English Poem

The Lesson

I keep on dying again.Veins collapse, opening like theSmall fists of sleepingChildren.Memory of old tombs,Rotting flesh and worms doNot convince…

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Savior

Petulant priests, greedycenturions, and one millionincensed gestures standbetween your love and me.Your agape sacrificeis reduced to colored glass,vapid penance, and…

7 months ago

Refusal

Beloved,In what other lives or landsHave I known your lipsYour HandsYour Laughter braveIrreverent.Those sweet excesses thatI do adore.What surety is…

7 months ago

Passing Time

Your skin like dawnMine like muskOne paints the beginningof a certain end.The other, the end of asure beginning.

7 months ago

Momma Welfare Roll

Her arms semaphore fat triangles,Pudgy hands bunched on layered hipsWhere bones idle under years of fatbackAnd lima beans.Her jowls shiver…

7 months ago

Men

When I was young, I used toWatch behind the curtainsAs men walked up and down the street. Wino men, old…

7 months ago

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingsin the orange sun…

7 months ago

Alone

Lying, thinkingLast nightHow to find my soul a homeWhere water is not thirstyAnd bread loaf is not stoneI came up…

7 months ago

When You Come

When you come to me, unbidden,Beckoning meTo long-ago rooms,Where memories lie.Offering me, as to a child, an attic,Gatherings of days…

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Touched by an Angel

We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our…

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