Sliver

A sliver short of full, Under which a World was loved And some were saved. A sliver short of full, …

She Stares at Me

She stares at me — vacantly — Through embryonic eyes. Like glassy marbles ebbing Life, Stagnant as she lies. Broken, …

Shadow of a Man

He sits with cup in hand — Begging that you’ll understand — his plight! He’ll not be going home tonight, …

Samson

Set their fields alight With foxes tails — Oh, so bright! Then kill their men, all of them With jawbone …

Rigidity Becomes My Mind

Rigidity becomes my Mind, Rigour mortis of a kind — Hell-bent, fixed, so singular, Strangely perpendicular And vertically aligned. I …

Rapture

From Temporal to Eternal In the blink of an eye. Skinned, deboned And winged to fly! This is your Reward, …

Rags and Bones

Rags and bones Bitten black — “March on, march on!” Breaking ice. Weeping red — “Dig down, dig down!” Skeletal …

Phantom

Unattached, his phantom limb, Creeping, crawling, from within. Disconnected on a whim, Disavowed fore’er by him.

Pebble

Pebble in a sling. Goliath taunts our King. Pebble in a spin. Who will fight with him? Pebble in the …