Academic Immune Deficiency,
the intellect under attack
Those powered to know, ivory towers enthroned,
dialectic—its meaning hijacked
(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)
The Double-Edge
Humanities coin two sided,
on the front eternal life
On the back annihilation
—on its edge we balance fright
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
Math Murder
Is science the killer
of intuition
Can feelings so easily
be dispelled
The numbers unchained,
math murder proclaimed
Our souls and our spirits
—to quell
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
The Golden Egg
The world is an oven
we live in
With each scorching,
its temperature grows
Unable to stop,
hands fall off the clock
Left roasting
—goose cooking below
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
The Elephant\'s Ears
They say to forgive and forget…
in spite of the damage they’ve done
A blessing sublime, someone better than I,
could do both—I though neither one
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
The Nets Are Down
Without rhyme,
the words fade into the mist
Without rhyme,
the verse so begotten
Without rhyme,
all passages blow with the wind
Without rhyme
—so quickly forgotten
(Villanova University: January, 2020)
“Without rhyme, it’s like playing tennis without a net.”
Robert Frost