Amidst the throes of mortal daring,I know: Black Angel shall one dayShow from the dark to scream, unsparing,That our salvation has no way.But, diffident and simple-mindedAnd as a holy message fair,White Angel shall appear behin...

By her – between us – I’m enchanted: Of royal knights she’s quite a tease And her Circassian eyes, for granted, If but by verse, can be confrontedAgainst the southern stars with ease.Their dauntless look she’s mastered dearly,A bur...

No money bags or sacks of goldI give thee now, I give thee now.As years went by, as ages roll'd,We changed somehow, we changed somehow.The ole and faithful words we spoke –The words of kings, the words of arts -No sense, nor fe...

I crawlUnder the kitchen sink,Rusty knife in my hand.I do not wishTo remain in this worldIf it is like you said.I standAt this end of the fire,At this end of the pulled string,I watch The blue bridge rising,...

Twenty-first of the month. Nighttime. Monday.City lines in the dark of the north.Why, indeed someone idle must one dayHave conceived that there’s love on this earth.And from boredom, or laziness rather,They believed him, and went o...

ExplanationDon’t cry! Don’t shrink your swollen lip,It wrinkles up from crying.You might disturb that cold sore tipThat has just started drying.Your hand upon me do not lay -Two charged electric wires,Toward each other...

I built a castle of hope. I built and built it.Kneaded some clay. Then carried cold boulders away.And for help didn’t pray. That’s how is will be:It’s hope that will matter – strength might come on the way.And time went by. S...

There are some names, like sultry flower dust, Some gazes are, like dancing flames of fire…There are some curvy lips as dark as lustWith corners, deep and moist, that hide desire.There are some women. – They have mane-like hair,The...

***That fifth beautiful season,Sing praises of it alone,Breathe in the last one of freedoms,For it bears the name of love.The contours of things become dainty,The sky takes a soaring cruise,And your body has stopped celebra...

Whose Dreams?..Lush, tasty drinking quite elates me,I join in passion with the wine.And yet one care absorbs my mind,One puzzle guilefully escapes me.Indeed, I strive to clear the point(And all my faulty truth thus gleams!)...