My latest poem, Strings on Me, is now available on Free Verse Revolution: Strings on Me
God
Golden brittle leaves Crackle underfoot, Even though its Spring, Season of rabbits and rebirth, Flower petals and Passover. […]
Frightened, I flee For my life, Dismissing my manservant, Escaping into the wilderness Where our fathers wandered In […]
Outside the cities Under the cairn covered Hollow hills of Eire, The Aes Sídhe sit In mansions bigger […]
Blind blank verse poet, serving God not kings, Whose hero deemed it better to rule Hell Than live […]
“Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say” – Marcus Aurelius, translated […]
Lord Brahma, self-born, Blooming forth from a holy lotus Rooted in Vishnu’s navel. Four faceted face, Looking like […]
Angelic and pure A direct current to God Divine by nature But don’t ever forget that The Devil […]
I go walking after midnight Stepping softly while the seminary sleeps. Haunting Hogwarts halls alone With the ghost […]
A voice God would speak with from a burning bush. A man not consumed by the ring of […]
John W. Leys 