Dean : Writing

Elegy to the Passing Parade

Elegy to the Passing Parade

A Poem by Dean


Sometimes it does exasperate--Around you, people tend to die,just when you're catching onto why they're there.You want to plug into their mindsand sti..
Three Limericks

Three Limericks

A Poem by Dean


Limerick
Last Stop...Lansing

Last Stop...Lansing

A Poem by Dean


I wrote this for my mother's burial, and read it aloud the day we interred her ashes
Something You Said

Something You Said

A Poem by Dean


Or you could have said, not quite implied,or was it something I wanted you to say...There at the other endwhere ritual and protocol prevail,a single t..
Face to Face

Face to Face

A Poem by Dean


Angels arethose filmy thingswith stereotypical wingson which we throw our fancies,quite expecting they will catch them in the air.I think I met one, o..
On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

A Poem by Dean


With every newfound expertisethis infant 21st century,with every new discovery, a side effect--another imminent way to die.And all of us now share the..
Corcovado

Corcovado

A Poem by Dean


It was a memorable experience for me---visiting Rio, and then ascending to this famous statue on the mountain/
On Death

On Death

A Poem by Dean


There comes a fascinationwith advancing years.A vantage point uniqueto view the shifting tilesof one complex mosaicmade of overlapping lifetimes.Seein..
Dumpty's Fall

Dumpty's Fall

A Poem by Dean


was not of folly, but of choice,for saccharine safety on the higher groundinside the wallwould cloy his sulpherous souland beating down his noble sacr..
Apotheosis of a Lover -erotica-

Apotheosis of a Lover -erotica-

A Poem by Dean


It is the scent of you, that breathes in me.It is the music when you laughthat chants across the apsebetween our heartwalls,signaling desire, tossing..