Poetry Tributes to Clark Ashton Smith

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2006

Phillip A. Ellis

“Come live with me and be my love,
and under skies of stars be one;
to witness moons upon their way,… ” (30 March)

Frederick Mayer

“Carnal knowledge of spirituality
paroxysm succour
Holy flower snake crawls… ” (27 February)

Frederick J. Mayer

“Dark night skyless in ravel of decay
delectable chimera of erotic delight
fungil secrets among perfumed trees… ” (27 February)

Frederick J. Mayer

“"When the Night of Love draws to its close, the Red Mist rises to greet the
dawn... Through relics of a former Age, the Lotus of Life continues to
bloom. Like a mirage, this second twilight reveals a Dragon's dream...." -… ” (27 February)

Frederick J. Mayer

“Cat house, House of Feline,
Mistress of this mansion, Hathor;
lenocinant Sekhmet-Min… ” (27 February)

Frederick J. Mayer

“Sun once
held sinuous strings
upon helpless of cross stars… ” (30 January)

Dennis L. Siluk

“Thou knowith evil clings
To tender peace—;
Nor does it heed one’s drowsy… ” (30 January)

Dennis L. Siluk

“Walk slowly, he is near
Above the clouds;
Talk softly, he can hear… ” (30 January)

Dennis L. Siluk

““You cannot escape, debased death
(Says the axiomatic, Iron Raven,
Who delivers the dead)—… ” (30 January)

Dennis L. Siluk

“‘Twill be the same, the same
(I told him, when he was living),
A wood or marble tomb—… ” (30 January)

Dennis L. Siluk



I shall tell you a legend of long ago… ” (30 January)

Leigh Blackmore

“In steaming fens and mires of primal Earth,
The efts of terrene life are spawned and spread;
A formless mass bulks large on the swamp-bed,… ” (30 January)

2005

Phillip A. Ellis

“Come, O light before the dawn, and be bright
fierily and fair; come, be beauty's maid,
signal the very end of ebon night… ” (8 December)

Phillip A. Ellis

“Your form, your being, song, your heart entrance
this little being, this little man.
I would have loved you, had I the chance… ” (8 December)

Phillip A. Ellis

“Fallen is pure snow
over lands below
tonight… ” (8 December)

Dennis L. Siluk

“He:
Surpassing all Archangels
Powerful and tall:… ” (8 December)

Dennis L. Siluk

“Slumbering, muscling, gasping
Upon innumerable broken wings,
As if they were no longer angels,… ” (8 December)

Dennis L. Siluk

“The moon glows down at the ships at sea,
It glows on you and it glows on me
For whatever we'll become, or want to be.… ” (8 December)

Dennis L. Siluk

“Beneath the equatorial stars
Where once, warriors
Turned their eyes, to the deep, deep… ” (8 December)

Dennis L. Siluk

“[A Sonnet for George Sterling]

Jealousy, filled his heart with tears, that beguiles… ” (8 December)

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