My New Poem “Beauty”

her curse     like white egret orchid calla lily, breast milk of hera, wife of zeus mandarin-claret leaves whirl fall kisses savory cheek     beauty her curse silence sings in black notes scripting letters in the sky emotions bleed     barren sigh    

“He is” – now live on hotel masticadores

the savory smell amongst loblolly pines and chestnut oaks whispers lying beneath scarlet sunset which calls nocturnal animals to rise the slope of a mountain, the roar of a waterfall that tumbles with immense force to mold and smooth the pebbles within smells waft from the head of a newborn, milk swells in the breast…

God’s Grace – An Ameri-Ku

Below robust magnolia leaf, monarch chrysalis safe on vein,   as sweet the nuzzle of the fog, with sunset after rain. Gentle the healing sun, kissing skyline splendors good-night,   starlings *murmurate for warmth, and dance to delight. Clouds above declare to us, God’s confirmation of His Grace,   dusk wraps arms over creation, granting…