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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
Planet Boris
Planet Boris Deep in outer space
There’s a very strange place
They call Planet Boris
Its ruler,…
Ain’t Frit
Ain’t Frit And now
the voices start
those grody sounds
that stop your heart. Beneath the…
Laughter and Tears
Laughter and Tears Circle of life
Dancing in wildflowers
Stabbed with a knife
Freeride on a carousel…
My Whirring Brain
My Whirring Brain Wouldn’t it be disconcerting
If we could hear the brain whirring
Under the strain of its…
Shorty is Boss
Shorty is boss
He pushes around
They move out of the way
Not by choice. Shorty is the shortest but the…
A Budding Rose
A Budding Rose If only I could back time,
When I was young, sexy and selfish,
Living like Spring, rising…
A Bird’s Eye View
A Bird's Eye View The birds have got it wrong
Marking the start of spring
In the middle of winter
With…
Ode to The Bed
Ode to The Bed In bed is a great place to be
listening to the sound of rain
on the windowpane or the…
Squandered
Squandered He pushes a button, she cries.
She pushes back; he walks away.
Sunrise to sunset, dark clouds…
Sparktacular Essence
Sparktacular essence,
Trapped in the rain,
Filled with light,
Yet filled with disdain. Sparktacular…
Remembering a Rock & Roll Suicide
Rock & Roll Suicide At last, he took flight
In the summer sunlight
From the roof of the Hilton Hotel.…
Mountain Snapshot
Snapshot On the top edge of my iPad
a mountain sits in monumental stillness,
as if motion was frozen at…
How to Cope in the Coronavirus Era?
How to Cope in the Coronavirus Era? If we’re all on house arrest,
It puts our assets to the test.
Mope and…
Should Not the Actuaries Say…
What If...
What if actuaries would say:
There’s no time to delay
Doing what you should do
In the time…
Angel Passing
ANGEL PASSING Before the bible
When man was at birth
The angels walked the earth. They took Enoch and…