"On occasion, words force me into their living quarters to form bedrooms of pleasure by the cooing of my voice. " The poet ManWoman  Photo by Twelve Midnite Poetry Samples - See new poetry book Midnite Freak Show My poems on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/user/godmadfool Harvest Time It's harvest time in my orchard ripening everywhere fruits are falling to the ground my labors are drowned by the delicious lost in succulence greedily sucking the juices from my fingers I'm forever ripening _______________________ Mr. Universe When I praise the beloved I'm praising my own sweetness not some distant god in some distant place my god lives not so much in heaven as on earth in my skin ahh that the mystery can live in so small a place I don't feel small anymore containing everything just call me Mr. Universe _______________________ The Tree of Me I am a great and wonderous tree the tree of me birds fly for miles to rest in my boughs bees fall drunken to the ground buzzing their appreciation of my ecstatic blossoms I feed the hungry with my fruit I shade the weary with my truth lovers carve their betrothal in my bark my roots go so deep that I always return no matter what storms assail me I yield to the winds I caress the sky spanning the gap between heaven and earth I am a great and wonderous tree the tree of me _______________________ My Life as a Bird I remember my life as a bird soaring higher than all others at one with the air my eyes vigilant ever vigilant seeing forever in all directions the curve of the earth the footprints of a field mouse salmon swimming home how I miss my wings oh, when will I fly again when will I fly? all poems copyright 2005 |
