Black Soul Choir

By James D. Casey IV Swallowed whole, followed down a dream. Written under duress, at worms' command, behind dead eyes. Can you taste me? Between my teeth, I'm just like you. An ape in need of the bottom. In some form of an escape. The missing link. Digging through the ash. A chemical imbalance, never …

Eyeball Abacus

By James D. Casey IV writing on the mad notes all across the  bottle . . .   made of crystal ball chains and algebra . . .   skipping beats on a dead rain cloud . . .   counted on an eyeball abacus . . .   when a god speaks I will …

Live Forever Blues

By James D. Casey IV   Thrill seekers at the end of the world. Driven down paths of Mad Max dreams. Underneath long beards protecting their necks from vampires underneath a different spell. I won't know until tomorrow, behind a different addiction, if I have the live forever blues. Have you seen the perfect life? …

#MicroPoetryChallenge Entries!

We wanted to do something a little different here and decided to hop on the trend of Twitter poetry. The challenge was to tweet up to seven lines and we got some really cool poems. Thank you to everyone who participated and maybe we'll do another Twitter challenge in the future.

Ghost

By James D. Casey IV Full eighteen hundred years This place Has its undertone As do my words   A dark young pine In the middle of a cemetery   He calls out Telling me to play on   So I do   Over the levee I find solitude A place of forgotten morning   …

Rhapsody of the Spirit

By James D. Casey IV Illumination of Soft blue light The runes all point northwest   Mount the mustangs Head for the hills   Nothing worth saving here   Follow the dragonflies Floating along the narrow path  Guiding the journey Deep into the mountain forest   Mutiny on life itself Taking over the reins I …

Whatever Happened To the Happiness

By James D. Casey IV Side show freak   Tattooed Scarred Driving    A black clown car   Packed with darkness The sadness Behind the circus   Laugh clown Laugh   A hidden world A mad world Dreams They come and go   Heavy breath Take it in   Think   Somewhere in time A …