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The Wax Poetic

original poems, stories, essays, and literary translations

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i went to the garden

untitled poem

Imitation VIII: August

after Lorca

Imitation VII: Early Summer

after Salvatore Quasimodo

Imitation VI: The Crime Was In Granada

remembering Lorca

Imitations I-V

after Lowell, Brodsky, Prévert, Machado and Rilke

Sweetheart Love Poems

Happy Valentine's Day!

a page from the diary of a poet

back to waxin' poetic

Taking the dog out on a January morning

Deer at the woods edge - Mark Hearld Taking the dog out on a January morning wine-dark air burns with cold, the Moon is a blade pressed to my throat, smell of woodsmoke promises warmth, swift-footed we race back to our hearth as rosy-fingered Dawn stretches, arms out long, and yanks back the covers from the night-quilted Sun. Hounds in the Snow - Mark Hearld Every self-respecting poet should have…

Book Report: Everything I read over my winter break

"EVERYTHING in the world began with a yes."

Liaison Riposte

a riposte to Frank Stanford