Charles D. Tarlton
Lustrum
So then in lustful, that is, in darkened affections, is the true distance from Thy face.
– St.-Augustine
The "Mole Crab" (Emerita) mates in the sand where the waves run back
to sea.
Males fasten themselves to a moulting female, clinging for days, till the sperm is laid down.
a sea of acts
our calculus of love
molecular
the will itself a fuse
pulsing with the current
more personal
a diary of spiders
trips to the shore
how can we make poetry
that matters, anyhow
Bio
Having taught mainly English and Italian Renaissance political theory at the university level for a long time, Charles D. Tarlton has returned in retirement to a more youthful love-poetry. He has recently published a number of poems in magazines such as Review Americana, Jack Magazine, Houston Literary Review, Tipton, Barnwood, Haibun Today, Simply Haiku, Ink, Sweat, and Tears, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Sketchbook, mango moons, and an e-chapbook in the 2River series, entitled, The Vida de Piedra y de Palabra: Twelve improvisations on Pablo Neruda's Macchu Picchu.