Mitre Poems

Crwth

...With arched and columned mitre, it’s ample.
Some people love patter:
finger plucking, then stutter—
harmony to the letter.
...

A Crown's Desire

...In power's shadowed halls, where destinies lie, 
Two titans faced off, ambition held high. 
Henry, the monarch, resolute and strong, 
Clement, the Pontiff, with justice lifelong. 
 
Henry, a Tud...

An Atheist Shakes the Bishop's Hand

...The ring depicts a promise of fidelity.
I smile as you stand in your cloak.
That headgear is the symbol of the tongues of fire.
I smile as you receive that formal mitre,
while that pastoral staff...

The Pompous Ceremony

...The lightly fizzing mood
I've felt all day
and fenced within a grin
is at odds 
with the stoppered
solemnity of this pompous 
ceremony I've had to attend
and is becoming harder 
to hold, slow...

Oh Death

...Oh Death, grant me organic mirth
Return to earth ‘neath lifeless moon
Undo the tendrils that hold sway
Allow embrace of Mother’s womb

For I am now but skin and bone
Freed from the angst of mem...

God Meant Need His Consent

...what God may have meant
will always need my consent
give up things for Lent 
 (Mitre Box)

we would search and search
for place where new priest can perch
God gave us a church

when born mus...

Old Soul

...In that we are all a vassal to age
  no sceptre or mitre can set us free,
and no fealty can old time assuage
  or rail against its synchronicity.
For ever decreasing circles besot 
  the cog...

Murphy's Law of Government

...soundbyte politics
mitre box propaganda
angles distorted
Peter Principal vitae
all cutters from rotten cloth...

Somewhere

...The mitre of us
We live, due by our own rules
Skeptical beliefs
Tender tawdry tantrums
Misty colored trifles...

The Snake Charmer

...

He dresses in robes, carefully coiffed 
He enters the nave, mitre is doffed
He preaches a tale, to eager sheep
He fleeces their wool, his tithe to keep
He blesses the flock, they’...

Life Is Like a Chess Match

..."Life is like a chess match 
To win you must be swift and able to maneuver 
Yes, life and the chess match are very much the same 
Once the king dies, no others continue the game" ...

I Know You Wont Believe Me, But

...Good morning my dear, are you still awake? 
Yes, I know it's quite late but let me make 
it quite clear its not entirely my fault,
I was caught in the rain by the Old Town Vault 
and the windscre...

Spring In the Air

...Spring Is In The Air

Seasons changed as revolutions circled in the wider scheme
of matter with great things to come and wonders gone past

Summer in unforgettable rays of foam covered ocean spe...

The Physician

...At the end of a dry, harsh August, as
Autumn slowly descends upon Whitechapel, 
I begin my vicious practice.
From Buck’s Row to Hanbury Street,
I make each house call brief.
My methods most prec...

Earth-Woman

...I am woman and I have borne the Torah on a gold cloth 
over my shoulder.
I have consecrated its dust-leadened parchment, 
cradling the scrolls into temple darkness...
clicked-shut the doors, saddened...

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