Tag: solomon
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Apes climbing pillars in Solomon’s Temple
A shadow which stands commanding the length of the land’s lay Apes urgently climbing lapis-alived pillars lined with Ophirian diamonds Conveying Solomon’s temple roof to heaven’s lathe, there are displayed Ophidian icons remnant of iron age rites, scions of wisdom owl’s allowance Prions aflame with religious devotions, candle revealed in tallow unallowable icons Zircon-eyed dragonians…
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Judgement on the temple steps
He says to those assembled “See, how his lance’s handle trembles! Even at slaughter’s door He grabs the temple altar’s horns.”
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Goddess milk
Dressed as mortals might but could never Dressed as and of the sea Troy-bound triremes odyssey across bluegreen dress Eastgoing westfromers foamgoing Her skin the white horses decreasing to diminution At the lapping enfolding shore, where beachcombers Stow cuttlefish bones periwinkle shells in shawls and sodden burlaps Occident’s orient, backward’s front Facade of the willingly…
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Mystical Jeweller (Dripped out in darkness)
Solomon’s ring I honour the Djinn Superfluous man Eugene Onegin. Beaker full of hippocrene and superfluids Christmas, nanny drank three Irish creams She was singing like the Druids Nice of Veolia to offer a free Luas Cough or cancer, flat seacht suas Stars in the sky, primal light sun’s rival Pages scattering from a glow…
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Eastern Dreams of Sand-Strewn Elysium
Near the eyrie of a minaret from where mage-capped ziggurats are miniscule Teacher pupil school: Fisher hauls in his net His son grabs one end to help A hundred mackerel a cast eye assumes. Up here flies zooming like flying carpets, city rotting carapace of a dog carcass Catacombs to ark ever-mounting bones resemble halls…