Best Northward Poems

Death shadows, furious, frenzied, fought
Waiting for this wretched soul to rot
They redeemed me, tortured me, ceasing not 

Crows perch upon my severed breast
Picking at the insipid flesh 
Vultures of glee coo and ratify my rest

Love pierces my heart that is dead
Maddening my severed head
Feeding ones...

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"Northward Equinox"      (couplet)
    
Northward Equinox starts
Equal time of day light and night apart

With North pole’s six months of day light
When the Sun is on same plane as equator, so bright.

Dr Ko Ko Thein
Salt Lake City....

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winter has come early
solitude blankets
the frontier and hinterlands
of my soul
all the birds have flown south
taking warm breezes
with them
not to be outdone
solace of human
companionship has also fled
like long, lanky shadows
leaping across a high mountain
only the dark red eyes
of the cave
lit up by
an innermost
flame
stares
transfixed
motionless
expanding into
the empty night...

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Legs freeze and numb, held still from south to north 
The touch of ants crawling upon my skin 
Should I go back or should I still go forth 
For, faraway's the place where I have been 

Up the wild trail, devious and swirling 
Thrilled soul...

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