Carl Scharwath, has appeared globally with 175+ journals selecting his writing or art. Carl has published three poetry books and his latest book Playground of Destiny, features poetry, short stories and photography (Impspired Press). Carl has four photography books, two were published by Praxis in Africa, and two by CreatiVingenuitiy. His photography was also exhibited in the Mount Dora and The Leesburg Centers for the Arts. Carl is currently a co-editor with ILA Magazine and was the art editor for Minute Magazine. He was nominated for two The Best of the Net Awards (2021-22.)
YOU
Hysterical naked and dragging
Through heaven’s roof illuminated
Floating across the vertex of cities
Your smile and memory
Fills the nebulae of the mind
We have a song
The loosed string tells our note
Waiting for history to begin
Making my own heaven
To see you again
ATARAXIA
Time to enter the Epicurean Garden
A buffer to the Zephyrs blowing of
Obscurantist voices impregnating
The innocents huddled in ignorance.
Tranquil pleasures-
Procreative purpose-
In an atomic swerve
Filling desolate emptiness
Looking for less what’s there
Then what was truly missing.
