Paul Hartal Poems

Darkened by whirling giant black holes
The night winks with thousand shiny eyes:

Listen Darling
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After the great flood Noah’s ark landed
on Mount Ararat, says the Bible.

Nowadays, the snow-capped summit
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For Rachel Carson,1907-1968

In La Belle Dame sans Merci
John Keats writes about the sedge
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As the known widens
in the glass house of learning
the unknown deepens.
Memory is frail and brittle
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Prejudice is a pernicious virus,
the sinister germ of a hideous disease.
It mushroomed from an old papyrus
and spread around the world with ease.
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Astrophysicists claim that about 13.8 billion years ago
our universe sprang into existence in an enormous
cosmic explosion. It was born out of nothing,
in a Big Bang, they say.
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Here the May lilacs blossom in the garden
Their fragrance sprawls in the air of spring.

Yet my mind drifts on wings of a daydream
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The search
for the meaning of life
Is not unlike a cat
that chases its own tail
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“Surgical removal of the breasts before any sign
of cancer is one way to significantly lower the risk.”
Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 15,2005
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He steers hurriedly the hardened handlebar
The light dims out in a cozy red chamber
A door of dreams opens with a moan ajar
A want of breeze lays layer upon layer.
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