Dead of Winter — The Cheesesellers Wife (Reblog)

I have two poems (Lilbourne and Summer Queen) in this great Anthology from Milk and Cake Press. It examines the dark, the supernatural, and the uncanny of a long, cold winter. As we move from the depths of winter toward spring, and from pandemic isolation to a more normal life, these poems may be the […]

Dead of Winter — The Cheesesellers Wife

Soil (A Poem)

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He dug deep in the soil,
the loam and silt of a fertile marsh;
from a long line of broken-back men,
inured to suffering and pain,
consistent with their DNA
from far distant crescents.
The men who toiled and fed the idle,
who gave their all to generations,
many to rot in the quagmires
of pointless conflicts, or like him —
alone, prostrate in his garden.

Copyright Francis 2021

Ace & Amber Poetry #4: Emerging Whole — DiosRaw (Reblog)

Source is whole Yet a paradox of ever-changing and evolving soul Thoughts of every kind taking a stroll Reading the lines of this universal scroll Some voices trying to be my troll Swimming through dualities of the cosmic magnetic pole Always reaching for new heights High expectations are in the realm of human sights Illuminationing […]

Ace & Amber Poetry #4: Emerging Whole — DiosRaw

Haiku: Work the Seasons

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You can’t leave the earth,
there are many jobs to do —
work with the seasons

Copyright Francis 2021

Haiku: Cloud Shapes

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Suggestive cloud shapes
set one’s mind off on tangents —
coincidences?

Copyright Francis 2021