Isola : Writing

Troth

Troth

A Poem by Isola


When you spoke my name I became a swiftly running gazelle dancing over desert dunes unlacing strands of ancient song fettered sorrows of the hu..
Mirage

Mirage

A Poem by Isola


I tried to hold the misty breath of wind When I sang to her she offered me a pantomime Her lovely notes I played upon my reed but her melody..
Slain

Slain

A Poem by Isola


When the universe sighs and draws its last breath and the sound that is silence manifests when conquerer and conquered walk in lockstep ..
Veritas

Veritas

A Poem by Isola


From the ancients to coevals all the books and journals theorizing and philosophizing of scholars and learned clergy and clerics ..
Fresco

Fresco

A Poem by Isola


The frescoed face of human will shall bend away from darkness and toward the sun Our feet kiss Eden’s soil again when m..
Fusion

Fusion

A Poem by Isola


Poetry most sublime prunes the gap ‘tween thought and sound that when the poet writes “willow” in her poem a gra..
Pageant

Pageant

A Poem by Isola


An endless carousel it seems this masquerade of dreams where wanton pucks and phantoms stray and shadows dance against the sun But every flick..
Senryu 12182021

Senryu 12182021

A Poem by Isola


when you breathe my name in an offering of song petals crown my head
Why

Why

A Poem by Isola


“Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” (attributed to Confucius) The fragrant flowers in Spring flaunt their color..
The Fragrance of Blood

The Fragrance of Blood

A Poem by Isola


The poet wears a crown of thorns Pricked is the soul that proffers the Word the fragrant rose that is her poem to bloom in the billows ..