Michael Kevin Spencer : Writing

Timeless Matter

Timeless Matter

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Speak listen answer me For the duration of our love-affair No matter how long, or short My hands need to Open the curtains of your bei..
Metaphor for the Lustre & the Quill

Metaphor for the Lustre & the Quill

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I draw these letters like some Language of birth Some neuroplasticity to write Until the afternoons become invisible And evening..
Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Turning round a dead point My heart Escapes the moment . . Turns off breath Stops arteries Divides love Into rivers of pain ..
Night

Night

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Thanks, night: You reset my hope Because the moon returns Because the stars live And I am small in dew-humility Thanks, night: ..
Where God lies buried in a man

Where God lies buried in a man

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I take a voluptuous satisfaction In our epoch's transformation To shudder the absurdity of finished acts These world ending debaucheri..
I Have Grieved so I am Hard to Love

I Have Grieved so I am Hard to Love

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I think of thee! In letters and song And verse that I have spent, like afternoon gardening Yet I wept for the distance in us The deep j..
California is an Island

California is an Island

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Arriving quickly - you blessed one! Shook me with tenderness Invited me to white beaches With a dimpled smile On your unaging face ..
Safety Never Existed

Safety Never Existed

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Only the unknown liberates The syrup of spontaneity Novelty, the teacher of experience Come now, let us dance With prefabricated str..
The Spiritual Journey

The Spiritual Journey

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Pompous and delightful, like odes to my youth
Gnostic Possession

Gnostic Possession

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I have rare engraving left by time The dwindled books of precious ideas Interlaces of secret ideals Theology of the abundance of dreams A..