Memories of an Old Man in Exile
Who can bring me back the scent That was riding on the breeze By a fountain far away On an …
Category: . Pensive
The arms of the ocean
When the arms of the cold empty ocean are my only consoling caress, and the wide open sky encircled by …
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[An Enigmatic Loneliness]
An enigmatic loneliness Has nestled on my porch— A mottle-feathered camouflage Against his stony berth. At first, I thought ‘twas …
A song of departure
When the touch of warm flesh has returned to your lips, And they yield as they once did on mine, …
The Angels Weep for Us
Above us, where span the lactescent arcades of the sky, Where azure and pearl frame the cloud-swelling meadows on high, …
The things I have lost
Roaring flames of treasure blaze Sparked by distant memory days Of pirate ships and ferns for spears Of splashing streams like …
Torch Song
Remember the Soldier Pass, orange rocks punched by water into seven wormholes painted on a cliff that bled into the horizon. …
Magellan
I see the maps, watch you navigate – you will always find the shortest route between two points, I know – but no …