Three Poems

 

 

by Brian Zimmer

 

 

 

 

The Eyes Have It

     for Billy Mavreas

 

 

Eyes wide-open rise to the surface,

Broadcasting arrival in concentric rings.

Amphibious horses fall from eyelashes,

Foaming toward forests of moon-bit trees.

The eyes heave forward singing,

Hooves drum prophetic vowels.

Whoever hears the branches calling 

Craves for heights and starts to crawl.

 

 

 

 

Marguerite Porete

 

 

Parisian square

  commences

                   vigil

 

heart’s wing

    disdains to

           rifle text

 

blood & water

   poured-out

           secreted

 

itinerancy’s

       tongue in

     woman’s hand

 

collusive banns

  between mendicant

             & royal

 

Les Dames!

   transparency

              exceeds reach

 

 

 

 

Venus Equinoctial

 

 

footstool –

magnitude gathering

silvered

(-over)

flame underfoot

 

hag-ridden

among embers

ocular respite

areola rising – 

amplitude

 

of ascension

the moon

looks down

effaced

resplendent