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Poetry and Poetic Prose. Creative contributions from our talented guest poets.
The Souls’ Lament
A Senryu ChainThe soul is darkened
By anger and bitterness
Hiding hope and loveSwallowed up by hate…
Soul Walking
Soul Walking
Soul walking, searching
Stranded wandering, alone
Is she seen
Heard, felt, desired
Thought of,…
Ghosts
Now those eidolic dread horses have scarred your slumber and even your furniture has silent, open mouthed…
To the Children of Emma Lazarus
To the Children of Emma Lazarus
8:46 am
I am standing beneath a dusty sky
The world has suddenly taken a…
Our Yellow Garage
Our yellow garage with
a padlock – foggy windows
near yellow tulips growing
in our garden –
Seasonal Haiku
Winter winds go forth As it chases away those Caught up in its'path
Spring flowers appear Filling the air with…
The Wrong Turn…
Having taken the wrong turn
and not known it until a while down the road
one is faced with several choices….
England’s Lost Tradition
England has no traditions at least not any more.
The 'lovies' who run the proms have stolen them that's sure.
We…
Spider
Once I knew a spider wore Doc Martens on his feet, eight hole on eight hairy legs he wasn’t too discrete.He…
I Still See Grandmother Wave
Today, I wish you were still
sitting, facing the window, still
breathing – still telling me to
read “John” from…
Blue Ring of Love
"What really is love between a man and a woman? My heart had been swallowed up by a distant pain, but I decided…
Song of the Windmills
Song of the Windmills
High on a hill stood a lonely windmill
Blow wind blow make my blades go round
All on…
Whitby
I came Demeter like silent amid the mizzle save for the seas salty breath in the dead rigging.An alabastrine…
Graveyard
The land, flat – sides high.
Bats fly from tree to tree -
ghosts surround men
digging a space for another…
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Somewhere over the
Rainbow you are
Found not lost
Overcame the fight
Of…