Damnable I who forgetToo that all are adjoinedIn the fullest brillianceOf sundered stars andMarrow of common struggles The maw of whispered covenantsConsuming allThe keptwomen, concubines, and hustlersThe self-righteous, chaste, and piousDripping wet the tears, vitreousDown the ever-long, plain visages The poor and meek give credenceBut sidle no swayFor the intrepid capitalistWho both kiss the convulsionsAnd … More Between its arms
Be that of a votive candle Dancing in the air For a light has been lit within you By those no longer there Carry on the tender flame For your day too shall come When your flame can light another That recalls its forgotten hum
If twenty years separate us And cast away upon the winds Twenty years would I sail the seas Bearing home tor’ my heart’s mend You, my Penelope, I, Odysseus A love kindled in time and space Asunder may the waves bear us But together always in our treasured place But I will fight against the … More Penelope
To Tom “Papa” Lambert – We miss you.
In night amid the morrow door Did a light awake And to that light did he go ‘tor Killan akin that lake Dreams of beauty he wandered A maid there upon the sand Gazing far between the Rhoderon And to his heart she did command “Hello,” he called in a whisper And she met his … More Elira the Elven Maiden
That sepulchre mist lay heavy on the fells Covering the horizon in a downy dew Keeping the earth warm for autumnal slumber But in August, subject to a lonely few A dawn risen above its swelling mask Burns an ember blinding to the sight And hours past, it burns ever brighter Until descending to its … More Brume
THE WAYFARER 