"Paris" - More Old Poetry

I wrote a lot of poetry back during my undergrad days, but once I found that I enjoyed doing fiction more, I never picked it back up (despite filling a huge notebook with well-transcribed versions along with accompanying images). Since Steemit seems to have a thriving (and growing) poetry community, I thought I'd add a little fuel to that particular fire. I hope you enjoy :)

Bless me, pages,
for I have not penned
and it has been several months
since my last confession.
I lack the paper
to summarize concisely
as the pen-born word
must be writ precisely.
If this ink runs,
my hand is unsteady.
My apologies,
I have put faith in armadas
to bring Helen home
while prayer-lighting
straw gods up in slow effigies
and my hands have
benedictioned themselves until weary.

Bless me, pages,
for I have now penned
and it had been several months
since my last confession.
I prayed at your altar
and recited your hymns,
crafted cursive letters
birthed by Seraphim.
I spun tales towards the heavens
and made deals with below
while awaiting armadas
with Helen in tow.

"Arizona" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/arizona-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Lasso the Moon, George Bailey" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/lasso-the-moon-george-bailey-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Sphinx Song" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/sphinx-song-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Purgatory's Visiting Hours" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/purgatory-s-visiting-hours-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"When Atlas Shrugged" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/sure-atlas-shrugged-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Christmas in Viet Nam" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/christmas-in-viet-nam-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Apocalypsis" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/apocalypsis-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"New Novel, Issue 2, Vol. I" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/new-novel-issue-2-vol-i-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Star God (My Final Thread)" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/star-god-my-final-thread-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"The Universe is Right on Schedule" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/the-universe-is-right-on-schedule-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Absence of God & Time" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/absence-of-god-and-time-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Hale-Bopp" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/hale-bopp-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"I Want Out" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/i-want-out-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Good Morning, Creation!" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/good-morning-creation-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Reflected through the Looking Glass" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/reflected-through-the-looking-glass-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Symbiosis" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/symbiosis-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Dream of a Dream" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/dream-of-a-dream-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Azure Interlude" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/azure-interlude-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Hubris, My Love" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/hubris-my-love-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Sin" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/sin-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"So Many People, So Little Time" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/so-many-people-so-little-time-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Deafening, Shameless Horror of War" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/deafening-shameless-horror-of-war-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Weary Traveler" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/weary-traveler-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Dead Poet Society" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/dead-poet-society-a-poem-from-nearly-20-years-ago
"Untitled, 12.13.05" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/untitled-12-13-05-more-old-poetry
"Untitled, 01.17.06" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/untitled-01-17-06-more-old-poetry
"Untitled, 01.25.06" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/untitled-01-25-06-more-old-poetry
"Untitled, 04.17.06" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/untitled-04-17-06-more-old-poetry
"Tongue Painting" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/tongue-painting-some-pervy-humpday-poetry
"The Orator of S(kin)" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/the-orator-of-s-k-in-some-pervy-humpday-poetry
"Insert A into B" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/insert-a-into-b-some-pervy-humpday-poetry
"Mornings" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/mornings-more-old-poetry
"Wake-Up Call" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/wake-up-call-more-old-poetry
"As If Hanging in Dreams on the Back of a Tiger" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/as-if-hanging-in-dreams-on-the-back-of-a-tiger-more-old-poetry
"Mano Viejo (An Old Hand)" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/mano-viejo-an-old-hand
"...And on the 8th Day" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/and-on-the-8th-day-more-old-poetry
"Choir of Anvils" - https://steemit.com/poetry/@bucho/choir-of-anvils-more-old-poetry