Two Pieces by Ron Koppelberger

The Seeds of Eden

Garden rags and arts in shadow, a known wedlock
Assurance in attested cloaks of cherry blossom stain,
A press in pure morning-tide summons,
In dawn’s decision to affirm the sovereignty of fires
In passionate realms of light, a suggestion in genuine,
Untaught bliss, in ministries of reckless
Abandon shed unto the seeds of
Eden.


Starving Darkness

Compelling women in heightened discourse and measures
of soul, an eastern lay defined by the will
Of bleeding spirit and the bruised flesh of saints in
Matchstick houses, a righteous assent in gilded
Dreams of dire contention, driven by the body of
Starving darkness and virgin perfect wake, a touch
Beyond the egress of asylum and passing
Glances in time, in rhythm with the fortune
Of happenstance and fate.

{Poetry by Ron Koppelberger}