Long Shivery Poems

The Deception of Free Verse: Dreams I, Translation of Etiemble’s L’imposture du vers libre by T. Wignesan 

(From René Etiemble’s only poetry collection: le Coeur et la cendre: soixante ans de poésie (the heart and...

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'Twas the night before Christmas and outside was blizzardly
Mrs Claus was busy hanging baubles on the Christmas tree
Santa felt cold and shivery and was succumbing to the flu
And told Mrs Claus "I'm feeling ill, what...

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ELLY MAY


poem by: Maria Williams

T'was the night before her birthday and Elly May
Still in the office putting stuff away
In her horn rimmed glasses and grey flannel suit
She was the epitome of perfection, the essence of...

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She, the queen of glamour, they say,
Loves making things flow her way.
Fortunate she was, having earned 
A prince as he, so delectable,
Amidst the beauty of hills,
He made her, the dream castle.
As lovingly, She delivered to...

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Awaiting the descent of light,
Darkness befalls
Intimate shadows emerge,
Within a silvery...eerie mist.

His dark...predatory presence,
Atop her pallid...shiny skin
Entwined...silhouettes
Unrestrained...immortal love
His muscles burst with definition.
As he positions his masculine intuition,
He sinks his pearl teeth into the bite.

Seduced by his...

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Run freedom child; keep thy body low amongst the shadows,
Nay never look back, lets hastes speed excel your stride,
For the devil’s steeds ride behind thee, and they’ll show thee
No mercy, run freedom child, run, towards...

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the clock has begun ticking and in 14 minutes this 
piece will be over with you and i if we both decide
to accept it have begun on something of a journey 
together one in which...

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"If you're really in love, appearances aren't important. The best house is the one you build in each other's hearts."
Jung Yu jin

Autumn's alliterations amplified an acoustic of death.
Stillness of internal instrumentals silenced my acapella. 
Words like wildflowers...

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i remember all of our first times
all of our poems

i've always been safer in air
yet you kept me afloat in rushing tides
but
without your beautiful silhouette 
eyes see sadness in indigo weeping waves
the whole ocean seems...

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The last I think I saw of the rustic scene
Of the age long lore and antiques
Before the spell was cast
Was a dancing constellation in the sky
To the throbbing of drum and flute.

A full moon in...

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Written: January 28, 2024
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Under a shivery midday embrace
In a shade of algid sun's rays
a hung flamboyant,...

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Her hair, blonde, is twisted in the wind.
The whipping strands are the colors
of the shinning cropland 

by which she is standing. She is alone 
by this golden feed that is bounteous; wholesome as breast milk,...

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Transparency

He told me that looking in the mirror would scare me. 
He was so afraid to show me pieces of himself but when he took of his clothes he realised he was empty. 
So empty...

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The wind blew a chilly breeze across my flesh and a scary being came my way.

I am in an awe with a shivery spine and a puzzled heart trying to put the pieces 
together using...

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The temple, the Mosque, the Church..
All is shouting out as en empty wall..
All ages cry, 
Neither from any culture, nor from any sect..
Neither from any religion, nor from any race..
Some weep, some scared, some sob,...

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Now let me share my shivery story, 
With random revelations shed some light -
Though I’m a dazzling glow but no glory, 
I’m much more than white mesmerising sight. 

I know around the globe I’m frowned...

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Today under a rainy day, needed words of encouragement.
I wanted to feel the cold air against my warm skin.
Nothing about my day seemed to connect.
It's been a while. 

Too many things mean a lot to...

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of an dying autumn day.
The gentle breeze tosses
scarlet leaves before him.
…into the ember fire sky 

His thoughts drift,
a familiar voice is heard talking near.
…speaking of wonder and awe.

A fragment of memory…
of kingdoms  
of empires...

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Dance with me underneath the stars;
 The roar of the fire can be heard and felt. 
The flames cause shadows to cast on the cool Earth. 
The moon's light brings life, The Clouds are hiding.
The...

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Through a shivery night, everything had changed.
Our love – the kind of love everyone wishes for
had been burned – turned to ashes
it shatters me to see you going
it break me to be wandering around without...

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STORM    CLOUDS  
    

Storm clouds gathering again from the Pacific
Over this  graveyard and its winged totems,
Cedar stories rich in legends, these items 
---  Of far-off people,...

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Listen: …
A Lullaby Lilts, Wafts In Wonders
Then Amplified to 10-Thousand-Thunders
Is It Holy Angelic Drummers
Heard in Heaven and Here-Under?...

Listen: …
Silken Stupendous, Shivery Strings
Trembling Bells and Tambourines
Someone Solemn – Surely Sings…
Consonance, In The Key of Kings…

Listen…
Its Note-Worthy,...

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Vibrant vigorous vexing virginal vampire name of Amanda Lou 
Could transmogrify, materialize, reincarnate and shapeshift too.
Other trick-or-treaters would get a shimmery, shivery, shocking shock
When she changed from a vamp to an imp to a fairy...

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Where Peaceful Light Flows

When clouds break away the stream of light comes through 
As you dance upon the earth it continues to bring you to me,
As our place of origin is in Your sands of...

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