poem Can we beat plowshares into swords* Leave the farm before it dawns Release the ewe before it’s shorn Catch the cows before the storm Teach your daughters to reform Avert an army’s need to swarm Tint the town before it’s brown Turn the lights out before we drown Conquer each and every hill Build a dam before…

poem If we share just a minute in some void of space Another dimension no logic has mentioned Cast back generations to new dawns in civilization Amidst fates befallen by the mists of time Will you teach me the art of ruling nations Write it down without sensation In your arms discover wonders exultant Reveal to me…

my baby loves love Am I not the harbinger of pain Lest I relax in a moment’s gain Do I need shed truth to get blame Prove my calling when you’re falling Sing in tune, make you swoon How many jobs my interplay Do I leave it up to a rainy day I wonder if I say Nay…

poetry If I meet you at the crossroads Will you come on blackest night? Not tepid morning But in the snow drift when winter’s calling That’s how you make that thing Set the puppet upon a string Make intonation, a revealing hand Shift your weight, deploy your stand That’s when it rings That’s when it’s tuned Thence be a queen…

poem Take flight dear desire And rendezvous with me only in spring To catch the lily buds turning To burnish reason Feel the warm blush of that wondrous season And know by the lily buds turning That the bounds of love come by fate’s own choosing Desist the fires of intrigue To catch among the displays Among the…

poem Upon sacred fields they yield incantations of glory Zeal burns bright — the zest of vexed stories Parchment, dappled moonlight, candle, quill at hand Elegantly waste the poets, immortal in holy lands Ink sodden, solemn, lest be forgotten Begotten in zealotry A thousand simmering objects beaten into poetry Cast from the poor, courted…