It smolders in their eyes more so than the blackof pupil and space and heart.The hearth of the heart has become sick,produced weeping ashes and bipolar flares,a crest to the sociopathic tongue that willmisunderstand and judge its own history.It wriggles something sacred, a docile lightabove its flesh, as the dimness begins to rush.They see orange … Continue reading Orange
Author: Michael Aaron Casares
The Dancing Pagans
Through the verdant hills of the isle,in line, in tandem with the minstrel siren,the once angel of valor and strength,grace and mercy, a demon disguise,an eater of children, a banker of blood,has deceived them as they stroll,bouncing up and down to the beatof the heathen drum in masked costumeas creature of the forest, as denizenof … Continue reading The Dancing Pagans
Summer Eve
Cicadas mercyShrilling at the fading sunHumid night cloudless -- -- "Summer Eve" is haiku written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.
Black Orpheus: Mark of the Iceman
Instant distant dirge, a healing funnel of mud and death, its kiss splattered all over the ground. A spacious vacuum absorbs the flagellate, the pustule morsel streaking into bloody oblivion with the plaque and dead skin. Walking wounded, the earthworms schleps its way home. The shards leave lei lines along the floor that eat into … Continue reading Black Orpheus: Mark of the Iceman
Black Orpheus: The Poetry of Nicholas Duke
Tentative cover art - Black Orpheus: Poems of Dreams and Demntia by Nicholas Duke Readers of the novel The Distance to the End will be delighted to have collected the poetry and verse of Nicholas Duke, the proclaimed protagonist of the story. Black Orpheus: Poems of Dreams and Dementia by Nicolas Duke will be collected … Continue reading Black Orpheus: The Poetry of Nicholas Duke
Resonance: Dead Can Dance – In Concert
Dead Can Dance - Children of the Sun For a band like Dead Can Dance, I couldn't start to begin knowing where to begin with such a responsibility as sharing one's opinion about a band like Dead Can Dance. They truly are among the special gems fatigued writers and disc jockeys wax nostalgically; a subject … Continue reading Resonance: Dead Can Dance – In Concert
MacGyver
I learned something about Myself today, & the way the world becomes gravity. The way one has to push off, divine, cosmic as the way is clear. We’re near. Just hold on a little bit longer. The sun, it is not distant & the light is here. -- -- "MacGyver" is a poem written … Continue reading MacGyver
Sacred Candle of the Night
Sacred candle / A wooden stall / A warrior slighted/ An Indignant call / a martyr before truth / a hero of the lie / a slave to emotion /Sacred fire light the night / the innate strength / the assured resolution / the confident smile / blessed miracles in the dark / perpetuate the … Continue reading Sacred Candle of the Night
Baby Eaters
Disbelieve the truth/ It hides behind the boiling womb/ that births the Source we speak. / Laughing children / ask for a break / a mockery of their secret truths,/ the power that life holds for us all / locked within their minds, / with the memories and the magic./ Stripped away/for an ounce … Continue reading Baby Eaters
Stephen Dorf Said It Best
Everyday, I read anotherverse like a diary entry.Even with rhythm, meter,a tried & true cadence,the flirtation is the same,the seduction is a bore,the mystique slips away,turns style into technique,& everyone knows "techniqueis nothing more than failedstyle." — — “Stephen Dorf Said it Best” is written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.
The Root of Many Returns 