Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Mel Waldman- A Poem


AN AUTHOR

ENTERS

HIS MANUSCRIPT


On the night
of
the jabberwocky universe,
beneath
a
full moon,
an author
enters
his unfinished manuscript,
a mansion
of
infinite rooms

 where
he meets his mad characters
that
 speak to him,
reveal
flaming secrets,
&
advise
the psycho creator;

&
now,
he scurries
through
burning labyrinths,
in search
of
vanishing truths
&
an obscure identity
buried
before
his birth,

before
he became a rabid character
in
his unfinished manuscript
&
disappeared
on
the night of the full moon,

when
the universe
swirled unfathomably
into
the flames
of
Hell



Dr. Mel Waldman is a psychologist, poet, and writer whose stories have appeared in numerous magazines including HARDBOILED DETECTIVE, ESPIONAGE, THE SAINT, PULP METAL MAGAZINE, YELLOW MAMA, and AUDIENCE. His poems have been widely published in magazines and books including LIQUID IMAGINATION, A NEW ULSTER, THE BROOKLYN LITERARY REVIEW, THE BROOKLYN VOICE, BRICKPLIGHT, THE BITCHIN’ KITSCH, CRAB FAT MAGAZINE, DEAD SNAKES, SKIVE MAGAZINE, ODDBALL MAGAZINE, ON THE RUSK, POETRY PACIFIC, POETICA, RED FEZ, SOUL-LIT, SQUAWK BACK, SWEET ANNIE & SWEET PEA REVIEW, THE JEWISH LITERARY JOURNAL, THE JEWISH PRESS, THE JERUSALEM POST, HOTMETAL PRESS, MAD SWIRL, HAGGARD & HALLOO, ASCENT ASPIRATIONS, and NAMASTE FIJI: THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY. A past winner of the literary GRADIVA AWARD in Psychoanalysis, he was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE in literature and is the author of 11 books.

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