Category: Poetry
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10 January: dVerse Quadrille
Skeletal Tonight’s sunset is tinged scarlet,bleeding into the lagoon, outbeyond, into the lake, falling throughsummer-thick shrubs beyond twilighted memories where something of the past joinsskeletons of rowboatsin soured brackish water, rottinglike a black heart. And the setting sun shivers. Written for dVerse Quadrille “Lagoon”. A Quadrille poem is 44-words (san title) Some artwork is created using…
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9 January: Found Poetry
Afterlife I am in no dangerto be laid down, and then saiddead. And so I engaged conversationwith my old self, fallinginto a mystery thatno longer concerned me. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom…
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8 January: Found Poetry
Without bloodshed.Without pressure.Without strain. How many miles in a manBefore his enemy Becomes battle. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A concise explanation…
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7 January: Found Poetry
Lead to despair byworld’s sorrow. No one enteredwith patience or virtue. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A concise explanation of Found Poetry…
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6 January: Found Poetry
To Break Still broken.Still tormented.Still we long and we faint. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A concise explanation of Found Poetry and…
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5 January: Found Poetry
Signals We are captives of two worlds.Like radio waves. We are wings and flightto these signals. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A…
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5 January: Home Again
Home Again I am home.Morning air is sharp and cold.The grass is hard with frost,and roofs shine white. The trees are bare and starkand standing noble and alone.Nature’s human reflection. I will take us to the forest today.A walk with imagery and symbolsand allusions to mythology. A walk, where she’ll run tensionfrom her muscles, and…
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4 January: Found Poetry
Dirty Windows Like dirty windows, Light never penetratedFar into the blackness. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9. A concise explanation of Found Poetry…
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3 January: Found Poetry
Floating This light, a lanternthat carves away darkness.It’s a floodmeant for floating.It’s a light bringing cloudy clarity. Images are copyright and not to used without permission, which I willingly give when asked, and when not for commercial use. Wounded by Love, The Life and Wisdom of St Porphyrious, First published in English 2005. ISBN 978-960-7120-19-9.…
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3 January: A Few Thoughts
A Few Thoughts That Aren’t About Gators We’re on the Challenger Memorial Highway.I saw the Challenger explode mid-air. On telly. Somethings just stick to you. I’ve a lifetimeof things stuck to me like yellow Post-Its. Cold War. Kennedy. King. Moon landing. 911. COVID. And we drive north toward Daytona Beach.The road sign reads Welcome to…
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