It gives me great pleasure to introduce this gentleman of the past He is roguishly handsome and doesn’t lack a sense of spine, for he has given life to all that was fine From gilt of gold leaf, to carriages with seats of leather. He rarely thought that time would end his blue sky weatherContinue reading “This Gentleman of the Past”
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the earth and everything within it
There’s no rhyme or reason for the changing of the season as larks loom large in autumn’s garden prowling upon the gnarled branches close to those of which you fell No better time come spring to plunge into the closed thicket and beat the brush for a hunting repast for those rich enough to shootContinue reading “the earth and everything within it”
The Peninsula Retreat
He walked with despair He screamed at the world But no one seemed to care In built in his mind Puffs of smoke like time Billowing through life He sat once or twice Catching his breath on the long march He told himself “As long as you can breathe You’ve got a chance” Godless mountainsContinue reading “The Peninsula Retreat”
Consolers of the Past
In a flicker of moonlight Where the brave fear to tread Upon the west side of the moor Lives a place of powerful intent In mists and blizzards, it stood through them all And even when the metropolis came to call Industry and revolution marked the land around but left the place alone, solid andContinue reading “Consolers of the Past”
Copper in Kind
Soon to be nothing left of me A hopeless wanderer cast out to sea Foaming with pride – held tight to a swathe of wood and copper The rulers of the waves all those years ago Where tyrants turned with nowhere to row In fistfuls of fighting where men became all they had dreamed ofContinue reading “Copper in Kind”
Proud King
A proud king sits upon his throne Cast out to the horizon His closed eyes settle on the foam Thought and belief are out of sight His greatest victory, now his longest dream As he sinks below the surface of the world’s seams His legacy will become whatever the script writers say Sacred, terrible, vicious,Continue reading “Proud King”
Parisian Poetry 