Monthly Archives: October 2011

Light Speed (Poems)

Posted on October 29, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

It all starts with co-ordinates calculations for the jump. Revolutions of the die banished by automated signals left to ossify in the yawning maw of the stellar regions. Electronic game of tag between computers and engines renders a path through … Continue reading →

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Powder Blue (Poems)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Against the void nebulous gas clouds, powder blue gossamers, a cosmic caravans drift. Powder blue sky trapped in a poncho clad ribcage Freight train rollin’ on invisible rails from cloud to cloud in the powder blue sky Powder blue jungle … Continue reading →

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Bounty Hunter (Fragments)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

The creed (my own creation – to which I adhere): 1) Only catch criminals (Its ethical…ish and nobody really cares if a criminal dies – lack of collateral damage is a good thing.) 2) Only deliver bounties to other criminals … Continue reading →

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Wizards (Poems and Fragments)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

A wizard used to live in this town. Then one day he gathered up his parchments and spell books, heading off into the mountains. Sometimes the night sky is littered with yellow and purple orbs, wheeling before combusting, arcane guts … Continue reading →

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Freight Train (Poems)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Rollin’ on silver track slipstreams iron hide snake union pacific markings Rail track clatter under moon lit skies beat poets pen jerks across the page in a box car jungle Freight train touched by moon beams explodes into a cloud … Continue reading →

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Mothra (Poems)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Rainbow wings Tokyo moon eclipsed Paper lantern attraction garden cannot accommodate eighty metre lepidopteran Mosura freight express mach three speed windows shatter All the chrysanthemums in Tokyo unable to sate Mothra’s hunger Reems of silk dying mother fighting off Gojira’s … Continue reading →

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City at Night (Ode to Blade Runner) (Poems and Fragments)

Posted on October 8, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Levitating bodies of light in the night the city freed from tangible forms ~~~ The streets are empty, neon signs blaze in the haze, their buzzing eroding the silence, piece by piece. ~~~ Through the window of the train they … Continue reading →

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Rooms (Set 5) (Mansion)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

A jet black door, furnished with grooves guards the room. In the grain orbs, luminous, dance in the grooves phasing in and out of a forest of splinters, specks of violet and saffron. The room itself is black. With the … Continue reading →

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Lights (Fragments)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

The sun dives, the remaining clouds incinerated in dying embers, red hills flare out. In the night air wisps of violet and saffron dance over the badlands, motionless trails hang in the night tide. ~~~ Dots, specks of crimson, purple, … Continue reading →

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Under Lights (Poems)

Posted on October 1, 2011 by skyraftwanderer

Under lights ball resides at the twenty infinite strategies to be explored Under lights tight spiral eludes a desperate grasp Under lights a broken line the hordes pour through Under lights a roving raider destabilizes a well made plan Under … Continue reading →

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