Sleep — death’s twin sister stole me away at dawn leaving my breathing stale husk
Tag: Poem
West Coast Winter
air the flavor of BBQ left out overnight tobacco smoke from a walnut pipe crisp as an open freezer grey as hospital walls
Poetic Form: Gogyohka
Ladies and gentle dragons, I would like to present to you the 2nd easiest poetic form known to mankind: the Gogyohka. It is literally just a 5 line poem. That’s … Continue reading Poetic Form: Gogyohka
Dragon Incantation
A is for Apalala, water converter B is for Bakunawa, moon devourer C is for Cuélebre, Xana kidnapper D is for Dreq, Christian tormentor E is for Evren, flame secretor … Continue reading Dragon Incantation
Poetic Form: Abecedarian
Quick Lesson Time: Poems are not just short phrases or cute greeting card sayings. Poems are a form of written art — paintings created from language and/or the tools of … Continue reading Poetic Form: Abecedarian
A Conflagration of Gold
Sweet Winter smoke fills my lungs bringing me back to California.
Unseen
without fades man-made trails snake through man-made parks as I follow the sound of water within renews cigarette buds sprout between decaying eucalyptus leaves and pine needles that which is … Continue reading Unseen
To Live or Walang Hiya
She walks look past the Titas tumingin sa wearing a cartoon T-shirt nagmumurang kamatis skinny jeans tabachoy! smiling bastos embracing the sun negrito Her curly black hair marumi cropped short like a man, naman, pixie cut tomboi Headphones in palalo she sings kahila-hilakbot na boses a song … Continue reading To Live or Walang Hiya
Egrets
Egretta Endagered Ardea Hunting Aigrette Breeding Silver Demanded Heron Plumes Brush Hats Casmerodius Consumption
Glimpse
I take the shot A mental shot A quivering cowardly shot in an attempt to capture Encapsulate Encase In ink and paper You.
The Literary Dragon 