lest thou must in fear conceal thine own little Achilles heel.
A Missionary Man’s Monarchy
An Ode to Allen
Steeped in 500 years of Confucianism
The heritage of a dynastic Yi hermitage
Indoctrinated its population in the prism
Of expanding stasis, getting on in age.
Here begins the story of Horace
As he happed on the hapless case
Of Kojong and his hermit race
In a time of encroaching barbarians and Yi’s passing grace…
Incline
I remember following up the long incline
Of cement stairs
Along the steep sided alleyway
To the peak of our expression
And the open expanse…
Ireland
A quiet hold in her notes
Rises smoke soft
From earthen fairy mounds
And bogs and rivers
To raise our spirit…
Koh Phi Phi
What would you say
to lunch on the bay
run a length of beach
snack on a peach
snorkeling till two
become one with the blue
renew
