Poems by Scott Thomas Outlar
Scrambled Equation
Maybe she
was just better
at advanced forms
of mathematics
and quantum mechanics
than I was,
but I could have sworn
with all my heart
that forever
meant something else
entirely.
Transcendent Language
Love between poets
is a power that pours
from beating hearts
to create rhythms
of divine happiness
that border near the edge of madness
because of the force
by which the intensity
constantly increases
Love between poets
manifests miracles
through lines of letters
and melodies of verses
that shape the construction
of paradise on earth
Love between poets
is born
in the lungs of birds
that sing every morning
to wake the world
from a sleeping spell
with the good news
about amore’s evolution
Love between poets
defies definitions
found in dictionaries
because the language
of emotions
can never be fully captured
on the page
Love between poets
creates waves in the ocean
that carry lost ships
safely to shore
so that the message
of God’s grace
can be spread
across all lands
Love between poets
burns with the heat
of volcanic passion
and shines
with the light
of ten thousand suns
rupturing in tandem
Love between poets
offers a blueprint
to end all war
and harmonize humanity
with perfect peace
everlasting
Love between poets
is the source of salvation
that heals
the hearts and minds
of a species
ready to return
to the primordial garden
of Genesis
Morning Anthem
Your love is like the sweet glaze
of golden honey
fresh out of the hive,
dripping from comb to tongue
in waves of electric sugar
that shock my soul
into a fit of fiery passion,
pulsing through the blood in my veins
with the intensity of a hurricane
that sends each cell of the system
scurrying towards the ecstasy of a natural high,
buzzing in the front of my mind
with a thousand eruptions
of bursting bombs
that fill the neurons with an anthem of joy.
Your love is like the morning song
of a happy swallow
seeking its mate in the spring season,
chirping out a symphony
of harmonious notes
that synchronize together
to form a natural melody of amore;
a palpable vibration
of magnetic inclinations
floods the atmosphere
with the urge to fill
a nest full of eggs.
Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, live events, and books can be found. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Outlar was a recipient of the 2017 Setu Magazine Award for Excellence in the field of literature. His words have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Dutch, Italian, French, Persian, and Serbian. He has been a weekly contributor for the cultural newsletter Dissident Voice since 2014. His most recent book, Abstract Visions of Light, was released in 2018 through Alien Buddha Press.
