‘Humble Shant’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream

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Humble Shant

My humble shant be free of strife
Untroubled see my simple life
Skiff and paddle, hat and brim
Gift unaddled bright, not dim

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Photo by Tunde Hegedus at Inle Lake, Myanmar

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Amid the Stream

I walked amid the stream and trout
Below the gleaming sun, and doubt
Was rinsed away within the glow
Convinced I stay, for thence I know.

Photo from Margaret O’Driscoll

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Boast of the Crown

Perimetric copper glow
Platinum core of Aurum flow
Gilded bronze of bended fire
Molten Sun, unending pyre

Circle crowning circle bold
Ancientry; symmetric gold
Burn desire, to churn my fame
Yearning higher; learn my name

Photo by Ansel Siegenthaler

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Arc of Fire

arc of fire and vault of dark
mark, inspire, exalted, stark
burning pyre, ignited spark
yearning higher, night embark

Photo by Adam Scharich

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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.