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NUREMBURG 5

Nuremberg 5 .. Unashamed tears, a tributary     rivers run grey without a sun     banners unfurled in cardamom     reflect an orphaned moon Nuremberg, your clenched smile     your rendered face stained     till … Continue reading

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OPTIMIST at the OPTOMETRIST

optimist at the optometrist .. . optimist at the optometrist 1, 000 illuminated eyes waiting to decide Buddy Holly brides endless eyebrows rising space-pod aliens disguise urban cowboys overheard in private conversations about their ears and eyes Marianna’s blackened eaux … Continue reading

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HANDWRITTEN ODE TO PASSING STRANGER .. . .. .

HANDWRITTEN ODE TO PASSING STRANGER .. . .. . . .. shutdown the world as if it is winter oil your knives and store your tools for i have seen the winter’s edge and i have stood on land’s ledge … Continue reading

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WAKE UP SUSIE .. .

wake up Susie .. . The world was simpler thenwhen Phil and Don strummed guitarsand Mahalia Jackson sang of love and mercywe thought we saw Gagarin’s shadow on the moonbut it was really blue cheese spread on pizza breadwith anchovies, … Continue reading

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CHRONICLES of a SEASIDE VISIT : i – iv

chronicles  of a seaside visit : i – iv                         i if I were asked to define what is ugliest or ugliness struggling for identity a birthing whale fish … Continue reading

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mishmash exceptions

mishmash exceptions : .. I tumbled out of the controversy    and out of sleep where I had raised a perspiration   not brought about by heat but nagging concerns   I wrestle with each day McManus and Jackie Pallo … Continue reading

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LETRASET LANE .. .

letraset lane .. . .. Back streets cobbled    hidden off-street parking   green door shabby   betide brushed-tin sign placard to an advertising   business, screwed flush    against the wall, engraved   in times new roman desk-top publishing’s arrival    puts the … Continue reading

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TESCO OFFERS .. .

tesco offers .. .. i Step down walkways   imaginations memoirs   clinging; still hung over   in your full bloodied mind   concerning latest cortex             of worries   dreams ill-defined I join this … Continue reading

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TURNER PRIZE .. .

Turner Prize .. . by your leave I am not sullied by semantics my projects laid out like morning clothes Charles Wesley spoke with the chamber maid lay down your guns in charcoal the chamber maid spoke with the cook … Continue reading

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THE WHITE FUR & THE SABLE .. .

    THE WHITE FUR and THE SABLE . the white fur – the sable black fur darkall souls capable they return horned andhomeward through sand-scarred missalfeet forged at earth’s core harpooned tusks, volcanoscorched, scored agatethe languid oryx stands benign … Continue reading

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