KNOCK – KNOCK

evil resounds

the devil’s doorknob

to Hades impounds

 

POUND – POUND

the hasp in its dock

whose key to perdition

— in hand to unlock

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Life …

an unending series

of crossroads

 

Take

the right turn

— and tomorrow befriends  

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Be a Poet …

stop trying

to become one

give yourself up

to the sound

 

Within your lyrics

are so many

pleadings

 feelings disjoint

and impound

 

Open the gate

and let out the dogs

the last fox

almost over

the hill

 

Scream

if you must

those whispers betrayed

until all that’s been empty

— is filled

 

(The New Room: September, 2025)

An unmarried girl

in the wilderness

Any hopes of a suitor

are slim

Her virtue unsold

forever braving the cold

She waits for the promise

of him

 

An unpublished poem

in the syllabus

Any pressure to edit

unmoved

The words as they lay

both hunter and prey

To become what the future

— will choose

 

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Dying of boredom unchallenged

— the single worst kind of death

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Taking one step

past forever

To travel the pathway

inured

 

Escaping those moments

unsettled

At home there to wander

— secured

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

The consequence of discovery

is freedom

The circumstance of freedom

is leisure

The provenance of leisure

is vision

The assonance of vision

— is discovery

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Time

the unrivaled

arbiter

— of right and wrong

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Memory

is

tomorrow’s

filter

Straining our

 history

distilling the

past

 

Each year

a screen

on what

becomes us

On what

eludes us

our fate

— recast

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

Are they not

the chosen

who are blessed

unto Heaven’s recall

 

Are they not

resplendent

who hear past the din

to eternity’s fall

 

Are they not

emblazoned

with Majesty’s light

from a fire within

 

Are they not

unwelcome

when days are at end

— and the music begins

 

(1^st Book Of Prayers: September, 2025)