Chilling out with the Eclogues

I smoke and contemplate
autumn in this millennium

I am still here
reading Virgil

The leaves turn to gold

So much for Caesar
and so much for...
"Damn, Silenus

How do you expect me to rhyme ease
with bees in my beard?"

Two Roses

Two roses in the park
two noses in the dark

Flowers blooming
in and out-

Monsters moving
in and out-

Sometimes I think
it has been a fall scene

A false scene
since the very beginning

Two roses in the park
two noses in the dark

Do I hear Trumpets?

Do I hear trumpets
or is it thunder?

Shadowy letters flicker
"The End"

Everything has stopped-
crazy

Inside and out
just totally black

I'm not sure
if I should take a walk
or lean back

Relax

Relax and read
the stove'll go out

You may have cleaned it
and it will go out

Open the grate
and burn your fingers

Get soot on the rug
and get really pissed

Smear the soot deeper

Friends

Two friends sit
near this fire
counting stars

Ears hear fire
eyes see light
here in this air

Garden of stars
garden of fire
garden of air

^

Biography

Richard Denner lives near Sebastopol, California, where he is a poet-in-the-schools. He was for many years the proprietor of Fourwinds Bookstore and Café in Ellensburg, Washington, and the manager of a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma store for Tara Mandala Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. In his spare time, he publishes dpress chapbooks. You are welcome to visit his website: http://www.dpress.net