fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

Karl Bitter

Prophetic old visions
Of upcoming pride
Makes the promise
Of progress
An aspirational, guide.

Philadelphia, PA – June, 2019

Nineteen Forty Seven

Drifting down
The core
Downtown
Is a peace
In chaos
That’s symmetrically,
Sound.

Providence, RI – June, 2019

Marked

The concept of beauty
Its effort, its tease
Is a wistful reminder
Of the pleasure –
Of ease.

Maidstone GC – East Hampton, NY – June, 2019

Death Valley

Feeling the favor
The effort, the pride
Fumbling with focus
Is just nonsense, implied.

Clemson, SC – May, 2019

Ocean Drive

Moving through the masses
Breaking into change
Seeking something hiding
In your head –
But out of range.

South Beach, FL – May, 2019

Dopapod

Feeling
The movement
Of a wondering
Soul
Encourages
Improvement
Of your pondering
Whole.

Port Chester, NY – May 2019

Cotai

Sliding into history
Is a thought
That rings untrue
It whispers future presents

As it baits
The truth
From you.

Macau, China – April, 2019

L’Olympique

Crashing through my thoughts
My heart remains afraid
It sees what rot has wrought
As it scolds –
A soul betrayed.

Val d’Isere, FR – March 2019

Cascade

Whose rocks are these I think I know.
My chalet in the ville below;
We will not stop the traverse here
To watch our turns retread with snow.

Our guide must watch, and think and steer
No stop without a decent line near
Between the piste and frozen ice
The brighest day within in our year.

We give our harness lines a shake
To make sure quick and no mistake
As only we can move and take
Through delicate wind and lofty flake.

The space so lovely dark and deep
Because of many friends to keep
And breaks to find before I leap
And turns to carve before I sleep.

Tinges, FR. – March, 2019

Hat Tip – Robert Frost “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”

Cracked

Moving closer
Ever so slowly
To a vision of failure
And of triumph –
Intertwined secretly
Adept at deception
Of cloak and confusion
An invisible –
Perfect,
Wisdom perception.

San Francisco, CA – February, 2019