by Chad Parenteau
Tomb as
self made
as the men
gone deep
in depths
to witness
largest
mass of
Ozymandias.
So close
can graze
imagined ear
where new
titans whisper
never again
and survey
land ripe
for conquer,
tell child
bereft of
all irony
someday
this will
self made
as the men
gone deep
in depths
to witness
largest
mass of
Ozymandias.
So close
can graze
imagined ear
where new
titans whisper
never again
and survey
land ripe
for conquer,
tell child
bereft of
all irony
someday
this will
be yours.
Chad Parenteau hosts Boston's long-running Stone Soup Poetry series. His latest collection is The Collapsed Bookshelf. His poetry has appeared in journals such as Résonancee, Molecule, Ibbetson Street, Cape Cod Poetry Review, Tell-Tale Inklings, Off The Coast, The Skinny Poetry Journal, Nixes Mate Review, and the anthology Reimagine America from Vagabond Books. He serves as Associate Editor of the online journal Oddball Magazine.