The
Poetry Of Ernest Williamson III
The
Misfortune of Shallow Sight
she slid through the sackcloth
like a silkworm
gracing the sweet softness
of aching movement
of slender shaved legs
and her hair was blessed
with a kink
golden brown
fresh
clean
like the liking
to a week old kitten
her hands were
sweet perfumes
penetrating the dermis
with intent on making man smile
without reason
but her eyes were darted and gray
uneasy to my own sights
yet her scent
the vitality of her ways
made me a bit greater than a man with common sight
her lack was no metaphor needed
for this iteration
I give you
in fact
my eyes are now driblets for hawks
carrion for foolish men
who seem to eat
with their eyes
I am blind
and so happy to confess
to all of the noisy permutations
of ogling formalities
proud beings
with tearless eyes
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The
Value of Reinventing the Wheel
in the weighted hours
alone
in solemn care
with the vaporous stems of cold gray leaves
dead but vibrant
like a moss breathing
along the musk of aged bark
I've contained a breath
with mallet and symbol
striking away
in the monotone of flaccid existence
though I've travailed in the winter now
my ways have pounced along
the cerebral branches
of more than Grandma's Oaks
I've grown backwards in a fulsome world
staging innocence with greed for position
though position is merely a crystal ball
wading in anger
in unison
with the brunt of nihilistic
possibilities
made real
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Ernest Williamson III is a
31 year old polymath who has published poetry and visual art
in over 115 online and print journals within a time span of 8
years.His poem "The Jazz of Old Wine" has been nominated
for a Best of the Net award by the editors of "Thick with
Conviction". He holds the B.A. and the M.A. in English/Creative
Writing/Literature from the University of Memphis. Ernest is
now listed in the prestigious Directory of American Poets and
Fiction Writers. Ernest is an adjunct English Professor at Essex
County College. Professor Williamson is also a private tutor,
a Ph.D. Candidate at Seton Hall University in the field of Higher
Education, and a member of The International High IQ Society
based in New York City.
Visit his website at ErnestWilliamsonIII
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