Tag: cavera

SHORTBREAD KINGS (By Joseph Cavera)   We are concerned not with the orders of man, as pasta boils, full processes are arranged as dinner plans. This Bread we courier from our grills, needs, MORE spice! and things.. We are the ShortBread Kings. Six kings in the kitchen and a fool garbage boy more, we laugh, jest as he cleans the […]

FALL TONES (By Joseph Cavera)   A young lad awakes to cold on Sunday Stirring slowly, quakes to life his way His covers like lovers unravel above Another of is brothers leaving a shove   He sees the light peak through his door It glistens through the glass o’er The window that sits by Reflecting and resonating with Images of […]

THRESHER INTO GREY (By Joseph Cavera)   I arose just as any man would this day To see the waves of longevic age Dance tirelessly on Earth’s stage Crashing incessantly in a sea of gray   Lieutenant’s cries were enough To wake even those residing in the sick bay To the task of tidying bunks and say Conditions never improve, […]

WINTERS CROSS (By Joseph Cavera)   Clouds up above, letting man know He has no premise, untouched flow And we hope for promising years After shedding a thousand tears Yesterday’s sorrow constantly nears Though the moon shines blue By dawn, will turn indigo hue A Cross of Winter Blessed with heavenly snow   ~Second Place winner in the 2008 Bergen […]

VERDANCE FROM BLACK (By Joseph Cavera)   To you I ride a weathered train Puffing obsidian clouds, crossing this bridge Your presence awaits me beyond this ridge Alas, from lilac loving I must abstain   My presence approaching is raised a smidge And a true train this bridge may lack, But my love you see blooms like fresh lilac Like […]

LAND OF POETRY (By Joseph Cavera)   Today we sit here in this world Of speeches, media, and flags unfurled Some who live see the green and blue While others peer over a grayer hue For those who are felicitous- want a spin? And you who are not, follow me in…   We’re traveling to a familiar place, Which can […]

A RED RANT (By Joseph Cavera)   To all,   I wonder everyday…why all of my friends, enemies, and acquaintances alike are crying and slowly edging towards sheer insanity…is there nothing that you can show alacrity over? Do your actions and words have…any… thought behind them? While this generation continues to writhe in its own self-created strife…I laugh, and smile […]

ANGEL (By Joseph Cavera)   Run through the days Like kids on a beach All the ways, In life, is but a small breach Shines the light seeping out through that mask Which conceals a bravado façade Calling me to ask, Just why you smile…and nod At every quip I leave, When the easiest precepts Are impossible to conceive. So […]