the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » pagan http://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 The recent mail http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-recent-mail/ http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-recent-mail/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 if I had just discovered a fresh letter from the post,
there would be more pining for
I would love you more if you had introduced yourself yesterday
or if I knew less grace less often

I don’t see much of you,when I do, we don’t talk.
I’m running–I promise I love you
and I would tell the pagans this–
if I saw some every once and a while.

]]> http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-recent-mail/feed/ 0 The red chord http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-red-chord/ http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-red-chord/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Horns herald a rumbling resonating below,
dust bursts in the window as stones fall from the sky:
our half-gone wall through our half-gone ceiling.
Patron gods stumble off the table to the floor cracking
as I crouch with my three daughters clenched tight,
unable to protect them from screams of half-gone family and
friends begging in the street for their children’s lives,
as Yahweh’s people cut down our sons and daughters.
The door remains motionless till the screams cease and
their old chieftain hobbles through on blood-stained sandals
casting the spies’ red chord to the floor.

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