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Pregnant Blue
,Blue, the dispirited lifeless one..
Blue, the dejected throbbing of the heart..
Blue, the downcast sky of the obscure sun.
Blue, the blasphemous ideas to depart..
Blue, the aristocratic blue blooded haughty men..
Blue, racy and robust quenching drink..
Blue, the puritanical tight laced to be dismissed again..
Blue, the dreary tears drown with every blink..
Friday 5th April 2019 7:01 pm
A dream itself is but a shadow
In the grey cloudlight of a pre-dawn moon
something stayed my dream
a stray insistent noise heard through sleep
the uncertain call of the hunting owl:
I am knelt naked at the window -
beneath, the frosted grass glimmers in the pale creamglow
hazy through the early swirls of mist
but not a shade or waft disturbs the spectral scene
although my flesh seems chilled by some slig...
Sunday 11th February 2018 11:23 am
Stockport WoL Collage Poem: Shades
Shades of wooden nowheres lead to light
Have you got a light
I need light
Instead of six lagers for breakfast
I had a piece of toast
Blood, hope, words can bring peace
In transition a panting breath
birth, life, death - always struggle, always joy
and always always words
Overrated Morrissey sprawls
on sun-splashed lawns
weaving goodbye lac...
Monday 12th October 2015 10:50 pm
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