Gentlemen of Bacchus
We are they whose loud carousing, Tankards deep and anthems rousing Fill the inns, the drink espousing: Gentlemen of Bacchus. As on drunken nights aplenty Since before the age of twenty; Alcoholic...
Category: Poetry
June Sunset
Dusk comes gently here; the shadows creep Like furtive lovers,all things to enfold In arms of darkness. Luna watches bold The leisurely seduction, so to keep The rendezvous of twilight's...
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: an interview and review
Adina Hoffman lives in Jerusalem. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood. She has contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Times Literary Supplement...
Estuary Sands, 11:00
Author's note: The Saxon referred to in the fourth stanza is the anonymous author of the Anglo-Saxon elegy known to us as The Seafarer. It almost certainly wasn't written anywhere near Exmouth (my...
Two Contradictory Odes
Ode to Enemies I love my enemies, with Neruda's affection. I cherish insults, epithets sarcasm; I pray, to be mocked -- abused -- its my redemption. I love all enemies, not only the weak ones who...
January 20, 2009
I feel like a little girl standing in the sun, beams shining full on her face, grin cocked towards heaven. For the first time in my adult life, I understand what spring feels like for budding...
To All Pre-Cancerous Men of Leisure
Science say Our leisure activities Could definitely, Maybe, perhaps the Research shows certain Risk factors that cannot be So alarming when in the Throes of cocktails Served in smoky glasses That...
Onanism in the Time of War
tears spill with my seed sewn in sand not soil Children fall and die, though, I can't hear their cries of woe nor blasts from canons Other than the one I grip, squeeze to diplomatically relieve...
Fear is a Rapist
Fear is a Rapist with papers-- Convicted sex offender-- So, keep your distance. Listen, I know-- I have a witness From the stars And evidence-- Exhibit A: My rectal scars. Fear is a Rapist--a vicious...
Reel Positions
A Mermaid named Nala Met with Jessie the Rabbit To discuss what the Old Adage say. While sharing a laugh For each less than better half (Fixed Fools who were long drawn away), They pushed through the...