A poem about coexisting in a world with beings that have oftentimes vastly different beliefs about the nature of reality.
Category: Poetry
Mantis Grasping Heaven
Living in Cherry Hill, I have sakura, Japanese maples and lantern flies, but this poem is about the keystone predator: the praying mantis.
Losing Grip
A poem about clingy girlfriends with a hyperbolic horror component added in to enhance and illustrate the way it can feel to a man.
Catnip
A funny little poem about cats and the magical effects that catnip can have on them.
Sakura Cycle
A poem about the cycles that my cherry blossom tree goes through paralleled with the respective polytheistic gods associated with that stage.
The Metamorphosis on Blackcurrant
A poem about discovering the true self and going through major life changes in order to become it. We find an analogy with the caterpillar.