Poems Niederngasse

K. R. Copeland
Reading Allowed

Laser beams through screams of love-joy, boy
I'd like to poetize your native language.

Lilting licks of trick linguistics
tie my tongue to yours, our knot; articulation.

This sensation, slick and sought for, offers
little more than spit upon the palate.

So they say, or so say they
who haven't had it.


A Plot of Soil Unspoiled
by Your Remains


A mock-mausoleum erected for the undead
serves as bed and breakfast in my mind.

A place for you, a respite, a retreat,
no place for you in life, your type is weak.

The meek are meant to perish not to please.
So please depart, here start with one of these:

a gun, a length of rope, a knife; unless,
you would prefer to suffer my caress.



What I Know of Gold

I know that gold is a valuable item,
I doubt I'll ever own much gold -
I dream of golden souls asunder
I live, I loathe, I wonder.
I hope for golden years of grandeur,
Loving, laughing, only alone
I die, alive, in gold-dusts glimmer
Parlor room is dim, don't phone.
 

I'd Leave

I'd leave you like the midnight train
Expressly, one way bound
Or like the dew that dissipates
Late morning sans a sound,
I'd leave you in small increments
A little everyday, or in a haste of swishes
If I didn't wish to stay.

K.R. Copeland is a prolific poet residing in Chicago, Illinois. Her work, which ranges from formal to experimental, heady to absurd, has been featured in such publications as, Artvilla, Atomicpetals, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, Comfusion, Glass Tesseract, Locust, Miller's Pond, Mipo, Niederngasse, Pig Iron Malt, Snakeskin, Snow Monkey, The Absinthe Review, The American Muse, and, Unlikely Stories. K.R. is also a judge for the Beginnings Magazine poetry competitions 2003.  email:  K.R.Copeland
08-02/07-03