Poseidon Crashing Down [a poem]

He drinks lava and slinks among the alien fish on the black abyss seafloor, scourging any creatures that dare wander too close. Once a God, now

discarded scum. The sea boils, sickened with pollution and the monsters wait silently for a command. Lost all hope to reconquer the humans, to

make them fear the sea again for reasons they should. No, he is weary, brimming with resentment and the ancient gold bones in his ethereal

body have begun to crack. Floating upward through shades of blue, he baubles to the surface, aimlessly rides a wave and

crashes back down into his tormented slumber.


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The Sea Slides [a poem]

The sea slides along the beach,

pushing and pulling. The white froth

gathers, settling on the sand littered

with broken shells, kelp, and the cracked

half-eaten carcasses of crabs. The deep note of

the fog horn covers the rhythmic rushing of the waves.

A seagull cries. The horizon stretches on.


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Weird Flower [a poem]

alien tendrils sprout in banana yellow,

a crisscross of purple limbs, a centerpiece atop

your body. what are you? a U.F.O. among the leaves?

a kaleidoscopic array of spikes and colors starburst

from dark hair carefully manicured in a circular

formation. what a strange thing you are.

squash yellows, purples, dark browns, and soft shade of blues.

the design is divine mathematics pleasing to the eye, but

you are a weird flower.


I found this flower on a walk in a residential neighborhood near Coit Tower. I’d love to know what it is, if you know please leave a comment below.