Long Before the Peaceful Song: Poems

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LONG BEFORE THE PEACEFUL SONG

Sick in the dark
before dawn irrupts
shedding light on the need to sleep

the dead like me
pondering their being
against that sole thing unforgiven.

There is nothing to hold onto here
..a cigarette!, an empty tear!
Those petals of an ugly night
which bears no witness
to the light.

HELL AS AN INSTITUTION

Bad faith!
The dark tongues wag all day
…even fools
have little much to say.
The human form is just a wraith!

And all the while
the nights get cold
telling us
that we are old.

About Sam Silva

Sam Silva has published over 150 poems in print magazines, including Sow's Ear, The ECU Rebel, Pembroke Magazine, Samisdat, St. Andrew's Review, Charlotte Poetry Review, Main Street Rag and others. Has published at least 300 poems in online journals including Jack Magazine, Comrades, Megaera, Poetry Super Highway, physik garden, Ken again, -30-, Fairfield Review, Foliate Oak, and dozens of others. He is a frequent contributor to Empty Mirror.

His chapbooks have been published by three small presses, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize seven times. Bright Spark Creative of Wilimington published his first full-length book, EATING AND DRINKING.

He now has many books and chapbooks available at lulu.comsamsilva54 and as books available at Amazon. His spoken word poetry is available at the major digital markets such as Apple iTunes. Follow him on Twitter @samsilva1954.