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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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I’m Not Mad

Like Diogenes the Cynic, I maintain That I am not insane. My brain is just wired differently than […]

March 13, 2017 Poetry

Seeing the Light

It is impossible to learn What you think you already know. You must unlearn what you have learned, […]

March 12, 2017 Poetry

All Things End

The sun outside is shining; I feel a chill in the air, The Fates themselves I hear crying, […]

March 11, 2017 Poetry

A Stranger (a tanka)

I feel alien I’m not the same as you are I don’t belong here Outside of every side […]

March 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry

I Am What I Am (a Tanka)

I want to be me, But I want to be normal Just bland and boring Different is so […]

March 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Mjölnir (Haiku)

Mighty Mjölnir Thunderer Þorr’s war hammer Jörmungandr’s bane 3/8/17 Pronunciation Key: Mjölnir = M’yole-near Þorr = Thor Jörmungandr […]

March 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

No Escape from Fate

Possessing knowledge Of unspeakable things, Traveling the continent In the company of uncrowned kings. Searching for clues In […]

March 8, 2017 Poetry

Untouched by the Rain (a tanka)

The fire still burns Deep hot coals untouched by rain Waiting for the wind To blow the coals […]

March 7, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Picking Up the Pieces

After the smoke of Surtr’s sword clears, Sitting in the still green field of Iðavöllr Where Asgard once […]

March 7, 2017 Poetry

Ode to the Baker Street Boys

Sherlock, Mycroft; Sherringford Holmes: Detective, Official, Country squire heir – Or a prison for east wind Euros, the […]

March 5, 2017 Poetry

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