Mark A. Fisher
Iron man
ghosts of old stars
waft on magnetic breezes
and spin down
through dead skies
to new worlds
of metal and flame
learning to breathe
the burning poison of life
that wrests from stone
the gods' scythe
to shear through knots
and cut past weakness
of blood and bone
where is found ashes
ashes of stars
transfigured.
Mark A. Fisher is a writer, poet, and playwright living in Tehachapi, CA. His poetry has appeared in: A Sharp Piece of Awesome, Dragon Poet Review, Altadena Poetry Review, Penumbra, Elegant Rage: A Poetic Tribute to Woody Guthrie, and many other places. His chapbook, drifter, is available from Amazon. His plays have appeared on California stages in Pine Mountain Club, Tehachapi, Bakersfield, and Hayward. His column “Lost in the Stars” (http://mathnerde.blogspot.com/) has appeared in Tehachapi's The Loop newspaper for several years. He has also won cooking ribbons at the Kern County Fair.
Iron man
ghosts of old stars
waft on magnetic breezes
and spin down
through dead skies
to new worlds
of metal and flame
learning to breathe
the burning poison of life
that wrests from stone
the gods' scythe
to shear through knots
and cut past weakness
of blood and bone
where is found ashes
ashes of stars
transfigured.
Mark A. Fisher is a writer, poet, and playwright living in Tehachapi, CA. His poetry has appeared in: A Sharp Piece of Awesome, Dragon Poet Review, Altadena Poetry Review, Penumbra, Elegant Rage: A Poetic Tribute to Woody Guthrie, and many other places. His chapbook, drifter, is available from Amazon. His plays have appeared on California stages in Pine Mountain Club, Tehachapi, Bakersfield, and Hayward. His column “Lost in the Stars” (http://mathnerde.blogspot.com/) has appeared in Tehachapi's The Loop newspaper for several years. He has also won cooking ribbons at the Kern County Fair.