Poetry

Enjoy a few samples of my poems that have recently been published in various literary magazines, journals and anthologies. Thanks for reading.

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What Hat?

Every time I hear Joe Cocker
with his raspy, wry voice,
and those tickled ivories,
it gives me
reason to live,
at least for another
9 ½ weeks or so.

So baby,
Lets linger upon linoleum
as you finger feed me
strawberries and melon,
sweet whipped cream,
spicy chorizo, and
champagne kisses
from your lips.

I’ll take the lead
from Chrissie Hynde
and prove to you
there’s nobody else
here like me. I’ll pretend,
I’m special.

And if it’s okay with you,
I’ll just leave my shoes on.

“What Hat” was first published  in Savage Melodies & Last Call Serenades, a poetry anthology published by Six Ft. Swells Press. 

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Union

We are gathered here today, in the now,
in the molecule of this unmeasured moment
of perfection, to witness the union of two souls
who once again have collided, whom chaos,
in all her magic, have fused and bathed in orgasmic light.
Call it Fate. Call it Karma. Call it Divine Intervention.
Call it Love. Call it Lust. Call it whatever you must.
I call it…Truth!
Truth waits. It waits as long as it needs,
but always keeps it’s promise of revelation.
Truth watches as two meander,
one dancing on moonbeams, the other drumming the cosmos.
Truth waits for our physicality to meet our spirituality.
Truth waits for the universe and its wisdom to catch up.
Truth forces us to shed our skin, until only the core is revealed.
The core of you. The core of me. The core of us.
It is in truth that I stand before you,
not before congregations, but before constellations.
It is in truth, I am naked. I am broken.
I am whole;

Nazar Look, a publication house in Romania, published “Union” in both English and in Crimean Tatar in their international anthology on unity titled Metric Conversions.

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