Maxwell Ryder : Writing

Lord

Lord

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Lord, Your supernovas Look as irises, Your black holes, Are Your pupils, Dilated. Your presence Dots the night, As Your tears Run hot acro..
Old Duke Philip

Old Duke Philip

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Did Old Duke Philip Roll his SUV Just to get One for free? Range Rover, Range Rover, Roll me right over! “Is the Stella safe, Jeeves ..
Paradise

Paradise

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


Paradise is lost, It can be regained; Hell hath no fury, Lest you let it reign.
Cross

Cross

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


“I’m cross.” Which one, I asked Roman Catharsis or Orthodontist? “Neither,” she said. “I’m transfix..
The widow

The widow

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


gods, little g, stupid wannabe deities; you are stardust, mantle crust, mixed, stirred, flush with little rivers of blood. you ..
The wind

The wind

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


the wind rushes, threshing my cheeks; the wind is flush, carrying the smells of oceans, corn husks, plowed fields, the neighbor’s sweets; ..
Red Giant

Red Giant

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


I am an emperor, But not of the universe, Or a star, But of Earth, The blessed jewel That's been cursed By my subjects; Boxed up In her coffin..
Room to grow

Room to grow

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


What I knew is what I know,And I know I'm not throughBeing a little bit bold, orKnowing something new;I may be long in the tooth,But getting old isn't..
Abstemious

Abstemious

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


When people use the word sustainable, I ask them, just what are they abstaining from? And what is their definition of sustenance? And what they o..
I took the bit

I took the bit

A Poem by Maxwell Ryder


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