Poems

The Soul of Spain In the rain in the rain in the rain in the rain in Spain. Does it rain in Spain? Oh yes my […]

To Good Guys Dead They sucked us in; King and country, Christ Almighty And the rest. Patriotism, Democracy, Honor– Words and phrases, They either bitched or […]

Ultimately He tried to spit out the truth; Dry-mouthed at first, He drooled and slobbered in the end; Truth dribbling his chin.

Casey at the Bat The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to […]

Etsi Omnes, Ego Non HERE where under earth his head Finds a last and lonely bed, Let him speak upon the stone: Etsi omnes, ego non. […]

Gordon I ON through the Libyan sand Rolls ever, mile on mile, League on long league, cleaving the rainless land, Fed by no friendly wave, the […]

Infant Eyes Blood of my blood, bone of my bone, Heart of my being’s heart, Strange visitant, yet very son; All this, and more, thou art. […]

The Seamaids’ Music One moment the boy, as he wander’d by night Where the far spreading foam in the moonbeam was white, One moment he caught […]

Corpses In The Woods A dung heap of rotting corpses: Glazed eyes, bloodshot, Brains split, guts spewed out The air poisoned by the stink of corpses […]

Spring In spring I go to war To sing or to die. What do I care for my own troubles? Today I shatter them, laughing in […]