Detached Logic

My Poetry and Prose Blogology

Doug W. Evans 4/3/25 Doug W. Evans 4/3/25

Detached Logic

“don’t let a fool’s paradise
cheat you of true paradise”

Photo courtesy of my friend Jessica Crystal

Doug W. Evans 3/27/25 Doug W. Evans 3/27/25

Unchained

“each path led to hope
when we were God’s Promised Land…”

Doug W. Evans 3/5/25 Doug W. Evans 3/5/25

Infinite Peace

“I’m dreaming of spring
when we arise together…”

Doug W. Evans 2/27/25 Doug W. Evans 2/27/25

Forgotten Frosts

“frosted tinder sleeps
beneath winter’s crystal fangs…”

Doug W. Evans 2/14/25 Doug W. Evans 2/14/25

Mamma

“I loved her calm warmth
cancer flung her beyond night…”

Doug W. Evans 2/12/25 Doug W. Evans 2/12/25

Metamorphosis

“with celestial force
she forged my heart of stone…”

Doug W. Evans 1/10/25 Doug W. Evans 1/10/25

Trapped

“wake me from this hell
guarding my dark—lucid dream…”

Doug W. Evans 1/2/25 Doug W. Evans 1/2/25

Mountain Whisper

“future haunts my mind
old squawks in rusting machines…”

Doug W. Evans 12/19/24 Doug W. Evans 12/19/24

I May Be Old, But We’re Still Young

“stars fall from heaven
before our love melts in time…”

Doug W. Evans 12/17/24 Doug W. Evans 12/17/24

Cold Moon

“betwixt me and thee
lies dark’s coldest—bleak abyss…”

Doug W. Evans 12/12/24 Doug W. Evans 12/12/24

My Redo

“white gossamer wings
flowing on silken spirits
grace my stride with lights…”

Doug W. Evans 11/27/24 Doug W. Evans 11/27/24

I Woke Up

“our greatest blessing—
surpassing unbounded stars…”

Doug W. Evans 11/16/24 Doug W. Evans 11/16/24

My Reclusive Moon

“one last supermoon
paints cold naked shafts of fall…”

Doug W. Evans 11/14/24 Doug W. Evans 11/14/24

Her Heart

“her spirit whispers
to my lonely—fractured heart…”

Doug W. Evans 9/26/24 Doug W. Evans 9/26/24

What’s in a Name?

"dark waters haunt me—
with my Scottish name—Douglas
meaning dark river..."

Doug W. Evans 8/29/24 Doug W. Evans 8/29/24

Our Mountains

"above spilled bones of dead trees
she still—takes my breath away..."

Doug W. Evans 8/2/24 Doug W. Evans 8/2/24

Listen Up

"sunk in cold despair
deep in my eternal night
I hear saving light..."

Doug W. Evans 7/26/24 Doug W. Evans 7/26/24

Angels in Her Garden

“beneath leaves of shade
countless ancestors water
a blooming garden…”

Doug W. Evans 7/23/24 Doug W. Evans 7/23/24

Wildfire

“flames burn my safe air
and blanket my moon in blood…”

Doug W. Evans 7/11/24 Doug W. Evans 7/11/24

False Witness

“my heart bleeds blue tears
when politicos transform
Jesus Christ’s image…”