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PontusHe invited me to sit with him in the small wheelhouse which was faintly lit by the computer screens of a few navigational devices. But, before the sun broke the horizon,The silent calmness was rudely interrupted by everything that seemed … Continue reading →

“Leviathan (Dark Dreams) If you could see behind these eyes This is not some fairy tale About a man’s mind lost at sea Outwitted by a great white whale A harpoon’s line twisted the frail shattered leg above the knee … Continue reading →

Truism I am sleeping lightly on a Sunday afternoon vague jazz on the radio with a world drum beat. I drift, in content calm into deepening darkness A low voice beckons me “What is your name?” “I’m Kunta Kinte, an … Continue reading →

LUCIDAll the slip, lift, and fall, wood stove grunt or cat filled door, full mouth rot and smoke again, can’t find class, can’t find clothes, can’t find report, can’t dive into the ink bottle shrink, electric shock on a chain … Continue reading →

Maskless in Dallas, A Dream from 2020My parents are riding a tour buspast mansions, universities,museums of the last Old Masters.They visit a historic housethat is smaller and not quite as oldas the ones back East.My parents avoid downtown,Dealy Plaza, the … Continue reading →

Mirrorin the other-world of dreamsdeath is birthlove returns andstanding stillone flies pain is pleasuresadness beckons joy andgrief is an endless celebration … is it any wonder thenthatwakingi dream of dreams?Copyright 2924 by Rich Follett Rich Follett, the Poet Laureate of … Continue reading →

The Earth, Sea, Ripe FruitThe field is parched and crackedAugust angry cornstalkssplitting open the earth’s mawmerciless blue skybut we swim in a grey angry seathe roar of the surf in our ears like sirensthe seagulls mock us in the chill … Continue reading →

Beyond UnderstandingAbandonment mingles with painwhen my two friends suddenly disappearwithout sharing with me their plans.My pace, deliberate. Theirs, too fast.They’re visible ahead but I can’t catch up. While climbing the stairs, someone pusheshard into my back because I am too … Continue reading →

The building is wide and talland tension crawls along. Discarded objectslay all around, neglected, hitting my eyes and thoughtsas if forgotten ages. I go – a moving walkwayleads me forward, unwilling. I walk through the dark cellars,a long, underground corridor. … Continue reading →

Tornado a destructive vortex of violent rotating windsOutside is brightwith grey green light.Sky is black with mountains of clouds.A siren pierceslike an arrow of sounddissolves in thick air.Pressure pounds — blood,skin, even hair feels it.Something might explode.There is a gathering.Feel … Continue reading →