Paul Ingrassia, US

 

 

Experimental Form   The Kiss   From across the distance, I could feel her desire. From out of the night, came her soul’s fire. From out of the night, my spirit beckoned her. From across the distance, sweet emotions stir. Within the Astral, shadow selves reach. Within the darkness, passion to teach. Within the darkness, our caresses glow. Within the Astral, we kiss, deep and slow. From across the distance, within the Astral, from out of the night, within the darkness… our spirits embraced, our tongues took a taste, our lips softly pressed, our hearts were undressed… for an instant, we loved; for a moment, we lived; for a second, sheer bliss; for we shared, the kiss.     Cinquain Rhapsody For Two   Moonlit shadows dance with us in the rose garden— the cricket's grand symphony plays all night.     Suspended Consciousness   Beyond the flow of time: my mind, a calico cat purring at the window of still thought.     Reading The Ashen Residue for Adelaide Crapsey   Endless gray tinged cloudscape above the trees and grass, chill breeze, and songs of life and death— her Verse.