Oscar Wilde Quote Of the Day
The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
Poetic Detritus
Another Day, And More Undead To Slay…
Seven Line Poem Endymion’s a restless dreamer Stormtossed coffin bound in raging moonlight Cold skin, warm lips,heart full of nails Your Sleeping Beauty’s a boy tonight That Siren sweet singing will never raise the dead But the song is a prayer and his breathing is steady And the night smells like Hyacinth and miracles… (detritus)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)
On Ice
There’s an episode of “Friends” in which one of the characters is so frightened by a Stephen King novel that the book has to be put in the freezer. A friend of mine told me recently that they threw a copy of “The Shining” into the desert because it bothered them that much. While I … Read more
Amnesiac Lover
Baby’s an amnesiac and never ever calls you back you could die tonight of a heart attack amnesiac lover would never discover might confuse you with another tells the same stories tells the same stories tells the same stories a hundred times a day
Elwood and I are gettting the band back together…
“I’m gonna ask you the question people always ask me…what do you do? Show me don’t tell me. Send me something you’ve written (fiction, poetics, obscenely verbose ranting, I don’t care) or digital photos or scanned art or some music you’ve recorded or whatever else you do that’s creative other than things of a tactile … Read more
Laborday Blues (detritus)
Half drunk still, he lurked in the shadows and I stood in the doorway and he said I looked like Tori Amos “in a cool and beautiful way” but the camera had a low battery so this can be neither confirmed nor denied. Still I felt the need to preserve it for posterity. Vain and … Read more
doormats
Some Pandoras never learn their lesson and just keep looking for other doors to open ignoring the ills for the hope left behind girls who are not wise clever but not wise (detritus)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)
Argue amongst yourselves
And who was she in some other incarnation? Friend,lover,sister,mother or mortal enemy? Seems strange still you haven’t known each other lifetimes Strange but true And who is she now? Lifesucking vampire? Bright,sweet muse? Thorn in your precious side? Nothing if not constant Yours for the taking Yet always out of reach You say so much … Read more
Wide Eyed Enthusiasm
Saw the constellation of Orion through a belt of lavendar clouds in a clear sky last night. Remembered being a child fascinated with the stars. Want to find a way to get that sense of wonder and awe back into my life.
Moonpoem #2
My moonlight was weightless it bore me aloft knew my sadness before it had a name left me sleepless and awaiting answers from one who slept days away in paralell madness Lunacy is the goddess’ kiss her mark upon your brow alien and strange She brings you words you must be rid of and dreams … Read more