Tag Archives: HISTORY

SWAN SWAN

swan swan .. . .. I looked out for a white bird           yon side of greenish river           where diverging paths lead on forever I turned left     where one … Continue reading

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THE MANY LIVES OF A TORTOISE .. .

the many lives of a tortoise .. . .. we are made up of the past    with pieces added       joints and fissures cracks             knitsugi craft spurs         … Continue reading

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BEATNIK SALAD DRESSING .. .

beatnik salad dressing .. . .. upon the copulation this vast landscape of one generation with another an age of explosions around the world victims victims cold and fragile a violence bedraggled half-baked extravagance rise of the extremists curtailed death … Continue reading

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IN THE MORNING .. .

IN THE MORNING .. . REVISITING A HUMOUROUS POEM I FOUND ~ THAT I WROTE IN 1986  .. .                               IN THE MORNING .. . . … Continue reading

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GUERNICA .. .

Guernica after Picasso Guernica grey blood shivers runs through my veins where are the brothers of your tortured canvas wiped with a paint-rag to your Spanish bull like an ass wipe of Richthofen’s bombers greeted only by mothers, lovers their … Continue reading

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AURORA-METEOR FLASH LIGHTS UP MY SKY .. .

Aurora Meteor Flash Lights Up My Sky .. . .. . …. when late skies of the aurora part there is no feeling in my hands no senses running through me death is a dim cloud descending like cold water … Continue reading

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SERGEI .. .

SERGEI .. . Remember well full histories   homeland, where we learned   and lived as children born   to cultures sworn both Russian   as the czar, severe the priests   incense-driven, strict religion I learned to play piano … Continue reading

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THE TRAINS GO THUNDERING BY .. . .. .

The Trains Go Thundering By .. . The trains go thundering by more a figure of speech I sit at the corner of a dusty road forlorn much of hope The tanks came after then the larks sprung forth and … Continue reading

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KEALING .. .

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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HOWL TWiCE .. .

Howl Twice .. . We met this side of dawn neat satchels on our backs to search and find Zanadu people knew as East Ewell in what was known then as ‘the stockbroker belt’ of the sprawl that was Lond-on … Continue reading

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