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Below are the all-time best Erica Lewis poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Hiraeth of a Modern Celt

Upon the green hills of Cymru
I stand arrested by the veiw
of cryptic sea and ancient shore 
that stood ten thousand years before
they met my callow eye
and will remain for many more
long after I die


I'm solemn above the briny stew
with thoughts of kin I never knew
fishing the sea, mining the coal
or mining the depths of a poet's soul
A nation's buried history
revived once more because it knows
the blood that flows through me

Blood that fed this fertile soil
with the Celtic tears and toil
of Warriors dead b'neath the peat
that pads the soles of anglish feet
the true Princes of Wales
rule no more upon this shore
except in children's tales

The epic song of Arthur's quest
or Madoc's journey somewhere west
stories of the Mabinogion 
or family tales of distant kin
who fought so hard, but failed
to keep their ancient birthright
so to distant lands they sailed

Centuries pass, now here I stand
a stranger in this native land
welcomed by the foe of yore
that chased my people from this shore
leaving me a world apart
from the Cymru pulsing through my blood
and beating in my heart

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The Hunt

The moon plays at being the midnight sun
with abandon he struts across the sky
in such majesty it catches my eye
I bow in obeisance, my heart is won

Behind him come plunderous clouds of white
riders on horses with dust in their wake
racing steeds on a quest to overtake
the renegade moon in his selfish plight

Closing in for capture they poise their net
as the stars watch their proud King's demise
the clouds press on eager to seize the prize
and use the moon's light to their own benefit

The final bugle sounds, in hues of gold
The sun peeks up to watch it all unfold

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Lady Diana

She swept away the tired day
with purple broom that stained the sky
and the sun swept under the rug
was the sparkle in her eye

She walked on a bridge of cloud
with such glowing presence and luminescence
that it left crumbs of stars in the sky.

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Vulnerability

Sweet apocalyptic frailty
seeps from weary sighs

Punctuated words we love
or love-words we despise

Body-rocking self-hatred
that drags us from the light

Idealism, perfection
thieves that rape us in the night

Car wrecks and too much sex
things that make us feel

taint of success, abject failure
things that make us real

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Global Warming

Crushed beneath the wheels
of my new hybrid camry
the butterfly dies

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Fly

Reflex arc to soar
the bird climbs higher until
the wind breaks the wing

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Whiskey Stains

Darkness lingers 
on the other side 
of the glass
Sweet disaster
rings in my ears
As I drink myself
to indifference

Tiny buckets 
of amber radium
burn trails 
down my throat
leaving craters 
in my soul

Never reaching 
the thirst or the 
inviting darkness

In one-eyed splendor
I look up from my glass
to rearrange dusty words
and search my desert soul
for a sliver of shade

But the darkness remains
just out of reach
yet never more
than a drink away.

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Coffee Shop Girl

Arctic wind blows through my fibre
pinching me til it stings
I shovel my way through the glass door
as the bell above it tinkles

They all look up
at the centre of my moment
til the wave breaks
and each gaze falls back
to its respective shore

line up at the coffee trough
nose dazzled by the smell of
ancient brew and foreign lands
I await my turn at the altar

Soft eyes
warm embrace of a smile
she dulls the point of her tongue
on my frost-numbed senses

Knee jerk response
the tickle of small talk
at the base of my throat

Cold soul sinking
like a winter sunset
I sell my soul for a
no foam, low fat, decaf vanilla latte'

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Duplicity

He swallowed my heart with a greedy smile
and the world began to bend
Although I sensed an emptiness
He swore he was my friend

So I parted with a sigh
and He smiled to himself
while picturing my timid heart
upon his trophy shelf

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Fortress

From merciful dreams I rise
to the sound of a man's curious calls
to take brief respite in conversation
held from fortress walls

The sanctum of my heart
steadfast and closed in fear

A cold calm rears its ugly head
to froth at the mouth like a mad dog
to protect its turf from 
the threat of some man's lust