POETRY

An Alphabet Poem

A is for Apple — it tastes really good
 B is for Ball — and they bounce, as they should
 C is for Cat — they meow every day
 D is for Dog — they sit still and they stay
 E is for Egg — they’re from hens, don’t you know?
 F is for Food — if I eat I will grow
 G…

Your Superior Song

Great Muse of mine who sings of the love that is
 Light, sun, Apollo’s kiss on the cheek as you
 Pluck sirens’ feathers from their bodies — 
 Sirens whose songs cannot tempt me from you.

POETRY

Wings

You say you love my soul — you keep that love,
 This bodiless love — do not love me like
 A brother, father, cousin, uncle, friend.
 I tire of these friendships. A gray shrike
 Gives mice less pain when he impales them on
 The woody thorns than you do when you turn
 Down my…

POETRY

Transparency

No man, emotionally, can be distant from the one he loves — 
 The horizon never comes near — 
 The porcupine mates, but is never in love — 
 The groundless moat, the topless wall
 Are never built between friends
 Or siblings — 
 And lovers least of all.
 Hold me…