( via / via )

"This is just the tip of this nightmare."

"serial motets"

the sword-whisperer · whacks us with his absence
paints pictures · all titled Hellscape
the swamp swallows up · our swag our markings
only in memory · is the mincemeat iron

"After nearly four decades of scribbling away like this in semi-obscurity, Searcy, 69, has recently stepped out into the literary spotlight with Shame and Wonder, his first volume of essays, published in January by Random House."

"Now even the noblest
need watching. Trust's breeders
embrace arch blasphemers;
even friends' oath turns evil.
Let them fear the slow-faring
fuse of your cautiously
stooped and lightly-stepping
stealth, while your beard's healthy."

—in Crimsoning the Eagle’s Claw: The Viking Poems of Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson, trans. Ian Crockatt. @Arc_Poetry 2014 (via @RNOCOrkney & @scotlit)

Eternal Ride.