by M. Douglas Hoss
They call it “The Altar”
Because it raises up
For sacrifice
The willing, the wanton
And also the foolish
Who believed every
Little hope and dream
In some obvious lie
Each tells the other.
Maybe,
Just maybe,
They should have christened it
“The Alter” instead.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
M. Douglas Hoss was born in Wichita, Kansas on March 28th, 1957. He has studied English and poetry for over twenty years, and in 2005 had his first book "From Time To Time" published by the Western Virginia Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, which was so successful, that signed copies of a first edition paperback sell for over $80.00 on the internet. Afterwards, he taught English and College level literature overseas and later moved to Seattle, Washington where he now resides, working on his next three books.
Last updated September 16, 2015