Long Splendid isolation Poems

This is the Story of Poetess Jan Allison--

This is a dedicated verse,
About a woman whose a poetess;
She said her name is Jan; 
And…
Jan is gracious, gracious and kind;
(Her name is…) A variant of John;
In various...

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The gavel slammed its judgement down
On my impassioned plea,
Doomed to run-on sentences
Served concurrently.
My term began an infinite jest,
Time after time, time without rest.
On and on, again and again,
Ad infinitum, days without end.
Illicit contraband stashed in...

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A few quiet hours of solitude, detached from life by choice,
      Apart and withdrawn from humanity - the world;
Solitude, tranquility - O, sweet the peace and quiet,
   ...

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What matters most – advice for the bride and groom:
Indulging in sweet wine; a picnic for two;
a plethora of stars; myriads of blooms!
Listen; believe; do something new.

Alone – entwined – evening delight!
Words so meaningful ....

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Here I sit alone in my ‘prison cell’
Cut off from the ones I love – it is a living hell
I feel so alone, I crave human contact, anyone would be great
Just someone to talk to...

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Narcissus


Once upon a timelessness 
after a re-occurring dream 
awoke wired and restless 
with a relentless curiosity. 

An unlikely poster child 
creature of terrible beauty 
freed from its muted haze 
fiery in spirit 
its kaleidoscopic variations...

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Monday 25th November 2013  - a date ingrained in my brain forever
This was the start of a trip of a lifetime for me, a voyage of discovery
For it was on this day I wrote...

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It rained And we were half drenched . 

 My wet RED SARI Invited your eyes

Your unbuttoned shirts Were forced by heavy winds

 

A sudden desire for love and passion BEGAN TO GROW in our...

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Keith was a conjurer of great skill and could do almost anything, 
And so he did what he was told and gave great power to the King. 

The King it seems had always felt that...

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"In the vastness of nothing, in the world
within my world, even the stars are lonely."
	
                    ...

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The vale of the rich

A strange place houses as big as castles tall forbidding walls
 on top of broken glass in cement: gates that can withstand
armoured tanks.
Lush dale but no humming bees or bird song...

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Vale Do Rico Homem 

A strange place, houses are as big as castles
tall forbidding wall on top, broken glass set 
in cement; gates that can withstand a tank.
A lush valley, but no bird songs, presumable...

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His cancer has returned ...
writing is my therapy

If you don't like it
then it's tough-
cos I'm back!

Posted from the very same accommodation where I wrote my first poem 'Splendid Isolation' its over 5 years since his...

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When I was merely coal beneath the crust of evening, 
Reflecting only twilight and bruising cerebration, 
I mused a lonely paradigm, a dream of warm persuasion 
For something to envelop in my lonely contemplation. 
And...

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Water shortage

In the deepest valley where the winter is short
summers long, sheep come home for safety 
of bears and wolves, he bought an old house.
From a two hundred years house, a cane roof sprung
splendid isolation...

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Highborn, regal Skiddaw
Such grace in one so high,
A countenance of majesty,
A fortress to my eye.

Looking down on all around you
Immense in all your might,
From your foot, we lift our eyes
To wonder at the sight.

Rising like...

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