What it is

June 2010: In a desperate attempt to stave off senility, the monkey began writing a poem a day. By summer's end he'd begun to run out of versified political rants and philosophical bloviations. Then he hit on the improbable idea of writing micro fiction in the form of Elizabethan sonnets. Eureka. The birth of the "Sonnets From Other Lives" series. Two hundred plus lives later, he's still at it.

Monday, August 8, 2011

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Histories: Settling

After millennia spent wandering—
following migrations of wild beasts—
some beasts are caught tamed into working
the fields--ancient mysteries of seeds
are revealed. The land will become owned.
Aggressive men are warriors & kings.
The rest will till the land—work in the home--
provide their betters with fine crafted things--
& placate the willful god or gods
that move the forces of nature & fate
with esoteric rituals & laws.
Some become artists & create
things of beauty—some of which will last
long enough to cast a glimmer on the past.
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