The Crows of Babel

Morning breaks upon Babel, crows caw, stirring from perches,
corvid-colloquialisms, complaints, single-voiced, to-all-alerting,
this, the gaping dearth, morsels missing, hungry bird, listening
to whispering passersby, ignoring their beaky-hissing, pinching
occasional ankles or errant fingers, angrily issuing edible edicts,
to hapless builders, millers, stonemasons, and/or tired children.

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The Mountain Crown

Held high-aloft,
the mountain crown,
so crystalline, so cold,
fretfully encircles
her ancient brow.

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These Stars

In this earthen cave,
her mother’s womb,
she prayed for the rain
– the bringer of truth. Continue reading “These Stars” →

The Source, The Spring

“Captain, my Captain,
we have reached the end.

Eon’s Black Reach…
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Your Halo, Worn Proud

Sun-singer,
sing your song
into the ether.

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