Rich WatersA Saturday evening in late August;the prolepsis of summer has begun.Under inky rain clouds stream ragged V’s.of quiet seagulls, the first to probe inland.Why so early this year? Or are...

THE PUPPET MASTERThe puppet master who is always dusted with darkness,is about to end his performance.His marionette has slithered staring to the stage floorwhere her mother, father and sister,will...

Aging VesselMy brittle skeletonis trapped in the prison of my festering fleshand keeps my soul an inmate,clinging to my splintering bonesPhilosophic RamblingsIn the coincidence of lifewe postpone...

JAZZ MUSICIANa jazz musicianis someonewho takes a familiartuneand using all his skilland talentmakes it as unfamiliaras possibleBRANDEDI have noticedof latehow many womenhave tattooson the smallof...

CROW CROW flew just oncein a straight linethe hooded oneliving in my gardenstraight as a shoulder-fired missilebrought down the escaping harrierseen circling CROW-EMPIRErammed it...

Words that bleedShe was the knife in thehands of Jack the Ripperin a heavy fog bankin a back alleyin old London Townslicing dicing her way through thecanvas of my heartShe was the pearl-handled...

When I was tenMum fell in love with Uncle Phil.She always said to me it didn't meanshe loved Dad less,only this time Dad found outand rammed Mum's pink plastic hairbrushdown his best...

Harry KatzMy best man what went wrong  Its been years since we went out drinkingAnd months since we playing poolHey there my best man, was my wife so cruel  I am sure he is...

PEOPLE WITH NO HEADShe was an artistalthough he no longer paintedshe was a poetalthough she no longer wroteshe was also his modeland the mother of his six childrenwhom they raised togetherfor a...

revenge of the hollow menhere we lean our headpiece against sweet oblivionand worship this dreamless kingdomwhere our eyes are closed against night'sloveless skyand morning's boringly...