I could not abandon
the snail on the glass
or its image
I answered their demands
but now I seek a reprieve
because
their one soul
deepens widens
and reddens
like a peach
the subject
informs the object
and the object
nourishes the soul
weight mass
roundness
ripeness
swell within
the reflection
it is an event
within the finite
a moment of the infinite
they have become real
and material
they exist as an entity
within time
for our observation
they exist independent
of me
About Me
- kwh
- is the author of four novels, "Vogel Flies South," "Vogel and the White Bull," "Cave Gossip, and "Grimoire of Stone: A Romance of Water;" and two books of poetry, "Petroglyphs," and "Sea-Snails on a Black Chow’s Tongue or, a Castaway’s Poems in a Bottle." He divides his time between Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Dallas, Texas. In 2009, his portal fantasy novel, "Okeanus," was a semi-finalist in the Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough novel contest. He is currently writing short stories set in an alternate history, code-named: La Ciudad, and working on a new series. The first novel, "The Grimoire of Stone," is finished and available from Amazon.com. His next novel "Attis Chapel" is a Heinleinian space opera with Lovecraftian motifs. Set in his La Ciudad series, it further develops the background begun in "Grimoire of Stone."