In Solidarity with Palestine
Acta Victoriana stands in solidarity with Palestine.
Campfire Pop
The hot medium of flames smacks
upward, whacks sheer eyes
with a stencil of blue and green.
Foreigner
There is a foreigner
on this shore.
From foreign lands, with
Foreign hands,
Knocking at my door.
a study in beauty and happiness, or maybe they are the same thing
4 pm sunlight carves golden frames on cream walls
a city, blue glass and white birds,
dances beyond
The Lions on the Library Ceiling
Have you seen the lions on the library ceiling? They’re pawing at the edges of ontology, where flowers bow like gentlemen with Sinatra-style fedora hats. Everyone is lithe, lither than pigeons bopping on the curb and squirrels scrambling at a crumb of bread, and yet the lions lie in stubborn stone. Nothing to do but dance.
