RomeroNYC : Writing

Poetry, Catastrophe, & Disaster

Poetry, Catastrophe, & Disaster

A Poem by RomeroNYC


Always on the verge of disaster.The poet writes to keep himselfFrom falling apart.The smoldering ruinsOf his past lay abandonedIn the bare-bone archae..
A Mystic Psalm For the Keeper of the Vineyards

A Mystic Psalm For the Keeper of the Vineyards

A Poem by RomeroNYC


The Red Lily fulfills its outpouringIn the thread-width breadthOf the Calligrapher’s Sacred ScriptFlowing like a spider’s webIn streams ac..
Snowfall

Snowfall

A Poem by RomeroNYC


1. Pale moon; Dove colored Bloodless in despair. You wear my mother’s white dress; Demure in an innocence of l..
A Painted Bird

A Painted Bird

A Chapter by RomeroNYC


Indeed, Mr. FrostHe was the fool of books,And his house stood on a hill,A long fellow,And the farmer’s wifeHad eyes for him.Once raised her yell..
23 Years Since

23 Years Since

A Chapter by RomeroNYC


Stone-quietAn awkward aureoleOf silenceSurroundsOur dysfunctional saints.Despite this the summerDay blossoms vibrantly outsidean open window.He lights..
Musings of a Manasquan Man

Musings of a Manasquan Man

A Chapter by RomeroNYC


An old man and I, he a sixty- Something year old fisherman From Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Stubborn as all hell and always spitting Tobacco as he..
Violent Salvation

Violent Salvation

A Book by RomeroNYC


Old and New Poems: 1998-2023
Soglied 22

Soglied 22

A Chapter by RomeroNYC


Empty on a windy roadA loadstone moon rises woundedLike a levy corpse tossed violentlyToward a rook-smooth undertow.A road of winding, dipping ups and..
Sturm und Drang

Sturm und Drang

A Chapter by RomeroNYC


Dumb and mute now Your once riot-soul,A whisper of an echo,Humble as my simple grief.Fell soft as a leaf fallsUpon a single beam of light. A photon fe..
Sluicesongs Along the Fieldpath

Sluicesongs Along the Fieldpath

A Book by RomeroNYC


Poems influenced by several historical and quite personal disasters. Intermingled into a clashing of images in a higly rhythmic language