I somehow managed three poems the past week, however, this week is not looking very promising as I’m working on both another essay and a class presentation for college. I would like to get a couple more poems in for Post It Note Poetry before the month is out, but we will see.

Saturday, February 15th, 2014

Ink vs. Blood: Or a New Way of Looking at an Old Cliche

The one spills blood;

the other, ink.

One helps people kill;

the other, think.

Both hand held;

Both sharp, both taper.

But one mars the flesh;

the other, paper.

A sword may be handy

for some warrior’s defense.

But I’ll make of words a weapon

with the humble, mighty pen.

Sunday, February 16th, 2014

Lamentations for Moths in Hell

promising pain

weaving mistakenly

blinding light

calls us forth

siren of light

resplendent terror

alight on the lip of the burning

with gauzy, smoking wings

dive into webs of bright trappings

screaming psychically

cyclically harsh

warnings to our kith and kin

too late to save from

fantastic torture

inside our inner folds

the pain congeals

replenishing our wounds anew

bright, hot attraction

promising death.

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Flirting with Eros

dazzled as fire—

one cloud over and a sky

away from you.

I have never yet

remembered which fever, I,

your prisoner, embraced more:

the blush at a smile or

the kiss that melts universes.