by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
To J.F. I will turn myselflike a Tibetan prayer wheeleach discrete revolutiondispatching spirit to the heavens turn myselfwith eyes shut to the sentient worldno feelingno temperatureno pain or come to restmotionless upon the miraculous meadowwhose grasses speakin...
by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
Marooned on islandseach populated by oneappearing as specks on the horizonto one anotherknowledge of lifeunattainablesea mingling with seaturtle visits allturtle paddles to shorecapable of eye contacta messenger with no messageknowledge of lifeunreachablesun and sky...
by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
I never existedbut that doesn’t mean I am any less interestingthan the next guyI never grew in the forestnever fellI was never observed nor huggednor nested inchopped downburned by firestruck by lighteningnor climbed by squirrelsbut I am giving all of thatserious...
by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
Make sure everything you createis worthlessit wasn’t boughtcannot be soldor must I sell these wordslike a beloved daughteror a slave who rises with the same sunthat unfolds morning glories Make sure everything you sayis meaninglessit is meaning that creates the...
by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
My love comes to pose for methough never shall I lift a painter’s brushnor chip a stone I know how a simple beam of light portrays her face the artist is a loving eyemy art is love alone I would make with waking toucha sketch upon her moodhighlights to the rested...
by DavidR | Mar 15, 2022 | Poems
We failed and everyone who searched with us failed. who tired of the tradewho threw up wallscentered and stooled themselvesshut their eyes to open up their soulsand learned the tying of shoes by Braille who set out in a shell upon the waveto catch a swellbut slopped...
