Objects From The Pyramid Collection: A Catalog of Personal Growth And Exploration

 

Mystic body dust

things that come to us

 

Oils of ecstasy

fuel for allergies

 

Karma Sutra candles

life that’s hard to handle

 

Pleasure enhancers

nude dancers

 

The secret garden trilogy

one and one and one make three

 

Love Celtic-style

wet wanton wild

 

Crone stone

the negative endless drone

 

Royal nightwear

dreams that blare

 

The temple horn

purveyors of porn

 

Ruby in the rough

you’re so damn tough

 

Spirit of the faeries

legs that are hairy

 

The mysteries of Isis

another friggen crisis

 

Guardian of Hopes and Dreams

you make me want to scream

 

The Woman Who Wanted It All

had a fall and stalled on crawl

 

Billie Jean Stratton

Billie Jean Stratton is a 74-year-old New York farm girl who never liked the barn and spent much of her youth sidestepping hired hands by playing the flute in an acoustically superior bathroom. She met Joseph Brodsky when he first came to America. Billie’s been published in 2002’s Comstock Review, 2005’s Sulfur River, and 2014’s Lost Orchard – Prose and Poetry from the Kirkland College Community. Billie’s poem “Brodsky” was published by Ibbetson St. Press and was nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize.