Words For Sale (+4)

Whom could it be, this professional Poet

  selling his blood for a few kernels of grain

Whom could it be, this professional Poet

  pandering to others in search of a name

Whom could it be, this professional Poet

  drunken talk-show appearance, stumbling again

Whom could it be, this professional Poet

  the strongest of liars—the weakest of men

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

A Voice On Loan

Be it Melville or Tolstoy

  or a Pen still to burn

Know the words are just borrowed

  —until silence returns

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

The Swamp

Academic eyes  

Bullying lies

Feelings held hostage

Locked unopposed

Academic eyes

Mandatory ‘I’’s

Mirrored reflection

The Emperor’s clothes

Academic eyes

Robert Bly cries

The pond has been drained

Replaced with a swamp

Academic eyes

Truth rendered blind

The facts mired out

   —fantasy romps

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

An Artists Prayer

To share in Creation

  —is to become Divine

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

Nothing But Time

Nature resplendent

  fog settling down

Darkness retreating

  storm clouds outbound

Sun reemerging

  rainbow behind

Spring in the meadow

  —nothing but time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)