Tag: barbara hamby

Thus Spake the Mock­ing­bird –Bar­bara Ham­by From Babel The mock­ing­bird says, Hal­lelu­jah, core­op­sis, I make the day      bright, I wake the night-bloom­ing jas­mine. I am the duodec­i­mo of des­per­ate love, the hocus-pocus pas­sion      flower of deliri­ous ret­ri­bu­tion. You nev­er saw such a bird, such…

Ode to My 1977 Toy­ota –Bar­bara Ham­by From Babel Engine like a Singer sewing machine, where have you      not car­ried me-to dance class, gro­cery shop­ping, into the heart of dark­ness and back again? O the fruit      you’ve tran­s­­port­ed-cher­ries, peach­es, blue­ber­ries, water­mel­ons, thou­sands of…

Vex Me –Bar­bara Ham­by From Babel Vex me, O Night, your stars stut­ter­ing like a stuck juke­box, put a spell on me, my bones atrem­ble at your taber­na­cle of rhythm and blues. Call out your archers, chain me to a wall, let…