An Urgent Message from Your Notebook

Please remember me. Clothe me in words: Lists Gratitudes Plans Ideas Prayers Stories Purgings. I'm cold, Madam! I'm naked. I shiver. Have some compassion! Dress me up in words, Layer upon layer; It's freezing in the nights. Wipe the dust off my bare face And sweep the pen 'cross my empty space. C'mon! Shake what's...

All the Prophets are Gone

The ripple of miracles. The transfer through angels of a language unknown Into a language we know. The squeeze of hearts of stone And replacing them with hope. The bravery despite ridicule. The mission to turn man Towards divine rule. Their past is more lasting Than any man's present Though All the prophets are gone...

Magnet

It's not just modern Or Eastern Nor absent in a life upturned. It's of no concern Whether you sit yourself on a stool in a tavern Or impart words behind a lectern; Hope is a magnet, Provided a person is iron.

Blue-Green Girl

Better to weather the heat, Sweet girl. Find coolness under the feet. Oil the hinges that creak, Sweet girl, With softness more often in speech. Go 'til the end of the desert, My girl. Better to aim for the long run, My girl, Be it drier than piles of cinnamon; A blue-green girl Is not...