29.2

Orange Juice and News
[by S. David]

We awoke to bright lit
Stark shadows cutting the ground.
Up the block,
Kids played on the street.

Across the orange juice-
Out of our window,
We watched them
Pause
To let cars go by.

We could almost feel the heat
And light
Hammering them
Into monuments
To the morning.

And then the day’s paper
Came.

She said, “But let’s go to the park.”

I said, “To watch people,
When the paper’s unread?”

She said, “Shall we always be so
Ritual?”

So I burnt the morning paper.


22§2[Orig 5/05/98] http://theskaldicsoul.com/

7674

Secret Passages Running Deep
Beneath External Nature
[by S. David] [art by Marty Maehr]

The old ways
Hidden
In hiding
Secret
And so few
Survive
Who can
Walk the land
Feel
The power flow
Beneath
Deep beneath
The ground
In tune
Attuned
To the secrets
Of nature
Not what
Is seen
Like dowsing
The Druids
Of old
Strolled
Across the land
Tasting
Testing
The ley of
The land
Using
Until
Overwhelmed
Until
The White Christ
Put an end
And the secrets
Became secrets
Again
37§ [Orig 3/24/09] http://www.maehrcreations.net/

7491

The Messenger II
[by S. David] [art by Sarah Renee Valeri]

Sacred innocence
Wandering her way
Implied implied
The message
A doe
White in
Darkest night
Surely a messenger
Surely God driven
Coming this way
Apparition
The Seeing Eye
Comprehends
The beating heart
Loud
Loud
To the ears
The hearing of
The Watcher then
Stillness
And yet
There is
Meaning
The shotgun
·
·
·
·
Falls

20§ [Orig 12/13/08] http://www.keepyoureyespeeled.blogspot.com/

6543

Profane Love
[by S. David] [art by John Jacobsmeyer]

Well that’s one way
To end the story
Make the guy pay
For bringing reality
Profane love into play
He didn’t notice really
He no longer had
A use a chance
Gone gone they were
Wild beasts once and
After they began they
Didn’t wouldn’t stop
Until he no Krishna
Turned blue heart
Attack and that was
Why she made sure
If no more him for her
She’d fix the bastard

18§ [Orig 12/08/07] http://www.johnjacobsmeyer.com/paintings.html OR http://www.thefrasergallery.com/artists/jacobsmeyer-artwork4.html

3285

Feather at the Museum
[by S. David] [art by Brendan Coyle]

Just because she has
Wings, it doesn’t mean
She’s an Angel. Feather
Is young and beautiful,
Once you get used
To her red eyes. But
They match her hair
And though she hangs
Out in some strange
Place, she does do
Galleries and when
Her wings are folded,
Even museums. It’s
Easier in winter
When she actually
Dresses up, but
It was summertime
And I don’t know
What other powers
She has, I mean, I
Saw her wings, while
We were there,
But no one else
Saw or they just
Didn’t have anything
To say. New Yorkers are
So very jaded anyway.

27§ [Orig 3/9/05] http://www.coyleworld.org/ AND http://www.coyleworld.org/Skopskald.html

6943

Before the Tree of Knowledge
[by S. David] [art by Dave Tree]

And what would
Milton say after saying
So much of the plan
The Heavenly Plan
To put man in his place
Or put woman in hers
Knowing knowing
Tasting the Fruit of
The Tree of Knowledge
Of Life and Death
Knowing life inside
The parenthesis
And still we forget
Still we chose
Pleasureless paths
As we grow past
The toys the delights
Of innocence but
Remember we still
Were let off easy
Pity the poor snake

21§ [Orig 3/24/08] http://www.davetree.com/

1784 Soul Date
[by S. David] [art by Ed Rosko]

She was perfect,
He knew it,
A meeting of minds,
A meeting of bodies
And it went on,
More and more
He explored her
Depths with joy,
Not knowing
He was her goal,
Not realizing
He was the bullseye
On her target,
He was committed.
They were at
Her place,
After a special,
Wonderful date,
Two years, when
It began; the snake
In her emerged,
Wrapped itself
Around his neck,
Began to eat
His soul.


25§ [Orig 7/13/03] http://www.myartspace.com/artistInfo.do?subscriberid=pqbfn0k1n9wzhy71&populatinglist=home

6157

The Visitor
[by S. David] [art by Gary Heller]

Old abandoned
Windows gone
Frames too
Holes in the roof
How long ago
No one with
Memories returns
No one seeking
Memories returns
Just there
But there
Are visitors
Birds
Small animals
And coming in
Through a once
Window a plant
Comes visiting
Perhaps it will
Stay put down
Roots

21§ [Orig 7/26/07] http://www.garyhellerphotography.com/

6083

Hanging from Tree
[by S. David] [art by Sandra van Hoek]

Cute yes
That squirrel
Hanging so alertly
From the tree
Alert for any
Predator
Seeking a warm
Dinner
Scouting the land
For its own
Dinner of nuts
And seeds.
Just living
Its life
As best it can
As long as it can

16§ [Orig 7/01/07] http://homepage.mac.com/svanhoek/

4196
Yemaya
[by S. David] [art by Josephine Maisonet]

Yemaya hear me
I need your aid
I need your blessing
Witch woman Goddess
Hear my call
Accept my oblation
Come to me in
Your great wisdom
Come to me in
Your great beauty
My Soul needs
Nourishment
My body needs
Refreshment
Though you are not
My Goddess you are
Still a friend and
Now I need the
Friendship you
Offer come come
Up from your
Watery home
Reason with me
Commune with me

24§ [Orig 11/17/05] http://www.josephinemaisonet.com/ AND http://www.theskaldicsoul.com/PoetryBook/MythicalGoddesses.html

7042

Genesis IX
[by S. David] [art by Alex Shabatinas]

Worlds within worlds
And the universe is
How guess theorize
Will you know
And knowing
What will you
And the universe
And the world
Egg within egg
And the egg
Is cracked
Open and
Another world
Comes into being
Layer upon layer
Realities
Come to be
Grown
And life
Sometimes
A God
Why not
Do you know no
Do you know yes
So life proceeds
And gains its
Own cunning
Eat an apple
From a tree
And seeds
Of comprehension
Of understanding
“Male and female
He created them “

34§ [Orig 4/27/08] http://alexshabatinas.blogspot.com/

7088

The Summoning 1
[by S. David] [art by Craig La Rotonda]

An Angel of Death
An Angel of Mercy
Not all are summoned
By the Grim Reaper
Some are rather
Cajoled
Seduced
Into the next
Journey
By other sweeter
Angels
And the few
The rare
Brave hearts
Indeed
Are those that seek
To seduce Death
Instead

18§ [Orig 5/14/08] http://www.revelationart.net/

7516

Magnus
[by S. David] [art by Randy J Lagana]

Don’t doubt it
Beyond imagination
Beyond fantasy
Beyond religion
There are worlds
Outside the mind
Life is different
Conditions lead
To different rules
Thoughts
Solutions
Intelligences
And visions
Are sometimes
Granted to a few
But picture this
“My beamish boy”
As it is said
A skinny dude
Looking very much
Like you or me
Older and
Having studied
Texts you’ll never
See comes to
Takes power on
A world you’ll
Never see
Call him
What you will
‘Ruler’ ‘monarch’
‘King’ I rather like
‘Magnus’ yes
‘Magnus’ has
A nice sound

35§ [Orig 12/29/08] http://www.randylagana.net/work.htm

5653

La luna y el toro 1
[by S. David] [art by Almeriane]

Personifications
Aggressive
Possessive
And he looked
He saw
Demure
Dainty
Even fragile
So delicate
That was the she
He saw
His desire
Flared
He barely
Paused
Before
Coming
For her

18§ [Orig 2/20/07] http://www.almeriane.es/index.htm

5692

La luz y el cipres 1
[by S. David] [art by Almeriane]

It is there it was there
It was there though unseen
Save for a dark bulking
In the night and then
And then there came light
And so the rebirth of color
Of earthiness and fertility
And those that saw smiled
Upon the meeting the mating

9§ [Orig 3/6/07]
http://www.almeriane.es/index.htm

6583

When the Fire Burns, the Phoenix Rises Out of the Ashes
[by S. David] [art by Chris Bleicher]

Must I talk
In metaphor
Must I speak
In euphemisms
Should I use
The Classical
The Latinate
Rather than
The Saxon derived
Vulgate
Love my love
Love me
Resurrect me
Rejuvenate me
Put your mouth
On me
Let me feel
Your fingers
Your lips
Caress me
Ignite me
Your body
Let me
Come in
Bring me in
Let the volcano
Explode
Again
Let the Phoenix
From the ashes

30§ [Orig 12/22/07] http://www.peepart.com/english/galerie/eartseries64.html

6582

The Kiss of the Snake
[by S. David] [art by Chris Bleicher]

It was damaged
No longer paradise
But then it never was
This was Eden
After The Fall
You remember ’The Fall’
Eve made it with
The snake
Ate the fruit
Realized
What she’d done
How she now was
Inveigled Adam
Did him too
Left him
To dally again
With the snake
God caught Adam
Caught Eve too
Snared the snake
Punished them all
The snake
Worst of all
Told him to crawl
Made his kiss
Fatal then gave
The Devil free run
So unfair
So very unfair
Unjust too for
God being God knew
Ahead of time
In advance
Unless He was
Just phonying
An excuse

36§ [Orig 12/22/07] http://www.peepart.com/english/galerie/eartseries64.html

7459

Forward
[by S. David] [art by Michael Hyman]

It was not
A turning night
It was not
A stopping place
It was
A calling
To start anew
To forward
Her life
She created
A pentacle
A safe place
Safe from
The marks
The words
Of those
She feared
Candles
Lit lights
Undressed
Sat
Meditated
Before
Beginning
The words
The incantation
She would have
Begin
Her redemption

29§ [Orig 11/24/08]http://www.sodapopfizz.com/

7567

Black Velvet
[by S. David] [art by Mike Hyman]

But you yearn
For that taste
Of honey
For the losing
Of self
The moment
Of ecstasy
You learn
And she was
Slightly
Slightly kinky
You couldn’t handle
“Hurt me”
But you could
Deal with
“Control me”
“Make me surrender”
“Force me”
So you put
The cuffs
She gave you
On her hands
Behind her back
And she leaned back
With a smile
You gently wrapped
The black velvet
Of her hair
Around your fist
Pulled her up
Forced her
To her knees

32§ [Orig 1/22/09] http://www.sodapopfizz.com/viewpainting.asp?id=3

5118

You Can Dance 1
[by S. David] [art by Michelle Leivan]

She was complaining
“Sex sex is that all
You think about”
To me as she
Shook her bare breasts
In my face
She had put
Some music on
I don’t know
Who was playing
I wasn’t paying
Any attention
I was mesmerized
By the movement
Of her nipples
Then she said
“You can dance
With me”
Still watching
I asked her
“Is this some
Sort of test
Then I’m about to fail”
And reached for her

24§ [Orig 9/09/06] http://www.michelleleivan.com/