Long Sinewed Poems

He just appeared to me, like wispily curling 
Chimney smoke, 
One grim and early morning in the very midst of 
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly 
Driving up...

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1	A plume of dirt and grime envelops sky;
		The hellish slug of gas does creep along.
		It casts an orb three hundred stories high
		Over the Sun and ends his morning song.
		The birds and trees now stand a...

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Chapter..........1..........Part..........2..........1b.

To the right,
where God's light had shone bright,
Warrior Queen,
know your beast is come, 
all may not be lost,
he comes from his land of endless night,
indeed, he has heard your plea.
The thunder and lightning,
they now play...

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A priest once told me that the lump
on my hand was a ganglion,
a fortress of fat besieged by health.
At last it burst and the hand swelled
like an old man's,
shovel shaped and splayed.

It was her black...

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For more than forty years he mustered horses to the yard,
Reminding all the younger blokes “You’ve ‘gotta’ stay on guard,
For even decent broken horses have a spirit that is high,
And the months of lengthy grazing,...

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Xmas tide, 
a time for familial gatherings,
The golden chain of friendship 
…and companions
Sweet on each other,
parading arm in arm
Together to share a feast and gift giving

...Nativity scenes, red, gold, green
bells ringing
Garlands, wreaths, and holly
Holiday romance...

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Olga Scheps embodies Chopin's Piano Concerto n° 1

           For a pianist who ponders her prey

The taming arms-length erect posture
The torso and pulsating violin back encased...

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Kaleidoscopic optic, nervous eyes;
Blinking disbelief while dropping 
Moisture-laden kisses.

Each one misses.

Sorrow such an individual thing.
Truth be said, 
There are places that it cannot go.
We cannot go.

No one can go.

Until they go.

That is when all barriers...

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Time will catch us by surprise; 
Reach out with greedy talons, 
Scratching moments from our eyes.
Bucolic broccoli lives.
Born again Christians, 
Prophets all. 
Born again and again and again.
Each measured moment choose 
Which crier’s call.
Moments laid...

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Oh come with me ye boys and girls;
And what stops, I ask, the youth and the old?
Come ye of all  age and gender,
I'll lead you to magic, wonders untold.

I lead you deep into woods,...

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Time will catch us by surprise, reach out with greedy talons 
scratching moments from our eyes. Bucolic broccoli lives. 
Born again Christians, prophets all.  Born again 
And again and again. Each measured moment chosen...

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Blizzard, Blizzard Everywhere

Frozen branches scratch against the window. 
Snow flakes flash like daggers through outside lights. 
Frigid wind comes howling down the chimney. 
Pine trees take on a wonderland delight. 

Bare branch trees rocked down...

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My veins now spill forth scarlet waters,
Rent by serrated silver teeth.
Like Her breast sinewed all life,
Fervoured my wrist, when She jilted me...
Repleted by once Her love;
Now became Death, a nocturnal drapery...
"My Goddess What didst Thou...

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SPRING - LOVE    TRANSFORMATION



His river-bed flows in love-warmed lands
But when it’s shelled with loneliness frigid,  
(That isolation brings in empty  hands ), 
Then he feels  the pain of coldness...

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Creeks in your heart flower the moss that stagnates
blood is red rubied and frozen dead
it is protoplasmic is my guess
rooted deep check with floss
slights and rejects have numbed you sad
emotional rocks and hearty shocks
have slithered...

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The tanned brown leather is stretched impossibly taut atop the battle drums.
A thousand sinewed warriors beat their war cries as one.
The thunderous pounding echoes across the African plain
That’s my heart when I hear your name....

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