by Dee Allen
Saint Louis candy magnate’s heir,
Yale-educated,
Gilbert and Sullivan-trained,
Poe-fascinated.
Mercury Theatre on the radio,
Gateway to the screen actor’s game,
But it was in castles and mansions of Gothic
Horror films where he saw his greatest fame.
Medieval/Victorian gentleman villain,
Mad scientist type — Those were the times.
His gaze and voice together
Have chilled millions of spines.
Manner smoother than satin, eyes colder than ice.
Motion picture master of menace was he — Vincent Price.
African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Active on creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 7 books — Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black [ all from POOR Press ], Elohi Unitsi [ Conviction 2 Change Publishing ], Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate [ Vagabond Books ] and Plans [ Nomadic Press ] — and 67 anthology appearances under his figurative belt so far. Currently seeking a new publisher to transform his finished manuscript into a finished, printed 8th book.
