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Monthly Archives: April 2024

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Flabbergasted

Flabbergasted At first it seemed I could not recover— Stunned, flushed, amazed and baffled, Duped and nearly dazed By so many galloping thoughts. I […]

Trill Notes

Trill Notes Who would not cherish a friend like you? Gifted with language, formidable in debate, Never too proud for playful jest. Crack and clash […]

Silence in the Circle

Silence in the Circle It remains deathly quiet in Myriade, muses Marforio. The hearth-fire fades; Only two loud gentlemen shout, Tasting kidneys and […]

Rural Silence

Rural Silence How calm the polder plains. Birds shuffle at their leisure, Sky untroubled, though smoke trails rise. Abandoned buildings, it would […]

Between Dream and Thought

Between Dream and Thought Marforio speaks: After all these words you wonder: Are dreams the same as thoughts? Does the report of restless nights— […]

Last Plea

Last Plea I do not know how much time you have— No more than a few moments, A few ticks of the second hand, And it has passed again. Life is lived […]

River

River The Shield of Achilles The Cows The cows driven in gold and in tin: They long to move, eager to begin— Out of the stall to greening grasses. […]

It Does Not Cease

It Does Not Cease It does not cease—the passions, The nightmares, the monstrosities. I trace them, undone, Unable to grasp their babble. Twisted […]

Last Word

Last Word One final sonnet to conclude quickly now. Soon we will leave and release the line. One more curtain call—and then it falls. We were so […]

Whrilpool

Whirlpool Seated on the edge of raging thoughts, Looking out upon the waves of a wild stream. Thinking boils and seethes in vapor and white steam, […]