JACOB MOSES
Author Feature - November 2020
Jacob Moses (AKA Jack M. Freedman) is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. Publications featuring his work span the globe. Countries include USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Singapore, and Thailand. He penned the books: ...and the willow smiled (Cyberwit, 2019), Art Therapy 101 (Cyberwit, 2019), and Seance (Cyberwit, 2020). Each of these books are available on Amazon.
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Autumn Leaves
Would you care to jump
in a pile of autumn leaves
under this white birch?
Come snap a photo
of your exploits as you dive
into this foliage.
In sweater weather,
you can feel the crunchiness
in your wind-chapped palms.
Stripping this bark bare,
you can feel the heat as you
find a branch to climb.
You need only one
source of vegetation where
these twigs emanate.
Now you may join me
as the brisk wind embraces
and the sap pours out.
Through The Branches
Celestial and surreal
Leaves loosely
Blanket the sunset
Where the horizon meets
Crickets sing the coming
Of crimson descent
Reminiscent of the sea
Forming a gradient meld
With Bermudian sand
Branches mimic the curtains
Yet still reveal the essence
Of a heaven embodying stillness
But a colder equinox makes way
As air accelerates
Breezing between bark
Never forget the roots
These images remind us of
Ancestry neglected
Loosening of dogma
Abandonment of shame
Serenity within illumination
Spike
Bleakness of desert.
Cacti I have befriended.
I saw her come by
in her big red pickup truck.
Nice of her to stop and wave.
And so I wave back,
smiling as I see her pass
My eyes are wistful
filling with a deep ennui
as my whiskers hang below.
Maybe one day I
will find this companionship
and I’ll be rescued
Not left in the tumbleweeds
rolling like the passing years.
Alas, I’m alone
reclining upon this rock,
hoping that Snoopy
has some leads on loving homes.
Flying Ace - take me away.