Short Subjection Poems

The
eyes show
subjection,
melancholy
and 
a
resigned
acceptance-
yet beauty shines
through.


Ekphrasis lanterne after
Head of a Negro by Watteau...

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MELANCHOLIA PICTURED
Deep
waters
whirl in a
melancholy
pool

the
eyes show
subjection,
&
a
resigned
acceptance-
yet beauty shines
through.


Duel Ekphrasis -inspired by both
 the Whirlpool by Isaac Lentan
&Head (portrait) by Watteau...

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Christophe
Determined,Sympathetic,Enduring,Reliable
Brother of Angelique
Lover of Art,Music,Science
Who Feels Misunderstood,Trapped,Frustration
Who Fears Mass Conformity, Normalcy,Subjection
Who would like to see Uncharted earth,Undiscovered universe,non-public places
Resident of secret place ,Iowa
Damstrom...

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Listen to poem:

Osmosis 
David J Walker

		the explanation 
drinking from 
a warm and loving
labyrinth of redemption

perception
		reflection
refraction 
		thought 
in action
		perfection
the cost
		lost to
inflection
		misdirection
rejection
		disaffection
contemplation 

		of subjection 
retroflection

for the only one
		worth losing

 to the notion
of falling to

the osmosis
of love...

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fear fell away from discussion
the inferior postulate
that anothers poetry
hath not free speech
beneath the scope
of obligation
of love
of love the mind
is left, desolate sound
and smut ridden apocalypse
is your pretense to burn
burning earth in chase of heroic confine
subjection, and of war crimes study
you have been charted
from paranormal disdain
congradulatory suffering
is you house furnished?
...

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