Abominable Dante : Writing

Minerva

Minerva

A Poem by Abominable Dante


You only touched me in public; put an arm around my shoulders when everyone was looking. But your fingers razed my flesh; acid fin..
Suffolk

Suffolk

A Poem by Abominable Dante


Screened walls form a wide latticework of white, three sides open off the house. The towering oak groans in the gusts, its chorus..
Driver, VA

Driver, VA

A Poem by Abominable Dante


Hailstones in April; the cruel weather makes its last stand. How will the old structures remain, with such battery against their slat..
Graveside

Graveside

A Poem by Abominable Dante


A Baptists’ utterance of life after death brought to mind a vision of your blackened, withered fingers clawing the i..
The Wake

The Wake

A Poem by Abominable Dante


Who are these people? I, reverted to the age of seven, cower behind the armchair in a dim corner of the funeral home. If ..