Photograph by Matthew Kirson‘Unexpiring’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream The Society September 15, 2016 Art, Beauty, Ekphrastic, Poetry . Unexpiring Ekphrastic on the above photo Unexpiring constant Sun, Earth untired responding spun, Surging fire, maternal birth, Urgent sire of vernal mirth. Père Sol, of ruth and blaze, Mère Earth of falling gaze. Ruth: Hebrew for mercy Père: French for father Mère: French for mother . . Longhorn Swath Photo by Preston Lewis, Ft Griffin Fandangle, Albany, Texas . The Handsome Angus, Hereford Gent, And deftly crafted breeds were meant For gentle dell and verdant land, Where thick’s the grass and poised the stand. Posing stately, ‘side a stream, Brown and Black with comely gleam, Removed from wolf or coyote band, For horn be short and won’t expand. Less than long, amid the toss, Twitching neck but brooking loss, Upon the plain and looking grand? On open range, or prairie span. Not so, their lanky cousin, cuss, Wide of swath, without a fuss, Gliding slow and lithe to man, And hold the frontier being hand- y with this hardy 5 foot swath. Clever Coyote: do your math. Hungry Wolf, should you demand A steak tonight? Some other brand Might mark your efforts better spent; Than on the Longhorn, quick as flint, To toss y’ through the air, no dand- y beast is he, no boring, bland, Or fragile sort, who lacked a plan, But horn – ed wide, since time began. . . Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. ***Read Our Comments Policy Here*** Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.