Master of the Flame
We still bear the scars from
releasing the flame the heat of sun
in a second, in a single flash
on the people of eastern islands
A cloud...
Mr. Mossad’s Mistress
I hold my blue ballpoint pen centimetres away from a rectangular notepad. The word “Oracle” blazes in large, red, angular letters from the top...
Solar Lunacy
Visions of a time gone by
the world funnels into a greater gyre
of widening madness;
Hypnosis, blindness, the perception
of things as they were
A blank emptiness of
nothingness
sorcerized...
Special
I slouch behind my battered green desk at St. Elizabeth Elementary School in Etobicoke, Toronto. My Grade 3 teacher, Ms. Macucci, surveys us silently...
Ode to a Professor
I wait in any class, accompanied by routine dread,
whether anthology or textbook, it remains in lap, unread.
The professor hurries in, expression too flustered
as the...
Writing
Pen stabs paper.
Repeatedly, remorseless.
As the words form furiously
the ink flows as a heart pounds,
beating ever faster, ever louder.
Tension mounts, the air builds pressure, pushing
eardrums...
Conclusion, part one
And so this is my conclusion (of many).
Love is very strange.
It knows exactly how to pry open your heart, and to do with it...
The Family
I look down at my diamond-encrusted Kenneth Cole watch. The long silver hand nears the 7 as the short hand hovers between 10 and...
Too many boobies
“I’m not going to do that man,” Mansour says to my request. He doesn’t even look at me to stay it, just keeps his...
Prophet Jesus, son of Mary
When friends became strangers in no time
He became my friend in need
When songs were meaningless and didn't rhyme
He became the rhythm and beauty of...
Can peace be for sure?
Lieutenant Colonel Powell knew just what he’d say
When the men came together to pray that day
So beautiful, blue, warm, and clear
It had been chosen...