Pax: Poems

May 15 · 26

Extremes

Pax May 15

Extremes

Am I not either one---
a drought or a flood?

May 14, 2025

May 6 · 1.1k

Father

Pax May 6

Father

I don't know what to call You.
"Father," which should denote familiarity,
seems a foreign word to me.

May 6, 2025

Apr 27 · 31

Your Grace

Pax Apr 27

Your Grace

I should not be alive;
I defiled Your holy name.
Now my breath testifies
to the truth of Your grace.

April 27, 2025

Apr 15 · 119

L'amour et la mort

Pax Apr 15

L'amour et la mort

S'éloigner de l'amour
est s'approcher de la mort.

April 15, 2025

Mar 25 · 179

My Idle Knife

Pax Mar 25

My Idle Knife

I open up my idle knife—
that dagger look-alike—
and fold it back
and pass the time.

March 24, 2025

Mar 15 · 49

A Bellow from Below

Pax Mar 15

A Bellow from Below

Hear You the screaming of my soul—
that bellow from below?

March 14, 2025

Feb 18 · 130

Morning's Gown

Pax Feb 18

Morning's Gown

Morning steps out in its gilded gown.

July 17, 2024

Feb 18 · 104

Silence's Melody

Pax Feb 18

Silence's Melody

Mere silence, too, could be
a melancholic melody.

July 16, 2024

Feb 18 · 82

Heavy-laden

Pax Feb 18

Heavy-laden

I'm made of lead
as I'm laid in bed,
heavy-laden.

February 15, 2024

Feb 18 · 2.1k

Death's Disguise

Pax Feb 18

Death's Disguise

Death, whose guise is end to sorrow,
sells salvation 'til tomorrow.

September 17, 2022

Feb 18 · 77

Love is the Narrow Way

Pax Feb 18

Love is the Narrow Way

I drown when I divert from love,
dragged into a crushing depth;
and lo, the way whereon I trod—
one whose gate is wide and broad—
does lead me unto certain death.

January 2021

Feb 15 · 93

Le colère

Pax Feb 15

Le colère

The quickness of rage—
that murderous blight—
discards self-control
for counterfeit might.

September 2020

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