Category Archives: PROG-PROSE

THE TRAINS GO THUNDERING BY .. . .. .

Posted on December 24, 2022 by edenbray

The Trains Go Thundering By .. . The trains go thundering by   it is a figure of speech   I sit at the corner of a dusty road   forlorn of much hope The tanks came after   then … Continue reading →

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featuring NICO .. .

Posted on December 3, 2022 by edenbray

featuring Nico .. . Around this woollen ball, this puff of life jangled strings zip, zang across the bridge echoed voices caught tap tapping on the backboard white noise an alternating love song Did you get inside Picasso’s head or … Continue reading →

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KEALING .. .

Posted on November 4, 2022 by edenbray

kealing .. . I was John Betjeman I was Mata Hari executed at dawn thieves to the left of me saints in red robes to the right absorbed into the darkness today you will be with me you will kiss … Continue reading →

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HONESTLY .. .

Posted on October 28, 2022 by edenbray

honestly .. . .. I wandered by my hometown station no trains run anymore they dug up the track there is an antique dealer there he opens up on three days a week to sell old things not chicken wings … Continue reading →

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THE BICKER WOMEN .. .

Posted on October 8, 2022 by edenbray

THE BICKER WOMEN .. . Who wears best this shawl of uncertainty  whose mind is trained of fears furrowto bow at noon – the bells of the Angelus  when blackened clouds of hell descendaround the fair shoulders of the puissant  … Continue reading →

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PERIWINKLE MEETS INDIGO and THEY HAVE CHILDREN .. .

Posted on July 29, 2022 by edenbray

Periwinkle meets Indigo and they have children .. . . . There is a gap in the cloud today     where the ink has run and stained the sky the most perfect blue where rain falls through     … Continue reading →

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TAKING BACK HARLEM .. .

Posted on July 19, 2022 by edenbray

. .. taking back Harlem .. . . I stood on the girder-bridge where cold grey water passes wiped my tear-stained face tried to clear the mote stuck ote’ my eye I have never been to Harlem The Clyde she … Continue reading →

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MOLUSCS and SHELLS

Posted on July 8, 2022 by edenbray

MOLUSCS  and  SHELLS .. . . We address the condition of a nation by its social order the position of its women in spite of any lenience a Mother Mary in plaster a Sinatra’s daughter Is she dead,, or is … Continue reading →

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AS LONG AS YOU SLEEP .. .

Posted on June 27, 2022 by edenbray

As long as you sleep .. . As long as you sleep   I will watch over you   to warn you of the crashing waves   the march of time   relentless in its disdain of life Your caustic … Continue reading →

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IGUANA TERRITORY .. .

Posted on June 23, 2022 by edenbray

iguana territory .. . it is latewind-chill factor colder than Septemberin the late, dark night the iguana ever bolderdoes not venture out the iguanais a solitary beastas spies pass messages to one another before the dawn risethey keep each other … Continue reading →

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