Solomon : Writing

Montgomery

Montgomery

A Poem by Solomon


When I was young and covered in water I walked through the woods and had no fearwithout a mother or psalm or little tongue.Old men wore cotton and wo..
Metamorphosis V

Metamorphosis V

A Poem by Solomon


Slip down into the low bed of flowers outside Mrs. Slatterly’s window, on the corner of Dunn and Dam. Listen to that black widow cry as shar..
The Poppies

The Poppies

A Poem by Solomon


Somewhere beyond these auburn hillsof a million sunning flowers,there’s a place that I once lovedamong the green side.Pour milk into my burning ..
Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden

A Poem by Solomon


There will come the time when your bones turn blackin the fire of the ages all covered in dust,and your heart will leave your skin in a flurry of rose..
Kitty Hawk

Kitty Hawk

A Poem by Solomon


Anathema, brother, for leaving her corpse in the sand,flecked with sea salt and Atlantic City kisses. Now I’ll have to hear her when the wind bl..
Fisherman's Son

Fisherman's Son

A Poem by Solomon


They flew above the mango trees like a school of fish in the sky and as they did my father left us in a dark coat with his boat and the last word I..
Bedouin Song

Bedouin Song

A Poem by Solomon


Lost under this desert sea,take my smoke crippled words.Realign your novelties,sew them to the feet of birds.Guide them to the calm abyss,where little..
Graham

Graham

A Poem by Solomon


Copper frosted swan sleeps on your lips, flutters in the cold alpine wind, rustling through whitewash leaves of virgin cedar bough. Your feathers..
The Man Made of Pigeons

The Man Made of Pigeons

A Poem by Solomon


The Man Made of Pigeons collected pennies and named each one after the names of his loves: Elma, Amelia, Esther, Lamentations, Moses, Abraham, Roo..

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