Build Forth!

whip and lash and sweat
horse, man and master
meshing cogs in action
building, fashioning, shaping
stone, timber, rope
bone, flesh and brawn

Photo and poem (c) by DC Lessoway

Winter’s Imperium

benumbed, betrothed, gracious desiring
vigor in mastery over sentimentality, while
exemplifying the play of dominion
above our heads, yet human be
none the less

photo and poem (c) by DC Lessoway

Heaven’s Empyrean

of straining one’s neck to view
of gilt and persistence
of detail and industry
of commitment upon high
of seeing heavenly reward
of religiosity
of failing to influence
of superficial construct

Photo and poem (c) by DC Lessoway

Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon

encapsulated rotund construction
built upon pagan consecrated rock
swapped to the cross millennia ago
artisans crafting stone, edifice, thought
they anointed, appointed dal papa

Photo and poem (c) DC Lessoway

Waken to History

first light
bird-song quiet, on
stony boulevards
Roma

first full day
9,000 kilometers from
mundane, work-a-day
safety’s precinct

here, chock-a-block
chronicle upon saga
via emperor or tyrant
aside the holy see

silent, stony narrative
speaks beneath foot
behind glass, illuminating
brutality of faith

photo and poem (c) by DC Lessoway