Something For Pyotr (+5)

Is anything more beautiful

than a Tchaikovsky waltz

The Nutcracker sublime,

Swan Lake to exalt

Where violins elevate,

and horns renew hope

Archangels in heaven,

by his music elope

Is anything sweeter

than a Tchaikovsky refrain

Wind instruments sonorous,

flutes pouring like rain

Percussion calls out,

as you rise from your seat

No choice but to dance

  —your circle complete

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

All Letters Gone

The new Millennium…

love with a small l

mistrust with a large M

honor—with all letters gone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

Comedy Of Errors

Tweedledee

and

Tweedledum

The fairytale of George W. Bush

and

Barack Obama

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

The Liars Fjord

A warrior can be an artist,

but can an artist go to war

Can the craftsman ever breathe the fire,

that tempered the blade he forged

The warrior-poet not the poet-warrior,

the difference in the score

All fury do his words inspire

—to bridge the liars fjord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

Lunacy's Bliss

Checking the pulse

on insanity’s wrist

Its beat never constant,

as demon’s persist

The pressure to rise

with each maddening twist

Whose heart then to burst

—into lunacy’s bliss

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

An Ounce Of Hope

A pound of silver

will only rent today

What an ounce of hope

—can buy tomorrow

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)