Poems by Walter Wykes

your laughter echoes still
in that bright field where you played
so carefree, little goddess
...

BREATHLESS
I am breathless in your arms

You hover over me
a dark angel
your wings spread...

It seems fitting
that the men you knew in life
perform this task These are no strangers...

your mansion rises
in the middle of a clearing
a dense wood, prowled by lions and wolves
the ...

Ghostly lovers haunt the sky
Two vast bodies churn like mad
Blocking the sun
Hastily becoming ...

I want to get under your skin
into your bones
your dark corners
but you're not prepared for th...

Thousands of black leaves in the trees
When there should be none. Leaves immune to the c...

I. O, ancient rulers of the Earth,
O, race of mighty warriors,
O, evolutionary giants, ...