Proverbs by Papi

In The Face of The Eagle The Lion and The Ox (Poem 83)

As the eagle discerns – at rest – the limits of his gifted sight ahead It is from behind, his view is noted, and from a past presumed as dead Ah … the future then denotes the former, and forming...

The Blackbird (Poem 16)

Listen to Poem 16 as spoken by Papi Your browser doesn’t support this audio!The Blackbird (6:05 minutes) Everyday peering … out through an exhaustive pattern of steel Searching … for a...

Little Boys (Poem 93)

Listen to Poem 93 as spoken by Papi Your browser doesn’t support this audio!Little Boys (3:40 minutes) Little Boys are repeatedly told – you’ll become a man when you get to be grown So they search early...

Who Sent the Fly in Time? (Poem 75)

Listen to Poem 75 as spoken by Papi Your browser doesn’t support this audio!Who Sent the Fly in Time? (2:21 minutes) The soul travels wearily atop a seemingly docile beast And neither knows – of...

I REMEMBER … My Soul Passed Over – Beyond That Time (Poem 91)

Listen to Poem 91 as spoken by Papi Your browser doesn’t support this audio!“I REMEMBER … My Soul Passed Over – Beyond That Time” (6:05 minutes) I remember as age gave way to my pedagogic...

O SOUL now ENTER LIFE and ENTER DEATH (Poem 96)

O Soul – now Curious . . . Enter life and know that timidity transcends selfishness, choose into which womb ye now go For amid this choice of conception are ye to be meticulously shaped . . . and enrolled from...

Category - Poetry

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Poems for The Grandbaby

Train up a little girl in the way she should be trained in order to please our Father, and ... record some of those good times in a few poems. The poems collected here were written to chase down a smile or two at the...