Poem of the Moon

by Po-Chu Yi

 

           On Patrol

time intensifies fear present danger
such moments magnify mentality
he    armed    potent    watchful    looking left

then right  then straight ahead   then higher

to riverbank   lower to shrubs    on patrol

with resolute if hesitant tread when

any moment now a mine might explode

bullets might fly     brave comrades fall dead

she patrols   glancing ahead    expectant

apprehensive   awake to all danger

walking from work    through familiar streets
through dusk’s dim light soldier spouse  
                                                         separate

he patrols with measured courageous tread

while she may soon learn she’s widowèd

                                                       © Dick Russell, 2014, 2018

 

Donal Goes Ahead

for intelligence

among factoids

fragments of humanity

real and digital

ahead will be monsters

classical contemporary 

learned from literature deep in archives

where Indo-European monsters were once described

thunder will roll and rain will slash tents

in the forests of Gaul

waiting at the meeting stone

it will be called hereafter

where humanity awaits Caesar’s approach

marching through Gaul

laying waste

to all

where humanity arms itself with javelins

has sharp pointed probes 

insufficient to slay cyber hounds

to slay cyber hounds

greater intelligence is needed

so Donal goes ahead

copyright © Dick Russell

                2018

 Daffodils In Ice

Frost, moon, snow - silent fall, soul musical

Christ's hand, outstretched to bless,

sheds silver over all.

His scars, his ring - his marriage band

are daffodils in ice.

Sister Mary Agnes, 1972