Category: Poems
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Lover’s Lament
A lilting melody on a moonless night and I think of her. She was a lustrous reality, I merely perception. A wilting bloom crumbles in my palm and I pine for her. She was endless oasis, I but a wandering thirst. A guilting belief befalls my brambled heart, and I…
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Reminiscences From A Teapot
The brittle leaves upon a bitter gale Scrape the tattered roads in autumn sun pale. I raise my cup; the Black Dragon’s broth swells Coral and catharsis cascades my tongue. Sacred ceramic warms while florals tell Of Darjeeling, its misty slopes far flung. I wander across the orient to lush…
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Dreaming of Rosie
Of affection long begotten, Of feelings long forgotten, Of pleasures long since partaken, Of sights my eyes were delighted to have beholden, Let me forget… for I feel myself thinking, Without them, I and my soul shall be left yearning, Yes, yearning, For a time when love was enduring, For…
Where the Wind Whisks Me Away... 