Dionysus (by Ryan Sagert)

Dionysus

She said that she wanted to make love to Dionysus
And so she stroked her luminous hair and danced
Under the pale moonlight until the music
Matched the moment and Dionysus arrived
Drunk and bare chested, caressing her slender hips
Then she gave into his brutish desire
And for a moment her entire universe was perfect

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Ryan Sagert is a poet from Lorain, Ohio. He has been published in the North Coast Review and Word Salad. He studied poetry under Bruce Weigl at LCCC, worked as an extra in The Avengers, and had a small part in Freedom’s Light: A Stop Along the Underground Railroad.

Bouquet (by Ryan Sagert)

Bouquet

The bouquet of roses on the table
Carry with them the sweet smell
Of our past lives, mistakes together

They were cut with utmost precision
Bound together with string
And placed in a glass vase

To live out their natural life
And when they said
“Till death do us part”

Little did I know that death
Would come in April
When our love was still blossoming

I waited for you at the hotel
With a fresh bouquet of flowers
I purchased from a street vendor

But you never came
So I poured a shot of whiskey
And stared out the window
Into the rain wondering what god
Did to my yellow haired angel

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Ryan Sagert is a poet from Lorain, Ohio. He has been published in the North Coast Review and Word Salad. He studied poetry under Bruce Weigl at LCCC, worked as an extra in The Avengers, and had a small part in Freedom’s Light: A Stop Along the Underground Railroad.

On Beatniks (by Ryan Sagert)

On Beatniks

Beatniks in black berets
Snapping fingers to poetry
In red light cafes

Congregating over
Steaming hot coffee
Reciting Ginsberg with glee
While meditating
On Buddhist Sutras

Soaked in cigarette ashes
Quoting On the Road
Matter of factly while appraising
An authentic Warhol

As they itch
Their striped turtleneck sweaters
They wonder why the cafe
Makes so much money
Off those who reject materialism
And “The Man!”

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Ryan Sagert is a poet from Lorain, Ohio. He has been published in the North Coast Review and Word Salad. He studied poetry under Bruce Weigl at LCCC, worked as an extra in The Avengers, and had a small part in Freedom’s Light: A Stop Along the Underground Railroad.