Tag: writing
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Brothers
How dare he who notes your tardiness, generally truancy, aloofness, pig-headedness, strong To a fault; digression – traits mine alone to expound upon That no other man might tarnish careful-wrought reputation, writ by mine tongue and your own, From without, passing judgement on what is mine alone To judge.. Writ cross the convex mount of…
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The Gilded Horde
Little I have known of love And less of mirth besides But on the windswept plain where the gilt horde rove On sands unkissed by tides. Little I have known of idling And more of the driven cob Left beside the temple writhing The spoils split to the mob. Little I have known of culture…
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SummerMummers
No man can tell with dial-shadow, nor with firmament-leant neck When languid humidity will end, or by whose decree boiling blessings are sent Question not blessings, wallow in glow, Handsome, hazy season before returning snow.
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Put upon
It’s not fair, she declares, that I am so put upon Long hard stare she waited there to see what I’d summon Not much; tis true, I’m shy as if born new Tosses purse toward my shoe, spins, spits ‘I’m done with you.’
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Ode to Gorse Cursed Hill
Returning home I find no peace, haunted in that place Where mirthful joy from boyhood once brought smiles to my face, Now ghosts walk idle through the halls, ere arcane lore is held And by night I toss and find no peace, further into sorrow delve Fitful there I cannot rest for fidgeting upon my…
Alchemisland 