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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Exordium & Terminus
Our days fade into the twilight , into the twilight and gone ; gone forever those days , days that faded and are gone into the twilight ; That fading twilight lost somewhere in our empty tomorrows , with all … Continue reading
Posted in Allegory, Contemporary Society, Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Identity, Philosophy
Tagged Dystopia, Ennui, Existential, Philosophy
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Scenes From A Domestic Incident
His arm moves like a windshield wiper in a downpour , cutting and cutting and cutting cutting all across a wooden doll face ; sobbing and crying and crying crying in the corner , two young children cowering from the … Continue reading
Rorke’s Drift ( 1879 )
Slow as acorns time awakens , shadows lengthen ; life and death flit across the moon lit fields , waving flags at the staring moon’s face , lit by death’s silent flit across flags , waved by staring faces flitting … Continue reading
Posted in Allegory, British History, Colonialism, Existential, History Poem, Imperialism, Nostalgia, Politics, South Africa
Tagged British History, Colonialism, Existential, Imperialism, Memory, War
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The Bear and Her Cubs
Winter has returned and with it the migrating Bear and her eager Cubs , their old habitat deserted the Forest and Wild , not so plentiful of natural prey as once was ; They are hungrier this year the Bear … Continue reading
What Does A Poet Do ?
I salvage truth from the wreckage of existence , I repair the broken things tossed aside by those in too much of a hurry , I perform triage on the wounds nothing and no-one else can ever ” heal ” … Continue reading
Posted in Allegory, Culture, Destiny Poets, Ennui, Existential, Expression of Faith, Faith-centred, Identity, Louis Kasatkin, Philosophy, Poetry, Popular Culture, Writing
Tagged Culture, Destiny Poets, Existential, Expression of Faith, Louis Kasatkin, Philosophy, Popular Culture, Social satire, Writing
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In the Silence
A silent apartment , a dark room , something is wrong not the way it ought to be , space is curling up at the corners like torn wallpaper on a damp wall , there’s nothing he can do nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Society, Existential, Homage to Nordic Crime Fiction, Horror, Poetry Noir
Tagged Ennui, Existential, Horror, Poetry Noir
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Writer’s Block
I, I was I was going I was going to , write ; write a write a poem , but ; but it but it seems , that: that I that I can’t , can’t ; can’t seem can’t seem … Continue reading
Posted in Ennui, Existential, Identity, Poetry Noir, Writing
Tagged Ennui, Existential, Memory, Writing
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Vergessen
Silent schoolyards empty apartment blocks, deserted neighbourhoods untrodden streets robbed of their vibrancy; A peerless shining sky blue,golden and bright canopies their absence of echo; Deserted runways, empty departure lounges, silent concourses where a solitary figure remains standing staring, at … Continue reading
Posted in Allegory, Contemporary Society, Culture, Dystopia, Existential, Homage to Borges, Identity, Nostalgia, Popular Culture
Tagged Culture, Dystopia, Existential, Memory, Philosophy, Social History
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Early ’70’s Neil Young Song : Lost Time
Time turned into a blizzard and blew away all that we could remember ; all those times that we’d forgotten to say the ” I’m sorries ” the ” I love you’s “, All just got piled up on the … Continue reading
Another Day
A slow ,slow morning carapaced with expectation, lilted into life by a Delius melody billowing from the radio; somehow right, somehow apposite, appropriate,matching the myriad frost-hued windows illumined by tentative strokes of sunlight, rediscovering inexorably, reinvigorating its own promise.
Posted in Allegory, Existential, Nature/Environment, Philosophy
Tagged Ennui, Existential, Philosophy
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