by Jack Ramey | Jan 12, 2017 | Jack Ramey, plato, Poetry
[Poem] Look at the light beams pouring down from the sun:– slicing through morning fog and mist like a million surgeons’ carefully sharpened knives in a medieval cathedral of medicine, where patients wait patiently, supine on the mossy floor of love in the nave...
by Jack Ramey | Jan 6, 2017 | Jack Ramey, Poetry
[Poem] The world was made of black and white. Carnivore description bears their names written on the launching pad: David Ghost, Astronaut. Nathan Faltoon, pilot. Zackadu Monguenski, bombardier. They knew what they had to do and they did it all for the red, white, and...
by Jack Ramey | Nov 15, 2016 | Jack Ramey, Reviews
[Poem]Richard Riviere at a workshop in Israel.[/Poem] This month is Native American Heritage Month, but unfortunately, the study of Native American history is neglected in most schools. Our students are given a day off to celebrate Columbus, who never stepped foot in...
by Jack Ramey | Mar 1, 2016 | Poetry
[Poem] Pagans, Christians, Muslims, Jews: You are all the sons of blood. Worshippers of Mithras Of Horus, of Isis, or Mars: You are all covered in blood: The blood of sacrificial bulls And lambs and doves, Crucified messiahs and saints Lining the Appian Way For...
by Jack Ramey | Feb 29, 2016 | Jack Ramey, Poetry
[Poem] Something white floats on the water Close to the opposite shore: White like floating paint or a ghost Made flesh, hanging there, unmoved by the current. A white plastic bag hangs high in a tree, A vacant soul blown by a swirling wind: Breathing in and breathing...
