It was nice while it lasted. The surge of adrenaline each time I appeared on the galactic stage. The adoring screams of faceless followers worshipping me at every turn, bathed in sweat and solar solicitation. The persistent pyrotechnics that ignited my every expression. I was hot for eons. …

Of longing and leaning in Virgule Unicode propped himself against a wall, arms folded. Peering at the horizon, he traced the deckled edge of day as it gave way to night. “Hey, Twig. Mind if I join you?” He’d barely turned his head before Caesura inclined beside him. Caesura, that…

“I’m here!” a voice shouted from the darkness. No gender. No agenda. No direction. I searched for its source in the silence that followed. Then, “So am I.” Another voice, clouded by the cold air, hovered in the distance before wisping away. I’d stepped onto the balcony only moments before…

A bouquet of 12 haikus in advance of Valentine’s Arising roses’ aromas roam nostril roads, scenting cilia — Meaning has mated the genius genus Rosa to human romance — Bloom, not blush, young bud Beware the prickly stickler, fixed and flowerless — Gently, the gard’ner showers each showy flower with hose hydration…

An acrostic* appreciation for a great American leader — Today we praise the life, strife, Oratory and victory of one who shifted history — Reverence for the reverend who Energized a movement of marches and Voices formerly shackled and silenced. Erasing racial division, MLK’s MO, Rejected society’s segregated standard. Encouraging us to pursue justice, this Noble Nobel Prize winner, though…

Regarding resolutions as solutions Welcome, all, to ‘23 a year of possibility I bid adieu to ‘22 and usher in a fresher me This poem is a pledge, you see declaring motives publicly so if I stray or lose my way there’s clear accountability Each morning up at 6:30 I sit in silent reverie to clear my mind…

An intro and antidote to antisemitism Some faulty lots, while we progress, take stubborn steps toward knowlessness — recycled tropes by misanthropes with false malignment claims, no less From deicide to thrift and greed these myths persist in speech and screed Disloyalty and power plays are still ascribed to us today Through pogroms, exile, genocide the Jews have suffered worldwide and yet the…

What do we seek from you, slanted oblique, leaning any which way but a-plumb on your feet? On and on on the fence, are you for or against? Take a stand, show your hand, help my sentence make sense. You’re a flexible line whose employment is rife with contextual ops, like a Swiss Army knife. Whether spoken or writ, you belong to no stock — save the fricative sound sometimes voiced…

A sestina of the psyche at an archetypal table setting Bearing straight and place set, Rich savored his role // Dinner, indeed, was the crowning idea // He deserved that dessert first, before the rest // But his pie arrived behind, lifeless and dry Seething an alpha-sized rage inside his brain That threatened to…