Paris Hlad : Writing

Socratic Dictum**

Socratic Dictum**

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Socratic Dictum(Or The Unknowable Parts)-When I would lookTo know myself,There isThe partIseeAnd what is starkOr obvious,I designate asMeIt is a "..
Socratic Dictum

Socratic Dictum

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Socratic Dictum (Or The Unknowable Parts) - When I would look To know myself, There is The part I se..
Burn Like a Torch

Burn Like a Torch

A Poem by Paris Hlad


Burn Like a Torch-Encouragement of the Spirit-Burn like a torch, brave candlelight;We have that bone to pickwith Night[1]Do not unto the darkness yiel..
Burn Like a Torch

Burn Like a Torch

A Poem by Paris Hlad


Burn Like a Torch -Encouragement of the Spirit- Burn like a torch, brave candlelight; We have that bone to pick with Night[1] ..
The Good Host**

The Good Host**

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Good HostThe Glorious TriumphOf the Dazzling GentlemanParis Hlad - An Affable Host,Skilled in the Social Graces-My guests are gathered in my love;..
The Good Host

The Good Host

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Good Host The Glorious Triumph Of the Dazzling Gentleman Paris Hlad - An Affable Host, Skilled in the Social Graces - ..
The Waters

The Waters

A Poem by Paris Hlad


An Idealistic Fantasy AboutAn Attractive Way to Perish,Given the Ugly Alternatives-If I could bend God to my will,I think that I would makeA day when ..
The Waters

The Waters

A Poem by Paris Hlad


The Waters An Idealistic Fantasy About An Attractive Way to Perish, Given the Ugly Alternatives - If I could bend God to ..
New Bread Broken**

New Bread Broken**

A Poem by Paris Hlad


New Bread BrokenTo Fear Falling Off,To Fear Jumping Off.What would win me to its wishesBy the beauties that aboundIn the rapture of my fallingLike a r..
Ode to a Forsythia

Ode to a Forsythia

A Poem by Paris Hlad


Ode to a ForsythiaRecalling the Bush That Burned for Me -And How the Defining Year of My LifeWas Characterized by ChastisementUThree decades sinceI fi..