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Nightingale and Roses

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“Nightingale and Roses”

the heart burst open
like a canary cracks open its cage with a song
listening to the nightingale with roses
flying like a throatful soul escapi...

Seal fin de siecle with unheard celebration

...Seal fin de siècle with unheard celebration

though two thousand nine hundred
will be here in seventy five years,
a mere blink of the eye
never to early
to think about fêted occasion
which mar...

The Lingering

...follow the poolside shadows
Venus of Delphi
daughter of bitter waves
peek through the peephole
of my glaucous thorax
open your byzantine eyes and
spurn your locomotor ataxia

one glance at ou...

Star of the Sea

...Star of the Sea, dolorous and Byzantine,
throw your royal blue cloak over me,

She who weeps, La Llorona in Kahlo’s Casa Azul, paint my heart
gold under a prehistoric cobalt blue vault of heaven,...

swizzles

...Three days in - three days of school - and it’s like I never left.

In school, you can get oversaturated with screens. I like books.
They have a sense of permanence, they don’t glare back at you,
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It Belongs to Me and My Boat

...my sea
it belongs to me
and my boat
i float

clarity of sealife
wee bit of strife
this byzantine ocean
crystalline of emotion

sand slips
as hourglass scripts
i love the tug
time’s tende...

The Seven Churches In Revelation In The Bible

...Many years ago, I was reading the Revelation and came
across the seven churches and thought where were they
then and now for civilizations and some countries changed.
I didn’t have a clue and didn...

The Less Scriptural Time of Christ: Part 2

...In future data, accords the claimants henceforward Christians know or, should know--that both Mary & Joseph were Hebrews and devout status to their faith, was seldomly noted scripturally. After all, ...

Azoth

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Written: March 05, 2024 For Edward Ebeh Contest
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Oh, Hermes, during historical eras of reign,
Greek literature thrived—minds free of s...

morning thoughts

...Morning Thoughts

Sunday morning, heavy mist clings to the building
the bay of Cascais is shrouded as a grief-striking widow 
inaudibly her sigh, but her eyes are still sea green 
Ten days ago, ...

The Cloaked Ghost

...Ghost
Gothic
Eidolon,
Sovereign king
Tears begin flowing.
Byzantine abandoned.
The cloaked statue sits and waits. 
The tourist lifts her head and sighs.  
Phantom’s pain she feels his sufferi...

Friday Afternoon

...A busy Friday afternoon 

Exploding plane, but not an exploding cigar, as days of fun have long since gone.
The Byzantine Empire never left Russia, either that or they were incapable of keeping se...

I Can Never Comply With Fastidious Hygiene

...I can never comply with fastidious hygiene

Try as thee most persuasive person might,
he/him, she/her,
they, them... can never wean
yours truly always objected
being told when to bathe/shower
...

Money the Root of All Evil

...Ever wonder why pains progress?
The world's under money a' stress,
Systems of exchange beat's a' brow,
The rich get richer, the poor a' dow.

For years on end the lord's not blessed,
Thanks and...

Weekend Memory

...the light breeze
   cooled the morning sun
daytrip Venice
            had begun
vantage views
       from a vaporetto
inch-by-inch
 the skyline began to  grow

St Marks cameinto view
etched...

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