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...

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...

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...

There … in darkness, Awaken ‘O sleeper … for dreams … are still dreams. (Poem 58)

True repentance remembers … each step … of the way back home Yet for partial remorse and delay of choice will one get lost again … and again There … in darkness, will they lay sleeping, oblivious to those...

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

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 the world...