Dennis L. Siluk
“For the devil there is no wind—
There is no breath, only a chamber
Where the blood between the highs,… ” (31 August)
Caro e Crystallo: un intermède saphique
Simon Whitechapel
“The goddess bent and closely kissed
Cold lips of sculpted amethyst...
… ” (1 July)
Dennis L. Siluk
“Upon the throne, of the moon—
Across the land, into the sea,
He treads: walks endlessly along… ” (1 July)
O dark archangel, fair as dusk
Phillip A. Ellis
“O dark archangel, fair as dusk,
know you not your kisses are sweet,
albeit fleet,
… ” (1 June)
Through the forest, the kiwi seeks
Phillip A. Ellis
“Through the forest, the kiwi seeks
for fine repast to pluck and eat
as drops of rain on fern-leaves beat
… ” (1 June)
Phillip A. Ellis
“I have been as fire
that furls into the wide air
and like gods inspires;
… ” (1 June)
Dennis L. Siluk
“The cypress blows over my grave:
O would I hide from you—
Yet I write. . . .
… ” (1 June)
Kyberean
“Soft phosphorescent mists glow green
Above the desert's stark terrain,
Where strange stones harbor shapes unseen… ” (1 May)
Cold is heart and cold is hope
Phillip A. Ellis
“Cold is heart and cold is hope,
cold the darkness in all men,
cold is heart and cold is hope,
… ” (1 April)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Sing, O Thessalian one,
enchant my heart with your song,
sing me no right and no wrong,
… ” (1 April)
Dennis L. Siluk
“The Oarsman, at the oars
The Arctic winds: the galley,
Captain at the helm—
… ” (1 April)
Dennis L. Siluk
“If I were Satan
What pleasure it would bring—
[To witness over and over—his revenge
… ” (1 April)
Glorious dreams I've dreamt, dreams of a sky
Phillip A. Ellis
“Glorious dreams I’ve dreamt, dreams of a sky
peopled with gods, spirits, peopled with vast,
mighty monsters soaring high, from a past no mundane eyes with mundane… ” (1 March)
Phillip A. Ellis
“For even Zothique will die
when under stars we lie,
and we say we cannot fly
… ” (1 March)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Rising,
powerful dreams
pour through my eyes and mind,
… ” (1 March)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Red grevilleas
blossom quietly beneath
Antares and Mars.… ” (1 March)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Forever flung as snow
upon the peaks of the night,
silently they go,
… ” (1 February)
Phillip A. Ellis
“My heart is drunk on wine,
because she loves me so,
my heart
… ” (1 February)
Phillip A. Ellis
“No wizard cantrips move my heart
the way my witch kisses bestows;
no painter's skill or poet's art,
… ” (1 February)
Phillip A. Ellis
“Fair maiden of mine heart,
your beauty shames the stars,
your charms have puissant art,
… ” (1 February)