Friday, March 29, 2013

Evanescence Redux


Ream upon ream with you still elusive, 
Lest you slip away forever as if in a dream, 
Let me dream I captured you, dream after dream. 




Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Fulfilling the Requirements of the Poetic Canon


Fire away but please 
At all costs be cute, be witty 
Above all a void—empty 

Adjectives like the accursed 
Plague the rat race, the not so fleeting 
Black death crawling underneath 

The nitty-gritty. 


Monday, March 25, 2013

Dead Poets' Society


Everyone was nonchalant but you, 
You kept on carping 

Carpe diem, carpe diem, 
The moment’s here, there 

In fact it was everywhere 
But you, you were neither 

Here nor there. 


Saturday, March 23, 2013

Ravenous Wakeup Call


Cawing their raucous version 
Of Come and get it! 
The early risers are up 
On the utility lines opposite 
The pigeons cowering 
In their cubbyholes, keeping 
A keen eye out for any unfledged 
Chicks itching for a fling, surely these 
Lovey-dovey gentlemen callers are 
Crooning in the sweet by-and-by, 
There’s always one rash enough to try. 


Thursday, March 21, 2013

Comin' Thro' the Rye


Sing a song of no 
Nonsense, laddies— 

Here comes smoking white- 
Bearded old man, 

Sickle on right 
Shoulder, waving 

No bloody left hand. 


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