Part one
I see them in the skies
I hear them in their hells
They whisper and they moan
And never are alone- The Spirits and the Ghouls?
The Spirits de Copan!
They are shadows in my world
Echoes in my dreams
A mystery and a force
To a cosmic happening!
The Spirits and the Ghouls?
The Spirits de Copan!...
Part Two
(Hiding Spirits)
These spirits hide in ancient stones
With glaring eyes:
Of humans and animals;
In ebbing shadows
Passing the moon;
By trees-and passing clouds
Of macabre gloom-
In the winds
Outside windows?!
They are no man's friend
The spirits and the Ghouls
The Spirits de Copan!...
Part Three
The spirits de Copan (have)-:
Long ears, with rabbit feet
Jaguar arms-? secrets.
These were the kings
The Maya kings, - (now)
The Spirits of Copan!...
Part Four
(Maya Kings)
Smoke Rabbit
18-Rabbit
Smoke Shell
Dawn
?Mo!
All carved on Stelaes
Hieroglyphic stones
For legends now told
Of Maya kings who ruled.
Part Five
(My Moment)
In the Great Plaza
By the Acropolis of Copan,
A spirit, let known (In its trembling vacuum):
"Leave us in peace!
Leave us along!
We've been here
For two-thousand years
In the Valley of Copan!"
As I looked towards
The imposing palaces
I replied
(Listening to the nearby
Birds chipper-knowing
All that was left is peace
And a hopeful redemption)
"Let there be no more-
Resistance?let peace be
As you please!..."
And I walked away
Out of the Copan Valley!....
Note: written while visiting the Copan Valley, and site, in Honduras, Written between 4-24/25-2005, #630.
Author Dennis Siluk, is traveling presently in Honduras, and just left the Copan Valley, and is in San Pedro de Sula, on his way back to Lima, Peru. He was much inspired by the Copan area. Rosa Pe?aloza
tidy up service Glenview ..JOINEDHeart beat of man pounding - yet unheard joined... Read More
Grandpa's House [The ole Real House]The house needed painting Sun-blistered... Read More
Part oneI see them in the skies I hear them... Read More
Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered, Through eighty per... Read More
Out of the eight poems provided here [all previously unpublished],... Read More
Ole Bulky JeepsThrough late summer's heat These bulky shaped jeeps... Read More
What's a prisoner to do when justice fails and... Read More
Kamalakanta was born in Burdwan India in the late 18th... Read More
The Incubus' Flash-lightHe looked inside my head And found a... Read More
I wish we had met 20 years ago... A different... Read More
Little girl from HuancayoDo you really, really know? Just how... Read More
One of the most important poets of the post-war period,... Read More
Cesar Vallejo: Black RosesBow down your head ol' poet- To... Read More
She raised me like I was her own daughter from... Read More
My life has changedin so so many waysIt seems to... Read More
Growing hurts sometimes; saying goodbye to friends, ... Read More
The Monster Mash The Graveyard SmashHave you heard of the... Read More
When your life becomes unbearable And the light of... Read More
#25The King and Delka [Split Mawkishness-on Moiromma /Part V]Sickly SentimentalityI... Read More
To many non-specialists of literature, poetry is deeply unsatisfying. There... Read More
Kafka lands resurrected in Crewe deposited by a silvery alien... Read More
As I picked up some of the polished gemstones in... Read More
All Hail.Is your hospital full of aliens, despite new cleaning... Read More
In the Mountains of Haiti(In the City)-July is a hot... Read More
Ded?cate to Antonio Castillo. L. Of. Los Andes UniversitarioOde to:The... Read More
maid service near Winnetka ..The Exit Poems [And Socrates]Iron and FireIron can be... Read More
In the midst of darkness, there is light. In... Read More
Daybreak at Pikes Creek [Summer of 2005]Daybreak by Lake Superior... Read More
Contract of DeathI heard today, the preacher say: "Daniel has... Read More
Cesar Vallejo: Black RosesBow down your head ol' poet- To... Read More
Poems have different cores, or so I believe, and can... Read More
Take some time to stop and look at nature. Pick... Read More
Most of my poems are written late at night, often,... Read More
"I heard what you said, Red. Yet, I have to... Read More
You've been writing poetry since that first assignment in your... Read More
If you are serious about seeing your work published by... Read More
In the quiet of the arctic night- In its deep... Read More
When I am climbing up, you are stepping down. When... Read More
You cannot make someone love you. All you can do... Read More
Writing Poetry for TomorrowWhat does a man need to be... Read More
Let's follow the poet to his Hell and heaven! Count... Read More
Lima, City with the Stretched out WingsIt's an ink-black... Read More
As I picked up some of the polished gemstones in... Read More
It was not me as I am now. It was... Read More
I am not the one I was before yesterday.I cannot... Read More
I never met a man, who could shake my hand,... Read More
"How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was... Read More
The Monster Mash The Graveyard SmashHave you heard of the... Read More
There I sat, ninety-five degree weatherOutside; the bookstore caf?, was... Read More
What Hides behind the Minute?What hides behind the minute? It... Read More
Poetry |