Tag: poem
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Ancient Eastern War
Missileridden banners looking mothbitten, fluttering wind influenced In like rhythm pilgrim army carves a line Lion pelts clasped at breast by gold-threaded brooches Veterans with hangedman wisdom hang on the rhythm of a lissome Emperor’s words His pearl-footed sandals move aside sand into piles of gold as vault his banks He offers no thanks for…
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Narnia on the Therapist’s Couch
Freud’s last days looming Meets an unnamed Oxford Don We posit that it was CS Lewis Imagine what went on Interpreting Narnian dreams Turkish Delight’s hidden meaning PsychoAslanyzing.
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Gelding
Behind bars in straw littered byres Death-marked calves fart nervously Head of herd marked as farmer’s Smell of nitrogen Gentling vice make bulls androgyne Grandson in handsome wrangler jeans Couldn’t wrangle a cup of tea Sent out to have a man made of him.
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Relaxation of Oaths
Polluted mind once pristine prints indexed miseries to fill days In misericord order rules relax, habit sinching chords slacken Robes slash open, regal sashes slung chairback over roaring fires Pewter mugs with flickback lid tops Hop scent, chestnut coloured Apples orpiment, alluring as snakerolleds old Hob sent.
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The Death Spice
What happens when the divine device fit to confine to safety the mice of this unmeek world breaks down When life jackets cause drowning Some bear spines, poison-slick spikes Spicy food made so to spite predators Protective shields in lieu of venom Humans develop a taste for spice, what then? Their gift comes a curse…
Alchemisland 