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I am empty of empathy
come sympathise with me
Cue the violins,
or just fiddle
like a bad-tempered Roman

Offer me hope:
bring flamboyant symbols,
cheap gold pendants with wings
Maybe a b...

Ripple Blaze

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Written: February 26, 2024
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Whilst an ivory sky, my mast ignite.
As tidal waves flicker in sparks that gleam.
Igneous scarlet pyres sti...

Please Don't Look Away

...Your smile was one of innocence before you looked away.
Was that a bit of fear in your eyes as you looked away?

For a month you served me breakfast every morning,
but tawny eyes never meet mine ...

Song of The Red-Tailed Hawk No 10: AABB

...Less than eighty, now ... they're, unaccounted.
'Tis sad ... NEXT: the hawk hovered that founded
fresh sedges, grasslands, and deserts idyll,
God in the detail, Red-Tailed Hawk sidle,
Blitzkrieg ...

Not Long Enough Be Death

...under the lych-gate shall I pass
before the wait in holding hands
for the robed man of God to steer
me to my resting days

and shall I then be added to
the sanded brick of grotesque face
that ...

Angry Fist

...When you try to solve your problems
with the swing of an angry fist 
that cannot be unswung
nor the damage caused undone
regret will sidle up
hollow out your belly
and set your mind awhirl
con...

My Town

...The town I was born into was a grit incubating slum.

It was the worst of places yet had some gruff-faced
high-headed days.

On those few times
(days that did not seek to hammer me down
into t...

The Idol For the Idle

...When one is mostly idle;
Laziness is one's idol:
Things are stopped in the middle;
To use your time you fiddle...

The idle hears out riddle
But feels not its sharp needle
It's a voice that ca...

The Messenger

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"The Messenger"

Love is rich with 
venom and honey. 

there was a female ...

snake, 
it watched 
with green-eyed 
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest

the dove, 
wa...

Prophecy of the Gnarled Root Tree

...Ancient oak mythology predicted rainforest would have a large gnarled root.
She'll show up on a Sunday and have a loopy-loop fit for a bandicoot.
Bandicoot will curl up in the root and show the wor...

Never Needing More

...I can hear your demons screaming
And I know you're hearing mine
Times changed you just a little
Now your beauty's more sublime
Sat here waiting for a reason
To be sitting here at all
Just about...

Silent Street

...My father passed a few years back, and he keeps appearing in my dreams, always on the same street and roughly the same dialogue. The poem/story has no real format. Just my feelings on it. Thanks! 

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Working a Wing

...There were three wings at the veterans home.C wing was for the seriously ill .B wing was for those
Who were relatively without relatives.Not really unwell just unwanted.Finally the wing I worked on
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He Is More Than Idle

...He is more than idle,
Idleness his Idol;
A sloth without bridle,
Along sidewalks sidle …

Now begun to languish
And had been in Anguish; 
You can guess: Empty Tank!
His heart this morning san...

Its the Best

...he was pouring at the happening and usually there is a fair amount of disdain for the enthusiasts 
who like to sidle up to sample the snacks, libations and what have you goodies.

he was a wisp of...

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