweet smells are quite enough To fill…Apr 11, 2018Apr 11, 2018
Brandon Lamar SimsEntropySingle, yellow evenings are radiant For summer, which would better belong to spring, And do much to garner one’s clean consent To be…Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018