Category Archives: Poetry and Art

Kimberly

Posted on November 10, 2013 by ubu507

I was goin’ crazy, so crazy I knew I could break through with you, So with one hand I rocked you and with one heart I reached for you. Ah, I knew your youth was for the takin’, fire on … Continue reading →

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Martha Mary

Posted on September 14, 2013 by ubu507

What dawn-pulse at the heart of heaven, or last Incarnate flower of culminating day, — What marshalled marvels on the skirts of May, Or song full-quired, sweet June’s ecomiast; What glory of change by nature’s hand amass’d Can vie with … Continue reading →

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Ballerina

Posted on July 19, 2013 by ubu507

Ballet dancer Strangely dateless She who excels Who mystifies Who dresses to please And gives pleasure The gifted goddess All the young girls Follow The enchantress Of the enchanter The crown jewel The all in all Shakti spirit of the … Continue reading →

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Crystal Statue

Posted on April 20, 2013 by ubu507

Coming and going As a glass statue A cone of crystal Manifesting in my bed To be my midnight wife Sky clothed beside My nakedness Not mine But complicated

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Sie haben mich gequält

Posted on March 5, 2013 by ubu507

They have tormented me Early and late Some with their love, Some with their hate. The wine I drank, The bread I ate, Some poisoned with love, Some poisoned with hate. Yet she who has grieved me Most of all, … Continue reading →

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Proleptic

Posted on March 1, 2013 by ubu507

I liked you best through the window Dedicating the first fruits of your maturity To the teenage dance at the yacht club Your solid thighs your awkward attempts To perform the basic duties of a dancer Your quick eyes targeting … Continue reading →

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Hide and Seek

Posted on February 27, 2013 by ubu507

We felt so much for each other Yet still always got along. We often played “house” but didn’t Quarrel or fight like the grown-ups. Together we kidded, teased and laughed And sweetly kissed and cuddled. In the end in our … Continue reading →

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The Hermit

Posted on February 21, 2013 by ubu507

The years pass like clouds And leave me here alone; The world has forgotten me; Then you stepped toward me miraculously When, to the rustling of the forest, I stood here lost in thought. — Joseph von Eichendorff

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Hieros Gamos

Posted on November 13, 2012 by ubu507

In Amen Court The dark arches The water gate The tomb of Eleanor of Castille All Hallows shadowing A wet day lying On the Thames embankment I ain’t asking shit of The fixed standard The plain of high heaven Or … Continue reading →

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Tributary

Posted on September 10, 2012 by ubu507

The wrinkles Across your shirt Tributaries To your body

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