ageus speaks to theseus from the underworld
By christine
O my son, all time
passes at once. Black flags forever,
there is no beginning, no end.
Before and after my body
crashes upon the rocks,
before and after, you are dead to me.
You draw my sword from the earth,
slaughter thugs on the road to Athens,
save virginal youth from the minotaur,
take an Amazon [...]
The Kiss, by Rick Mobbs
Again he dreamed of divine love
…………………..for Rick and Naomi
On a star-blue night
he dreamed of a kiss
ablaze in sunlight.
Up his spine rose bliss-
kindling sparks, smoke
and flames burned through his crown–
he was a dragon soaring over sunsoaked
nocturne cliffs and love-besotted towns,
consort of a woman with copper hair
who sang to him from afar:
mi amor, [...]
That wheezing in your chest?
It could be cat.
Felines
linked to sensitivity.
We are telling people
to have an increased exposure
to cats.
Heart to Heart
Heal the heart,
support a little,
help some
get heart.
If these doggerels sound like surreal public service announcements, it’s because I took the words from a health magazine I found while waiting in my pyschopharmacologist’s office. It was an [...]
video poem
I took this video while in Dahlonega, Georgia to teach yoga for the weekend, then added the poem. I know the footage is a bit bumpy, but the area is so pretty, I wanted to share it.
Walking along Winding Stair Road,
“…then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word: OM– perfection.”
Siddhartha, [...]
She remembers, every time the first time
after Moving, by Jo Hemmant
She’s like a fallen moon in a fine rain
standing in an evening of this suburb,
leaning against a lamppost in a circle of light.
Then she remembers, and it is like a jolt.
Standing in an evening of smokebreath and darkleaf water,
waiting to view a house, curtains drawn, [...]
Strawberry moon
01-strawberry-moon (Audio file)
The ceiling fan spins
while a strawberry moon opens
and shuts its silver eye
outside my window.
White light flickers
across my closed eyelids,
frequent flutters, a silent
tapping on my dreams.
Strawberries ripen
in the night
from the power
of pale Junelight.
Someday I’ll harness
the strawberry moon,
draw the heavenly sphere
inside myself
until I’ve had my fill.
~
3WW: open, frequent, someday
~
Last night was the full moon [...]
I am a nesting doll
who thought she was the only one.
My smooth torso rested
on a ridge of hips, placid
until a shaking voice called me
from the inside.
I gently pried my top
from the bottom,
felt the silky turning
of the varnished
gourd of my body, and found
another nesting doll,
a tinier version of my outer shell.
She spoke to me,
said, there are [...]
La isola di San Giorgio Maggio, by Rick Mobbs.
The Island of San Perso
Dizzy, eyes out of focus, I needed a change. Mrs. Lamberti from Adventura Travels suggested a cruise, the Mediterranean, but steer clear of Isola di San Perso. If you see it, even by mistake, you won’t live to tell about it. Signora [...]
Love song to the moon
Love song to the moon
When I see you like that,
looking like a perfect sphere of fire
I want to swallow you whole
until you shine out my fingertips.
Sometimes when I see you like that,
I can’t withstand your silent beauty.
I turn my back to you. Your silver
light cascades down my spine.
When you’re like that,
riding [...]
how your soul might slip away 2
how your soul might slip away
You can hear colors hissing if you listen,
a whirlpool of turquoise, just listen.
Poppies and daisies rustle in the pasture–
on a mountaintop you hover, and listen.
Through half-lidded eyes you scan distant pines
for hawks or crows, listening
for squawks. You spy
their dark forms gliding on currents, listen–
wing [...]
