fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

Ramsgate

I write, how I think How I think, how I write And instantly forget – The reasons, I wasn’t right. Sonoma, CA – February, 2020

Polanco lV

Slipping, through The notion, Of true Reveals the shadow In a reflection Of you. Mexico City, MX – February, 2020

Sirrine

Stable grounding Underneath Shaking through A process stealth Betraying, Delaying, Softening, Stoking A wokeness – Softly choking Within its untruth, belief. Clemson University, SC – January, 2020

Electric Black

Sounds, of the dark Unfold and surround They trickle, at the edge Of your conscious, Background. Las Vegas, NV – January, 2020

Ted Lindsay

Skating through my present I try to shake my inner past And wonder if my future Will be a now – That will not last. Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI – December, 2019

#iwashere

Meeting the maker While, making me meet Is a retaking, of mission And a charge – For its feat. Bangkok, Thailand – December 2019

River Ridge

The face – Of your future Is fickle, with fate As it traces – Your present And your will, to relate. Palm City, FL – November, 2019

Wasteland

Rolling waves of present Rustle throughout my mind Wondering if each new moment Will be the potential I seek, to find. Ft. Collins, CO – October, 2019

Arms of Brothers

Away, and so far When goes, does the one As I sit, and I think And I scream, as I run And it’s here, not so far What I seek, to be done So it’s a choice, through my mind To find the way, to have won. Madison Square Garden, Mark Knopfler – Sept, 2019

Foothills of Piedmont

Echoes, of darkness Swirl – Through the mind Poking pinpricks, of starkness Undetermined – What to find. Chattahoochee River, Columbus, GA – September, 2019