Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Poems from June II

I'm not especially happy with these. They employ themes that I generally find uninteresting in others' poetry. That said, I was able to fiddle with my own comfort and interest in the imagery.

Rogue Planet, June 11, 2013
I find myself adrift in achorless space,
a planet shot away from its stellar center,
from its satellites and neighbors,
from those astronomic coordinates,
from the astrological gods that are
always eager to guide my way.
...
I find myself in parts unkown
where every star & quasar & gaseous giant--
with their own myriad moons--
with their draw of light,
with their draw of gravity,
with their own draw of a new pattern
of stars & gods & neighbors.
...
I find myself amongst alien vistas
of brilliant ultraviolet dawns,
of occultations of super-earths,
of roiling hot ice seas that
crackle with plasmic life
& parallel intelligences
seeing their world & my passing
with bizarre serenity
passing by on weird, spherical music.

Skin Stories, June 16, 2013
She has scars
& she tells me about them
but they are not the stories
the stores that cause the
softly expanding blemishes
beauty marks that are
unbeautiful.

Graffiti, June 2013 (specific date unknown)
A tapestry of asphalt & concrete,
a palimpsest of insults & artistry.
What might have been said?
What might be read?
What secret languages
have been spoken and forgotten?
What loves have been
transcribed, affirmed,
& now destroyed
by a stewardly brush?

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