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The SingerHis slender, sapling body appears too frail  for the buffeting storms of  experience. His  is the face of a child discovering debauchery,  an angel who has forsaken innocence, to enjoy  the decadent compensations  
                  of the fallen state.   
He wraps himself around his guitar, his nimble  fingers weaving melodies from its loom of frets and strings.  
 
He opens his mouth, to release his melodious voice  
from its fleshy prison. The sound flies high, a bird liberated  
fr The Singer
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GestationImmersed in a fluid universe,  
contained within a cave  of living flesh,  
he thrives as tides and currents  
nourish his secret growth.  
 
He lives a dream  
                        of eternity. Gestation
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Night ShiftHe can feel the city as it stirs in its sleep. The bar is empty of all but a few nighthawks, taking refuge from the frenetic daylight tempos of the shifting crowds that surge and flow through the plains and canyons of the cityscape. Here, where the barman, taciturn, nocturnal, is of their number. Each turned inward, they share the mystery of the night’s long solitude.   
Who knows how many dreamers toss and turn, captive within the tangled web of unfulfilled desire? Somewhere the quiet erupts in bitter fountains of unspeakable words, weapons may be clutched and thrust, lifeblood pools on an empty sidewalk.   
Solitary Night Shift
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Two Divided By OneYour flesh, smooth like  a silken glove, moulds  to the touch. Is there  so much that I can  share with you? We  press close together  dreaming of boundaries  that melt in fusing.   
Can we imagine  Plato’s story true,  that a unity existed  
once for every stricken  
two that struggles now  
to undo finally that  
ancient separation?   
Yet both of us can  
recognise the curse  
that locates within us  
two separated beating  
hearts. We can smile  at the ancient philosopher’s  joke, knowing that  our isolation mu Two Divided By One
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Aristotle's RetirementIn the twilight of my life  I have been uprooted. Athens  Is no longer safe for me.   
I depart to preserve the city’s reputation.  The execution of Socrates should be burden  enough for their consciences. My death I  shall be placing beyond their reach, so I  prevent them from committing another  
                       crime against philosophy.  
 
(Though they will be able to  
rejoice when its rumour begs for entrance  
      & Aristotle's Retirement
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Apprentice WorkThis youth haunted by language, his head  invaded by phrases that some disembodied tongue  
might have shaped. He concentrates, fixing in memory  these spontaneous visitors to his mind.                           He scribbles, hoping that his hearing will  
be keen enough, that he will know enough to transcribe  
the plainsong of his passions and fears. The jotted words  
create tapestries heavy with seeming, brocades  stitched with golden threads smouldering on       Apprentice Work
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Capture(For Sirrah)   
She is peering at the image displayed  on the camera’s screen. Her eye no longer  shackled by its nakedness, she easily believes  
that the world made visible through  
the macro lens is much too lush, too detailed  
to be crushed within the cramped dimensions  
                                                     of every Capture
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Still Born
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DeathHis sleep was often troubled.  
His dreams crowded with images of sudden death.   
Such death as had swallowed his father,  obliterating him in a roar that reached  the dead man’s ears too late for hearing.  He had struggled to imagine that  paroxysm of anguish, snuffed out  almost sooner than it had begun. The man  had vanished. His son, far away,  continued in his solitary play. His private adventures                        filled up the long, empty day.   
But her death li Death
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Life Goes On, Updated

Journal Entry: Wed Jun 24, 2009, 11:42 PM
Mostly writing. Readings in Hoxton, Clerkenwell, Crouch End and Shoreditch



Summer offer: The performance of The Remains Of The Day is still available for download (For the text of the poem see: [link])

You can access the download site in return for a contribution, via PayPal, to my Montserrat Festival Fund.

The date for next year's festival has now been fixed for Sunday, May 23rd 2010.



:iconmelodythelittlepony:
I'd like to feature a poet whose work I have been enjoying since I first discovered her in May 2008. I hope you enjoy her poems as much as I have done.

This week she was awarded a Daily Deviation for Fionnual's Song [link]

That give you even more reason to visit her gallery!! You won't be disappointed!!



:iconnaaya-neko:

My daughter Amy made a very special Father's Day journal that she posted yesterday. I was very touched.

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Thanks to *eluk and *Blueskye27 for the amazing stamp! :)


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  • Mood: Pleased
  • Listening to: Down On The Farm, Little Feat
  • Reading: Saturday Nught & Sunday Morning
  • Playing: the fool
  • Eating: soon?
  • Drinking: cold tea

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: The space behind my eyes
  • Interests: Reading, writing, speaking, thinking, gazing, drinking
  • Favourite movie: Annie Hall, Spirited Away They Shoot Horses Don't They
  • Favourite band or musician: Steely Dan, Quentin Collins and Finn Peters, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Cassandra Wilson, Amy W
  • Favourite genre of music: Jazz often, Baroque frequently. And I like to rock
  • Favourite artist: Rene Magritte, Paul Klee, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keefe
  • Favourite poet or writer: Virginia Woolf, Milan Kundera, Angela Carter, James Baldwin WH Auden
  • Favourite photographer: Alterallenstiener, One-dryad, AdromedaII
  • Favourite style of art: Japanese, Surrealist
  • Operating System: Honesty, spiced with a little guile
  • MP3 player of choice: My old PC will do the job
  • Shell of choice: the one with the ghost in
  • Wallpaper of choice: Not the one that finished off Oscar Wilde
  • Skin of choice: my own
  • Favourite game: Clickomania
  • Favourite cartoon character: Chihiro from Spirited Away
  • Personal Quote: Forgetfulness can make us blind
  • Tools of the Trade: Words. And dreams with words in them

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*Blueskye27:iconBlueskye27: 1 day 4 hours ago
Thank you for the :+fav: on undone. :heart:

They mean a lot coming from you. :hug:
=AlecBell:iconAlecBell: 1 day 4 hours ago
I hope you know how much I love your work, Cindy. :hug:

--
There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations

The roots of the future run deep
*Blueskye27:iconBlueskye27: 21 hours 29 minutes ago
Thank you, Alec. That means more than you know. :hug:
=o0oLUXo0o:icono0oLUXo0o: 1 day 22 hours ago
Thanks So Much for the Fave! :woohoo:

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Here is my approach on DA.

Comment with Honesty

Be Objective

Give and Take all that is given Comment and Feed Back

Favor with Intent to enjoy and share with others

I hope you all do the same!
=AlecBell:iconAlecBell: 1 day 13 hours ago
It's a great image, you're very welcome.

--
There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations

The roots of the future run deep
~Satah:iconSatah: 2 days 23 hours ago
thanks for the fav on you're the only one i see ♥

--
when one candle is used to light another, the new flame is not the same as the old flame, and yet the first flame directly causes the second.
=AlecBell:iconAlecBell: 2 days 21 hours ago
Most welcome, Emily

--
There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations

The roots of the future run deep
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