To M.R.Life's visions are vanished, it's dreams are no more.Dear friends of my bosom, why bathed in tears?I go to my fathers; I welcome the shore,which crowns all my hopes, or which buries my cares.Then farewell my dear, my lov'd daughter, Adieu!The last pang in life is in parting from you.Two Seraphs await me, long … Continue reading A Death-Bed Adieu by President Thomas Jefferson
Poetry
Black Orpheus: Blasphemous Energies Deceive the Magic Hour
Fresh quote through evergreen sea breeze,a lie in the wind, a hangman in a whisper,the flower budded and wilted before sacred flame cleansed and birthed.Hidden ghosts present themselves as salves of incense, demystified emanant, radiant smoke, fog inside,haze of natural born energies:earth, water, air, fire.Spice as spunky as skunksubdue the alchemical shiftof desire. The pyre … Continue reading Black Orpheus: Blasphemous Energies Deceive the Magic Hour
Retrospection by President John Quincy Adams
When life's fair dream has just passed awayto three sore years and tehn,Before we turn again to claythe lot of ortel men,'Tis wise a backward eye to cast on life's revolving scene,with calmness to review the pastand ask what we have been. The cradle and the mother's breasthave vanish'd from the mind,of joys the sweetest … Continue reading Retrospection by President John Quincy Adams
The Hour-Glass by President John Quincy Adams
Alas! how swift the moments fly!How flash the years along!Scarce here, yet gone already by,The burden of a song.See childhood, youth, and manhood pass,And age, with furrowed brow;Time was—Time shall be—drain the glass—But where in Time is now? Time is the measure but of change;No present hour is found;The past, the future, fill the rangeOf … Continue reading The Hour-Glass by President John Quincy Adams
Why, Meryl, Why!?
A true iron lady,death has become her.The perfect hymnof the violinescorts her into the wooddark and wide.She dances with the children in the darkness,in the darkness of the eviland devilish wood. Original Tweet @MerylStreep. What possible topic could this flash poem be about? Weaponized poetry, pretentious passive-aggression or old-school scholarly ass-whooping? -- -- Why, Meryl, … Continue reading Why, Meryl, Why!?
Sweet Lady, Awake! by President John Tyler
Original text of "Sweet Lady, Awake!" by President John Tyler. Library of Congress. Sweet lady awake, from your slumbers awake,Weird beings we come o'er hill and through brakeTo sing you a song in the stillness of nightOh, read you our riddle fair lady aright?We are sent by the one whose found heart is your own,Who … Continue reading Sweet Lady, Awake! by President John Tyler
From Your Bright Sparkling Eyes, I Was Undone by President George Washington
Original text of the sonnet, "From Your Bright Sparkling Eyes, I Was Undone" by President George Washington. Library of Congress. From your bright sparkling Eyes, I was undone;Rays, you have, more transparent than the sun,Amidst its glory in the rising Day,None can you equal in your bright array;Constant in your calm and unspotted Mind;Equal to … Continue reading From Your Bright Sparkling Eyes, I Was Undone by President George Washington
Old Glory (A Triptych Haiku)
Deep frost the raining Shadows hide beneath the pelt Scorned frostbitten earth Steadfast, wind and breeze Revelation of blue skies Perennial bloom Red horizon glow Majestic mountains crimson Stoic, resolve, strong -- -- "Old Glory" is a triptych haiku written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved.
First Thought
Widen our paths of enlightenment, great poet. Unveil our eyes from the smokescreen the world lays before us. Show us the stars and the heavens mechanic clock so we may hear the ticking tock of time eternal. Reveal to us, masterful artisan, the grandeur of god and the incarnates that surround him; reveal to us … Continue reading First Thought
Death
DeathCollage & Digital Media2003 -- -- "Death" is written by written by Michael Aaron Casares. All rights reserved. Read more of Michael's poetry.
The Root of Many Returns 