Video Poem: In the Fullness of Time

Poem: In the Fullness of Time

IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
In the fullness of time
when these rolling premonitious eyes
are sealed shut
and this mouth corked
the heart in its canopic jar of earth
endlessly rocking
feet facing west head east and
face like a flower furled
and the eagle flies slowly past casting
its cold eye
and the oceans rising
In the fullness of time when
velvet ceases to speak [...]

Poem: The Slope of the Mountain

 
THE SLOPE OF THE MOUNTAIN
The slope of the mountain is its gift to us
or else it would be perfectly sheer
The lightning-storm clattering this way and that
with its quicksilver electronic bolts
is a peace signature when the sky clears
Wheels rotating faster than the eye can see
like the nearly invisible velocity of minnows
is their utter stillness in the [...]

Regarding Ramadan Sonnets

I’ve taken down the poems from Ramadan Sonnets (with the exception of Love, in video and written form) which I posted every day of the month of fasting. The complete series of poems, with many not posted here, is available in book form from The Ecstatic Exchange, at Amazon.com, or other web bookstores, including [...]

Poem: Three Angels in My Back Garden

THREE ANGELS IN MY BACK GARDEN
One day three angels came into my back garden and
stared at me through the window
one was red one was black one was yellow
and their voices sounded like bells
They stood as a trio of lights trembling in the air
their gazes were purple beams so fine
they were more like ultraviolet rays
but then [...]

Video Ramadan Sonnet: Love

Ramadan Sonnet: Love

LOVE
Love is a nectar pressed from a
silvery grape
plucked from the Unseen
just hanging ever so slightly
over the Garden wall into
this world. The vine has
many delicious souls incorporated into its
maze. The arbor is the place for
bells. Each touch of wisdom’s
wind matures the grapes, and their
fermentation is love.
We cannot talk about love in the street-digger’s ditch.
We can’t talk [...]