Tag Archives: Apocalypse

Apocalypse poem #5–the apocalypse survivor kit

Lu Zenghai is building an ark to float his family safe through what he thinks is another flood coming & we laugh, the way they laughed at Noah because he is millenia out of fashion in survival techniques in the ’50s, 60s & ’70s … Continue reading

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apocalypse poem #4 (it’s temporary)

asteroids, floods, & eruptions might sweep this face clean of what crawls or walks on it occasionally, a few seconds in hours of geologic time erasing almost everything but she’s not telling the how of it or the when except … Continue reading

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apocalypse poem #2 (longing for apocalypse)

the Millerites, tired of waiting for the second Advent, said Christ needed to be persuaded, prayed down from the clouds– their faith a ladder for His descent, a new Jacob’s if you listen hard, over 100 years later you can still … Continue reading

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apocalypse poem #1

sorry I have no lengthy to-do list to complete days before the apocalypse & plan to do nothing apart from the usual business of living though I  might make love to you with more urgency than usual, straining to imprint some hint … Continue reading

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