Newly Hatched (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 13 Dec 2023 in Art, Poems

    Newly Hatched   You and I newly hatched In sun warmed shallows Floating as the current takes us A wave and then a thousand waves Thrown against us Our grain of sand is a shoot of sea grass Blue light breaks overhead Our eyes and ears assaulted A savage foot and a twin-cycle […]

Noise (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 13 Dec 2023 in Art, Poems

  Noise   I had a silvered shattered mirror A magic guardian Of some obscure influence Dr. Strange and Mr. Hyde were real men Are you born or made too proud To be un-tenacious Then   Your grand self-aggrandizement Disenfranchised Your view in isolation, exaggerated The stories you tell No one to contradict them   […]