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Visitant

A Poem by Laz K.

He arrived: an unannounced guest, Coming silently through the door. He paused to shake my hand and, With a thud, he dropped his luggage ..

Seeds of Old

A Poem by Laz K.

We protrude from the earth like Pillars of stone, like swaying trees, Like horizontal burial mounds. Names of the dead on gravestone..

Ode to Workmen

A Poem by Laz K.

Stay a while, and divineMeaning from the wreckage ofThese disjointed lines.Words are the tools ofDreamers such as IThat would hold backA tide with a p..

Skid Row

A Poem by Laz K.

Flickering tiny flamesIn the endless cold ofBlack spaceLost souls drowning in a sea of deliriumMuttering, shuffling likeConfused, aimless straysWhinin..

The Silence of Old Age

A Poem by Laz K.

It’s not the silence of little babesWhose tears run dryAfter a soothing lullabyIt’s not the silence of the sphinxBuried deep in the sandWh..

Father

A Poem by Laz K.

His once proud figureNow shrunk,He is an ancient childBecome too smallFor the big hardwood chairHe’s sitting in.Oak, perhaps walnut,They both ar..

Ignorance and Innocence

A Poem by Laz K.

Ignorance is an old coat To be discarded, though many Won’t part with it, treating it As treasure to be well-guarded. Like..

Elegy

A Poem by Laz K.

The water is drained; The rice fields are cut; The sheaves lie in neat rows Like patients in hospital beds. I see you, though ‘..

Shallow Ponds or Rivers Wide

A Poem by Laz K.

Shallow ponds or Rivers wide, You’ll wait for me On the other side Mighty fortress Walls of stone The fires burn To guide m..

Venus of Urbino

A Poem by Laz K.

Was it the excitement of expectation? A day of looking up at painted ceilings and Gaping at soft, white flesh carved in marble? Or, perhaps ..