Ernest Williamson III


The Folly of Amber & Jasper

amber is the gelatin in my own sleep
and jasper coaxes my slums
to birth
future pains which kill
the mendacity of life daily
so as the moon
the gibbous
wanes
little as if I were
a mantle larger than its light
I find amber and jasper to be
all that is remiss in art
the seen but uncomprehended.

Ernest Williamson III has a B.A. in Creative Writing and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis. His publication credits include: Electric Acorn, The Canopic Jar, Entropic Desires, The Makakta, Scribble, Ariga Magazine, Subjective Substance, Adagio Verse Quarterly, The Oracular Tree, Poetry Webring Review, Moonwort Review (July-August), The Muse Apprentice Guild (July), among others. He is also a self-taught painter and composer.