Eric Svenson

Eric Svenson, the Southern Cross Constellation Poet

Take flight into visionary anthologies where myth, memory, and music converge. Eric Svenson’s anthologies are a soaring collection of poems that braid cosmic imagery, ancestral echoes, and lyrical protest into radiant verse. Egyptian geese, Pleiadean stars, Pink Floyd riffs, and Shakespearean soliloquies all find their place in this aviary of spirit and sound.

With language that arcs like wings across the sky, Svenson invites readers to remember ancestry, embrace transcendence, and awaken the divine spark within. This is poetry as protest, poetry as prayer, poetry as flight—an aviary of incantations that resuscitate wonder in a weary world.

Perfect for lovers of Neruda, Rilke, and Mary Oliver, this anthology is a luminous testament to the power of words to heal, ignite, and transform.

“Where myth, memory, and music take flight.”

“Incantations of ancestry and starlight, remembered in radiant verse.”

“A cosmic aviary of poems that resuscitate wonder in a weary world.”

“From Egyptian geese to Pleiadean stars—poetry that soars beyond borders.”

“Words as wings, carrying protest, prayer, and transcendence.”

“A visionary chorus of ancestry, flight, and cosmic remembrance.”

“Poetry as protest, poetry as prayer, poetry as flight.”

"Time is the border of eternity. Time is eternity formed into tassels. The moments of our lives are like luxuriant tassels. They are attached to the garment and are made of the same cloth. It is through spiritual living that we realize that the infinite can be confined in a measured time."

~~~ Abraham Joseph Heschel ~~~

Cold Stone Jug*

Unbarred shooting star

Comet trailing life's scars

Preemptory ebony and ivory piano keys take note

Sound youthful farm boy years of learning by rote

Exploration amongst Truman Capote's savanna Grass Harps

Wide eyed wonderment at such wondrous firefly flint sparks

Hunting guinea fowl with elder brothers toward tall blue gum trees

Silently praying that they elude each Point 22 bullet intended for death's frieze

Sensitive supernova by his bold, boisterous Aurora Borealis brothers drenched

Allegro days intensified into twister torque wrenched questions clenched

Freedom flame thrower years traded the sacred for the profane

Student years after military service ignited fiery butane

Greyhound ears on the ground sound boarding grand piano sheet music

Mighty, yet flighty, metronome love affairs exploring the human rubric

Ever always ebony and ivory piano keys pressed within heart chambers

Sheer assaults on heaven's barricades with willful spurs

Total recall oft pined for Goliath guts and gall

Supernova sure, David's harp sentience softened each fall

From youth's willow tresses to late years redresses

Still entranced, the music of the spheres compresses

Compounds stardust inklings into mercurial ingots

Pockets stashed with dreams, winged Hermes sandals seek forget me nots

O, plectrum pluck we shall each dormant D.N.A. guitar string

'Till heavens barricaded wailing walls tumble down so happy Hallelujahs cling

eric svenson April 2025 Barn Brekers Studios Paternoster, Western Cape, South Africa