NYMPHs and shepherds come away,
OVOID the forests, stay away,
FERAL wolves chase shepherds away,
SPECKs of dust blow nymphs away.
Month: July 2022
Tree towering to the Mind’s Eye
NYMPH in clearing tilts head for rustle of circling trees. Is she
SPECK? No, her grave task is sensing all that falls in forest’s ambit.
FERAL folk appraise mere lumber—yet she knows
OVOID seed for stately redwood, sees it tower in beauty and witness centuries.
JWST
SPECK of light stands out on a dark blanket,
OVOID patterns swirl in the fabric like
FERAL animals rampant in the wilds, chased by
NYMPHS of dark matter and gravity.
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2022-07-13 words
NYMPH, SPECK, FERAL, OVOID
Stopover on Mt. Nebo
FATAL end inevitably arrives, yet cannot speak the final word.
REEDY shore spares a boy for future task and still the journey ends at Nebo’s judgment
POINT, promised land beheld, but barred. Divine
REHAB, shaming death, will raise him to a greater promise.
Point of No Return
POINT of no return, there on the banks of the
REEDY Sea, still red from the
FATAL alchemy wrought by that man who needs
REHAB from the desert.
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2022-07-12 words
FATAL, REEDY, POINT, REHAB
A good day’s work
SAVVY be, to do the work that
OTHER blokes may like to shirk;
RELAY this message to your mates, there’s no
QUIRK in doing a good day’s work.
Present and Future
OTHER shore crossed to at the end, what may I discover?
QUIRK of living darkens vision of that haven: at dusk I enter
RELAY station, at dawn I wake to think I’m home.
SAVVY trekker–will I be?–can guard each step, yet lift gaze to far horizon.
Relay Race
SAVVY can express itself by
QUIRK, by skill, or by some
OTHER means; the
RELAY race must be won.
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