Onoma : Writing

Word and Ramification

Word and Ramification

A Poem by Onoma


Word and ramification...it's either the ramification willbe incensed by that word, or not...no more, no less.There's nothing to define...your defining..
Muck Bit Her Ivory Nightgown , Time to Come

Muck Bit Her Ivory Nightgown , Time to Come

A Poem by Onoma


Muck bit her ivory nightgown, as if earth hungeringafter her...the delicate collapse of a napkin, she.Hours poured atop her head, her shaggy, silverym..
Silkworm, Time Come

Silkworm, Time Come

A Poem by Onoma


Silkworm breached the parcelof time, its cocooned inertiacoarsed through the opalescenteye of God to Godhood.Of time's ruination redeemedin a solitary..
 Terra Incognita

Terra Incognita

A Poem by Onoma


There's this scissoring incoherence...and obsessive cut and paste of mind.Whatever pasture made its green bed,has serial murdered...painted... with he..
The Icongraphy of Stilled Objects

The Icongraphy of Stilled Objects

A Poem by Onoma


...The icongraphy of stilled objectsin the motions of prayer.As if moments were embodied...unwilling to relent their solitude.Their reason for being t..
Seven Constitutions Ago

Seven Constitutions Ago

A Poem by Onoma


By a day's difference, and a night'sindifference...angelic flight loosesevasion what was embrace.The repose of memory blighted byforgetfulness...seven..
With The Dear-life of it All

With The Dear-life of it All

A Poem by Onoma


Particulars while the clanking staff of you...a seniority of deserts bare-butted, and infantile,wander you--accentuated brash, and full-throat...good ..
What Is Winter To Me

What Is Winter To Me

A Poem by Onoma


What is winter to me that it smotherwith host of heavenly fingerprints?What is it, and who am I that itssnowflakes take their rest of me?Unabashed whi..
Babies Will Be Born With Gray Hair

Babies Will Be Born With Gray Hair

A Poem by Onoma


The title is from a line in Hesiod's epic poem: "Works and Days"... it's about successive world Ages.
Burns Down All Literature

Burns Down All Literature

A Poem by Onoma


With commercial production nighttars windows...seared stars scrapeagainst them.Something of the infernal impartsa cold and clammy light....An ebb with..