From the back of the eye
To the back of the brain,
Input gets occiput
To right foot the copied
Invert of adiaphane
Cast to electrify .
*[ WSB ].
Author: waltersboxx
My self was born XVII: XLII, Dies Lunae, XI.V.MCMLXIV at Latitude: 33-17'40'' N Longitude: 083-57'58'' W: Jackson is in Butts County, Georgia at an elevation of 705 feet. Interests include reading/writing, currently working on hodgepodge book: poetry, essays, other. Retired, Air Force. Divorced. Ephemeris heavily populated by Taurus: Sol, Luna, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter--my two daughters say--I like old things; classics, I would counter. Interests: formatting documents/tables, classical music *a pattern forms*, Shakespeare, Joyce, Jung: maybe I was born old. Sadly, I have not published anything—more critic than creator, so far. However, English major still tantalized by math.
Constellation
A lepus leaps from two hunting canum,
The distance neap, where Orion wheels deep
In a panoply that Aurora consumes .
The distance neap, where Orion wheels deep
In a panoply that Aurora consumes .
*[ WSB ].
Weather Lore from a Whistlepig Penn
Top hat hobnobbers at Gobblers Knob
With a mob that cobbles for a groundhog’s
Shadowy forecast pawned from Candlemas
Badgers: rodents’ prognostication aube .
With a mob that cobbles for a groundhog’s
Shadowy forecast pawned from Candlemas
Badgers: rodents’ prognostication aube .
*[ WSB ].
Stellar Performance
Parades of prominence
Pop across the boiling plain,
Magnetic : this cauldron dance
Of prancing leaps and looping
Flare . The particles flash and
Storm ahead of coronal rain .
*[ WSB ].
(Even Half a)
h
aiku
will make a poet
of you
will make a poet
of you
*[ WSB ].
Singular Fish
THE SINGLE FISH THAT IS DIFFERENT dives straight down out of the emergent school of fish balled up for protection from the dolphins and diving birds . . . the rest, presumably die, as the notable fish rushes toward the safe, rocky nook that swallows it . [Hidden] . You rock fish .
*[ WSB ].
Wheat
In morning East,
Einkorn and emmer
Answer the rain,
Like wicks in wax—
Staffs of cereal grain .
Wheat from the chaff
Beaten from grass stacks
Of golden harvest horn :
Ground and kneaded .
The twigs & sticks
In the mix, simmer;
Rounded by yeast .
*[ WSB ].
Adults Talking
ONE UNCLOUDED, BREEZY NIGHT, I stand with my Dad and the preacher . I cannot recall a single word spoken, only the solace of inclusion : adults talking ; I remain quiet to spare dismissal . Somehow, the scene feels uncanny . Just then, a huge fireball blazes across the sky .
—Only I bear witness .
*[ WSB ].
5 Lunar Nihon
Soon, solar grew dim :
Moon Sniper *SLIM
Used battery lim .
U the other way,
View sunny day ;
Continue ? —We may .
*Smart Lander for Investigating Moon
*[ WSB ].
An Emergency Sock
THE SOCK LIES UNCOMFORTABLY IN THE DRAWER — an emergency sock : a last resort if all the younger socks are soiled . There was a time past when he had a companion, together in the drawer and hamper ; when parted, they caught glimpses of each other, swinging through the city, peaking under pant hems . She passed years ago ; he was alone, with only the rare warmth of the Master for comfort .
Though still wearing away, the process has slowed, the outings and washings so rare these days . However, even in the sheltered drawer the process of withering continues . Union with her draws nigh .
*[ WSB ].
Occupation : Poet . 