"Before the sun had crossed the pinnacle
Of hours upon the sky's superior side
And any nightward momentum had gained,
The hall was emptying. The Old Man's words
Reverberated still between hard stone
Reproachful more the longer that we stayed.
Our...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
The day was long departed, and the night
Was coming to adulthood. Outside slept
The night breeze, snoring soft among the grass.
Inside, the boxer felt the darkness close
As if it were a change in temperature
He had not noticed. "Hold on," he spoke...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
Let us suppose that all things human fall.
That topless tower and tin-walled hovel both
Go down, that all the laws are soothless scrawl,
That sons of man no longer care for truth.
It has to happen sometime. Why not now?
What mankind plants,...
Envoi, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse, sonnet
"These ruins have been empty for too long.
They ring no more with scarlet laughing flags.
They echo not the peal of sparring arms,
Nor cries of joyful brotherhood of war.
They were not always silent. Once they shone
Undusty, undecrepit,...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
The sun was gone. The only light that shone
Was a reflection off the fading sky,
Yet faded not the gold out of the roof,
For, at the touch of darkness, fireflies,
Lit crisp like Christmas candles,
Appeared and turned the leaves to paper...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
Somewhere it was autumn, and the trees
Hung undecided, torn between the fear
Of concrete skies and black obsidian nights
And clung to fading leaves, yet still they felt
A dark desire to let the summer drop,
To scatter to the wind their...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
"Amidst the journey of our life
I awoke in a dark wood"
- Dante Alighieri, _Divine_ _Comedy_
"In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he...
Epic, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse
I will not say here, 'no more happy ends.'
I won't presume to undercut the need
For stories of queer heroes of queer worlds
Where homophobia has never been.
For gods of sunset, moon, and winter know
That if no tale but such as these were told...
Blank verse essay, Iambic pentameter, Poetry, blank verse, essay
September came and ate up all the grass.
He took his weapons down into the plain.
The leaves fell round the farmhouse in the pass
That stood here once. (The chimney bones remain.)
Some say he pawned them, needing ready cash
...
Ghost, Horror, Poetry, lyric
The coming summer heat looks to be cruel
As ever it has been. Grey autumn can
Not easily come soon enough for me.
And what an evil fate is ours, my love,
That such embittered words should ring so true.
That at the highest loft of light and...
Autobiographical, Gay, M/M, Poetry, Romance, blank verse
Save me a place by the fireside, love,
For nightfall's outrun me again.
There's miles upon miles I must walk somehow,
There's burdens on burdens I'm carrying now,
And when I come home--which I will, I vow--
I'll be needing that fireside then.
For...
Hymn, Poetry, lyric
Sun going down. And I am far from home.
Sun going down. And I'm out there alone.
On the roads, I'm one more weary soul
Searching for some place where I'll be whole.
With my loaded backbone bending
And the pain jolts up my arm.
I will reach...
Hymn, Poetry, lyric