Category Archives: poetry

Poets for God

Posted on September 19, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Skin is shred by ricochet Shattered marbles shot by childish thoughts at play from a circle etched by a blunted knife into the hardened dirt of a playground, paved for life Threads of clarity patch weary fabric The cloth of … Continue reading →

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Glowering Junkies

Posted on September 19, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A glowering beat junkie shuffles frayed hems over avenue I, propped up preened, through the door he trips, to find a pew All this, I watch with a dour view Down in a beanery where souls are served coffee with … Continue reading →

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A Seed Found Furrow in My Brow (Seaberg/Phosphorimental)

Posted on September 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A seed found furrow in my brow Awaiting harvest, hungers now Through my fertile mind’s palimpsest A vine breaks soil where memories nest Pushing on with a writhing stem From deep brown earth toward blue welkin With nostalgic rays, a … Continue reading →

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Oh Icarus, what have you done?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORIGINAL COLLABORATION SITE: Oh Icarus, what have you done? Image alchemy by “Life Through Blue Eyes” (Diana Matisz) Poet accompaniment by Phosphorimental ______ Up here, hollering winds unsettle dust softening on Empyrean rising thermals graze cloud … Continue reading →

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By this Poems End

Posted on September 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

By the end of this poem, those, once vibrant shall slough off in horizons of necrosis. As I tap out completion, their summer cedes to countless performances; actors bow before the closing curtain of Autumn. The maelstrom of summer-lovers lulls … Continue reading →

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In Vino Veritas

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Do not look for revelation in an event, look inward at the sum of your experiences… then exhale – blow them away like a fine powder into the abyss of space.  Emptiness, silence…dissolution – the unspeakable, un-hearable happens.  Your message … Continue reading →

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Your Damascene Sword

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

You’re too used to your blunted ways Worn habits of reason is why you stay So tired of hearing the same arcane From a heart that cashes in on pain Grab your Sufi sluicing pan, Ya Allah, let’s pull the … Continue reading →

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What does this poem mean?

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She asks me, what does my poetry mean? Understanding my poetry is something earned through it’s arduous journey from the shores of your mind to the plateaus of your heart. There is no right of passage, no words to honor here. This poem … Continue reading →

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Broad shouldered lions

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Broad shouldered lions stand over the ocean’s quietude, roaring thunder in the surf, thudding sand laden questions with salt soaked and matted paws. Surly supplicants beseech the sea, whose tides answer only to the sun and moon. A lions home … Continue reading →

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Journey Across the Bosphorus

Posted on September 4, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a place where redolent memories sway On the winds arriving from yesterday From Remeli across to the Anadolu Feneri Through the Bosphorus from Marmara to the Black sea Voluminous vessels cross this straight With treasured scents for a … Continue reading →

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