Category Archives: Poems

The Watchmaker

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Eric Marcarelli

A little interlude between project posts… I’ve uncovered a lost character from the Canterbury Tales: A watchmaker was anachronistically there, His bent back and crooked hands his sins to bear. He carried the tools of his wicked trade, The masters … Continue reading →

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The Stone Wall at Tagamore Swamp

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eric Marcarelli

No tame trail leads one there Through wild rye and tangled brier, Over paths unworn, To the old stone wall That weathers all. A remnant of lost triumph; The artifact of forgotten struggle. When leaves ate wood And thatch wore … Continue reading →

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The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eric Marcarelli

Out where the rolling red meadows meet wood Roamed a starving wolf who’d hunt if he could, But weak as he was, with hunger so deep, He couldn’t outrun the pasturing sheep. The wolf knew in the pen he’d have … Continue reading →

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Searching for a Lost Time that Never Was

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eric Marcarelli

There was a great age, so we are told. Have you forgotten now that you’re old? Or has its memory grown sublime, Through the endless shifting of treacherous time? Were the sun’s beams more clear, Did the moon evoke more … Continue reading →

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The Fort

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Eric Marcarelli

Deep in the dense army of green, Beyond the swift and twisting stream, Well hidden this place too few have seen: Composed of twisted branches, bushes, and beam. Through long summer days well spent, Through heat and rain it never … Continue reading →

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