A poem I was talked into submitting to Poetry.com's ongoing contest was selected as a semi-finalist and, more important, will be included in their spring 2004 publication, bringing to 7 the total number of bylines I've managed to eke out in 20+ years of scratching words on paper. The poem is entitled Night's Lament, and is a short ditty that came to mind when thinking about Syyd Raven working on a texture. (some of ya may know my usual haunt is RDNA, where I'm an infection that has spread throughout their forums with odd ditties...) I came to post and share with ya'll.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)