Captian's Log Poem: Silence 4 Oct 2019 We called, but you weren't there. What do I say? The kids starving, and me what could I pay? Then ready War, ready always with flesh, kept these alive, and…
Captian's Log Poem: She Works to End the World 3 Oct 2019 You rise to stir the pot, an eye on the foul beast which ere this point has sought to keep you from your feast. He’s still while you’re looking, but…
Captian's Log Chiasm: Buried 2 Oct 20192 Oct 2019 Buried where none may see, despised and out of sight: The ground consumes the corpse; the earth closes its mouth. What dreams do dead men dream? What hope lies in…
Captian's Log Short Poem: Back and Forth 1 Oct 2019 There in his room alone he paces back and forth, a man without a grave. He moves so to evade the measure of his worth, the fruitless seeds he’s sown.
Captian's Log Poem: Sailing Away 26 Sep 2019 A short post from a tired blogger: So earnestly he lied, his tongue never failing, and she sincerely cried. But I went off sailing. The wind did fill my sheets,…
Captian's Log When Dreamers Wake 23 Sep 2019 When dreamers break and get a job, a cocktail on their brains —the bug is fixed— they wake. They wake to find it fixed: What good are working brains? Without…
Captian's Log Rough Draft | Poem: Why Do We Clamor for a King 17 Sep 2019 I hear their call rise up—it fills my ears— A king! A king! they shout. My beard is long, my hair is sparse, and death will come for me —I’ve…
Captian's Log Poem: I’m Going Mad 16 Sep 2019 Some days I know not how I fly from madness, or how I walk and smile and speak to men without a sudden breaking shout of pain. I know not…
Captian's Log Dying Land 14 Sep 201914 Sep 2019 Over the moor, their lanterns leading, the distant fairies my window pass. I noticed them last night. Again this night they journey on. I fear this exodus, that soon no…
Captian's Log Poem: Sunsets Promise Sunrises Mend 5 Sep 2019 Please Read: Sunsets Promise Sunrises Mend Excerpt: Desire, sad longing, invades me; I faint to see dark skies above here, to know that it soon will be raining. I miss…