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”
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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”
An Odd Dream – Part One
‘The soul of art is inspiration’ ~ Ginia A. Davis Let’s take a line from Edgar Allan Poe’s, ‘The Raven‘ ‘Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary’ An Odd Dream ~ Part One When one night the sky grew dark, I was sat in the local park, brushing up on newsContinue reading “An Odd Dream – Part One”
I Saw Flashes
An echo at pace irradiates diamonds across your face Cutting into leather on the warmest day in Iberian summer All the spices of Arabia greet you as if they are the one and you the other The things you have seen, the faces you display, walking as you have done since the moment you could,Continue reading “I Saw Flashes”
Returning Home
Left to right the wind of the West guided me home, through fire and bone So happy I have been and am to fancy myself melancholy returning home A miscast day of weather with a speckle of fortunate sun erupted from the clouds above The dusty prints of a loved one, once so close; nowContinue reading “Returning Home”
An Introduction to Parisian Poetry
O’er here be poetry Over there be perfection