No surge of Spring
has loosened Winter's grip
on April. The cold air
mocks this month which should
...
Go as far as you can.
Stop listening to that
foreign voice within.
It cannot help you
...
How much does it matter
that I can square the circle
before the sun sets today?
How much does it matter
...
Are my memories what I choose
to remember, or is there a mechanism
which regulates what stays and what vanishes?
I hope this resident regulator sleeps
...
In a garden of rare flowers
named 'Heart's Haven' by Perdita
and her silent accomplice, Ophelia,
your feet sheathed in silver slippers,
...
Homage to Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati
I heard from a friend
Americans paint words
...
Suddenly, the evening stars blaze across the heavens.
Brilliant light and brilliant music
cascade across the marble courtyard.
Clouds slice the moon. Shadows and lights
...
An Autumn Picture
Leaves, pale and dry,
fall
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To all my fellow poets at POEMHUNTER
This even is so rare in the scheme
of things it has no name peculiar
...
There is lightning striking the edge
of things, out beyond the homes,
beyond the municipal buildings, even
beyond a few hideouts. Some among us
...