Thank you to Editor Mark Antony Rossi of Ariel Chart for publishing my three poems in the August issue.
The Diverse Frames of Mind
Change regarded as success,
a tendency toward new achievement,
walking along with blockbuster moves,
hailing the novel structure of a well-oiled roulette wheel.
Caught in an inescapable mood
with only serious purpose,
feeling bereavement for what was years ago,
the can’t or won’t mindset
trying to purge the tracks of yesteryear,
clinging to the exotic structure of rust.
The relative warmth or coolness
of multiple frames of mind
lies within us,
but they all have their genius.
A Somewhat Delicate Thought Process
Your deep thinking
will hinge on your own theories,
your own thoughts.
You alone
will be selecting
the sharp and difficult questions
that you consider
to be of paramount importance.
You will abandon what ideas
should have been easily prepared
on your own behalf
in answer to those questions
only if you get
a hole in the pocket of your mind.
Rare Rage
Let it be rare rage
to flail against those
who despise you with disdain.
Your sorrows exemplified by
seeds sown as the suffering caused by your doubts.
Ward off blows of such scandals
as produced by a violent maelstrom
of fierce and frequent hearsay.
Disregard a good deal of talk in the air around you
from those who will never stay.
You can never fall from favor
if you weren’t up there in the first place.
Throw in the towel.
Let your painful associations order a last meal.
Why cultivate unpleasant memories?
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