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Inspired from: “The Man on the Dump” & “The Snow Man” By Wallace Stevens  Hey Wallace I see them beating on the lard pails. Everywhere. Below that toothed moon. Gazing amidst the mist of carbon’s haze. Their pockets empty, sleeves pressed to precision, chopped pants low, each with a vision on their own pushed up […]

All that is Yours has been denied – Denied once, denied forever – I have dispatched profits – Sacrificed My Spirit – I pray for naught – Honour those who beget them – Take not what I have given – and which belongs only to Me – Revere the treasure of your neighbour – Respect […]

A treacherous course the cerebral craze Which offers clear praise For a pure ventured gaze My boat was adrift Fast was too slow Slow was to fast It takes a sailor To reach The ball of the mast Such delicate delight her dutiful ways From lips thru the maze For a pure ventured gaze My […]

The terrestrial rush Of a quaint lunar blush No matter reposed Smooth fracture disclosed Feint glimmer of truth Reality exposed To compose such upon The terrestrial rush Of a faint lunar blush Saturn retreats Mariner expires Venus repeats Jupiter retires Uranus does least Neptune conspires To compose such upon The terrestrial rush Of a faint […]

Inspired from: “Mock Orange” by Louise Glück The silken radiance of your toothed moon Reaches gently through the leafy loins Of my floral flank to linger amidst The orange mist of a bloom gone too soon. I feed lightly upon the seasons But reach deep for safe sleep – That I may forge with comfort, […]

For Billy Collins & Carolyn Forché  His thumbs and fingers ripple across the keyboard of the smartphone with incredible ease. If only I could pick my nose with that kind of efficiency. It just takes practice I guess. Every so often he stops and stares at the screen. Is he composing the next great American […]

. . . . . the end of the world, an anchorage, a quiet haven, the navel of the earth, the three fishes that are the foundation of the world, the essence of pancakes, of savoury fish pies, of the evening samovar, of soft sighs and warm shals and hot stoves to sleep on as […]

You are a stroller, walker, wanderer, idle and dispassionate observer of the  vulgar and sullen sceptre of human repair. You will back-up, swerve, curve, climb or descend to near or far, but never to go straight and rarely slow, to step outside the alien apathy of the freshly colonized collective hubris of modernity. You have […]

Born of the release from ancient moorings So sweet the taste of an incorporate tether But for the mother’s abundant breast Came forth to renew a maternal test Soft was the joyous wake A rapture where only some would go The blood of marrow lined a fettered drape Cast beside a celestial glow A distant […]

From: Une Sparo Let not be the confusion of subtle minds Tis distaste for mine, not but for love May thee alter when such alliteration finds Or, risk sway the order of Zeus above? Venus gives rise a course of impertinent cheeks Bearing or bending the needle hath come Fate suffers not as it cravenly […]

From “Aubade” By Philip Larkin The cru that brings the flickering light towards the soundless dark, a bitter stare Another night of your palsied fright – Another aube closer – to being There. Fear not friend a sudden wake Or the rapture where fools seek to go Neither song, nor flight will angels take – […]

Above – This is the third most densely populated city in Europe. The Haussmann buildings stand close. Miles – miles – miles and miles. The high ceiling ground floor “mezzanine” for shops. “Noble” second floor with balconies and rich window frames. Third and fourth floors with poor window frames. No balconies. The Fifth floor is […]