Published Poems

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piece of hippie nation in hobo slacks
two-faced coin of hacks and flacks
a rose garden whose flowers have died
dessication obvious from the B-side

ice may have kept the flames @bay
but icy hearts do bleed a way
compelled by the scents of IPO wins
every blooded beast we bid awakened

there remains only a slobbery dance
gauntlet of double-click GNP romance
oblivious to sad cesspools of scenery
an ecstatic g-orgy of e-nsanity



published in the Gazette (UWO) Arts Issue 2000

14MAR2000

let's dance again now how can i let you steal some more of my time when you've already spent too much time in my mind your arms slide around mine i surrender, you win so i lean my head in the embrace of our limbs published in the Gazette (UWO) Arts Issue 2000 14MAR2000

let's dance again now how can i let you steal some more of my time when you've already spent too much time in my mind your arms slide around mine i surrender, you win as i lean my head in let our music begin 04NOV2004

desert fox desserts: 10NOV1998 the moon squints down on this battleground, reflecting critical solar glares as clouds bolt fire at each other; grim pantomime of tracers and flares recalling soldiers who fought, killed, cried over our desolate desert plane. taste their ghosts that bellow the windstorm, beating fearsome tantrums to rouse us from the reverie that blinds our minds, ignorant of this pregnant circus; inky sky steeps in their spirited passions scattered across Alamein. published in the 1999 Gazette (UWO) Arts Issue 30MAR1999

desert fox desserts: 10NOV1998 the moon squints down on this battleground, reflecting bewildered solar glares as clouds bolt fire at each other; grim pantomime of tracers and flares recalling soldiers who fought, killed, cried over our desolate desert plane. taste their ghosts that bellow the windstorm, beating fearsome tantrums to rouse us from the reverie that blinds our minds, ignorant of this pregnant circus. inky sky steeps spirited seedlings scattered insane across Alamein. 05NOV2004

published in
Strange Fruit,
the 1995 sheaf (U of S)
literary supplement

30MAR1995

history

all of our dreams have fled
leaving only fear and dread
the moon waits in the sky
for the astronauts to die
walls crumbled in berlin
let pandora's flood roll in
politicians caught in lies
line their pockets, swindling lives
our compassion rots in lust
while humanity returns to dust


published in Brain Fever, the 1994 sheaf (U of S) literary supplement

24MAR1994

generic love

though some claim greater beauty
your image stands me transfixed
a tsunami that spears
the trunk of my soul with
                         your name

goaded by your withering flame
i breach reefs of concrete and words
searching your chocolate eyes for a sign
yet seeing none, i need you more

my hands massage around your neck
feeling for release but finding only stone


published in the 1993 sheaf (U of S) literary supplement

08APR1993