Genre: Free Verse

APRIL DAWN

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“APRIL DAWN” is a lyrical free verse poem centered on renewal, intimacy, and emotional rebirth, carrying the tone of a quiet devotional or love lyric. This piece feels tender, hopeful, and restorative, with a gentle voice that speaks through reverence rather than anguish. The poem’s greatest strength is its musical softness, with repetition creating a soothing refrain that frames the speaker’s awakening as both emotional and spiritual. Seasonal imagery functions effectively as metaphor. The language is restrained and uncluttered, allowing warmth and sincerity to emerge naturally. Particularly compelling is the poem’s ability to suggest transformation without dramatizing it; the awakening feels gradual, earned, and deeply human. Written for the “A Shattered Cup of Doom” novella, this poem appears in the “First Shards of Broken Glass” chapbook.

“APRIL DAWN”

smile, she says,
and so this awakens
so bright, so warm,
she rises softly,
a prayer aloft for the heavens beyond
this april dawn,
she calls for me
to come along,
and spite the weathered wear
of our wintry miles.
smile, she says,
smile and we are there
and so this awakens

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SKY COME DOWN

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“SKY COME DOWN” is a minimalist apocalyptic lament that blends elements of modern free verse with the repetitive incantatory structure of a dirge or ritual chant. The tone is despairing, exhausted, and almost nihilistic, while the voice feels isolated and pleading, as though the speaker is calling into an indifferent void for annihilation, transcendence, or release. Repetition is the poem’s central strength: the recurring invocation “sky come down” creates a hypnotic rhythm that mirrors obsession, grief, or spiritual collapse, giving the poem the feel of a mournful refrain from a post-apocalyptic hymn. The poem’s restraint works in its favor, allowing atmosphere and cadence to carry emotional weight without over-explaining its meaning. Written for the “A Shattered Cup of Doom” novella, this poem appears in the “First Shards of Broken Glass” chapbook.

“SKY COME DOWN”

these are the ruins

sky come down
come down
come down upon me

shards of broken glass
from a shattered cup of doom

sky come down
come down
come down upon me

sky come down
come down
come down upon me

what for, to come to pass
a corpse for buzzards to amass
I call out through the window of my room

sky come down
come down
come down upon me

sky come down
come down
come down upon me

sky come down

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