fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

Pierced

Moments, that break Your senses, awake Are destined For a soul shattering Quake. Chattanooga, TN – January 2017

sckajoe

I walk, till I run I race, from the one That hides, me away Keeping horrors, at bay And a knowledge For my efforts Undone. Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel – January 2017

Nasira

Back in the present Back in my mind I keep just on wandering Which way – I will find. Nazareth, Israel- January 2017

of the rock

Overcome, By a presence Overwhelmed, By its fate Overwrought, By the essence Of a timeless, Fractured state. Jerusalem, Israel – January 2017

summer palace

Encased within the wall Is a moment – Frozen and blurred, A terror so monstrous It’s echo – Silently, is heard. Masada, Israel – January 2017

Jaffa

I refine my momentum To incline my degree And decline my distractions To define – What I see. Tel Aviv, Israel – January 2017

Hodenpyl

In the shivering blackness I see light, I see the good Within the bad, The subtle veneer Of untruths, As I demand A uniqueness of reason, Within the blackness Of reality. East Grand Rapids, MI – December 2016

brentex

The point of misjudgment The reflex of fate Reveals – Your tattered awareness In the moments Of hate. Greenville, SC – November 2016

Tenderloin

Sleeping through the present While waiting out a life Reveals more shameful moments Of the growing – Lonely strife. San Francisco, CA – November 2016

game six

Look through Yourself View – What makes you Itself, And be true To self By thinking Through – Oneself. Charlotte, NC – November 2016