O, sweet Ophephone,how I go againstthe wishes of your mother,fruitful Demeter,in remembering your name,in recording your name,the name removed from scrolls –in this, I salvage your legacy. O, loving Ophephone,who fell in lovewith a mortal fisherman,a man doomed to fallin the nets of Poseidon. O, weeping Ophephone,too anchored with griefto…

A small refugee child hides inside her head holds on to the horror she brought in the small leather suitcase that was placed in her hand when she last saw home.  Years stop by – smile at puppy fat – no wrinkles in her mirror. She orchestrates a motley choir sharp eyes claim friends…

But did the healed King then die in peace? Was the land a woman upon whom he forced himself, going unbidden into the forest?Having found the comfort of the water, why return to land? Why did the Grail not heal land and King by being there?And if the King made himself a…

Body clock fuck up,            Going dark, waking up,Reverse body coerce            Dreamstate boy            With neon toyBody clock inverseDiatrunal curseMelatolin bears no grinMy cushion, thrown into the bin            Body clock sped up            Now I’m awake, I really woke up            And watch the hands of time spinCounter-directlySplit seconds into a few too many            Outside it’s twilight            It’s neither day, nor night                        Body…

I open my handsand the sun curls up in my palmsonly to fall asleep In a black gownnighttime walks barefootover the dew-chilled grassa frosty breeze stirs the trees ____________________________________________________________ Dah’s seventh poetry collection is Something Else’s Thoughts (Transcendent Zero Press) and his poems have been published by editors from the US,…