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Thursday 20 June 2024

Autograph your dicrotic cast

That rook and that fair raven

Over the sea from Milford Haven

Cigarettes stamped ‘A’ by company Craven


Ashberry and yew, and years spent misbehaving

Words untrue, lines that slew, croons that keep on slaving

Crows and crows and thought yo yo’s, leaving and waving


The hour glass tipped and turned to yesterday

The wayward path tripped to Everglade

The Sunshine orchestra is ready for the stage


That rook and that fair raven

Grass and dales, pail with ships that sailed

Rails into the distance on cowpokes trails


Leaves of glass on shattered brass

Diamonds; the impasse from rusty pasts

Lust and laugh, autograph your dicrotic cast



Wednesday 19 June 2024

Shuffle the raffle

Like a sparrows wing you were broken

Whilst I was feasting on Baudelaire

Hustle, harrow among dust bowls, soft words spoken

Never near, once more we, we were keeping clear


Midnight hour, crescent moon, for you the only token

Whilst I immersed in Poe and Mr. Arnold dear

Shuffle, ruffle, audits amongst dawn’s chorus woken

Ever to steer, rudder less throughout the sphere



Tuesday 18 June 2024

The wonder of rebuff dismissed

You want to communicate

That is you want to say something

To cause some reactions


You want to communicate a closing

That is you want to say something

To close words of birth contractions


Now then here is the dilemma

By saying nothing

Do you communicate more than words can ever say


Or

By saying nothing

Do you precursor, and so prevent reaction


If your words are spoken

Can the meaning be more mistaken

Than if the written word was read


If your words are laid on parchment paper

Is spontaneity lost

The wonder of rebuff dismissed


Redirection distressed, pointed out by no one other

Do you have the craft or guile

With words to smile or cry


Or look through sly eyes wily

With style to climb on high

While still saying, swaying, saying nigh



Monday 17 June 2024

Don’t get angry, don’t get even

Don’t get angry

Don’t get even

Don’t get down


Try to fly


No


Wait on


Work through anger

Work towards even

Build up from down


Now you’ll fly




Sunday 16 June 2024

Slight craves

Ah

Clear thought


White waves

Blue sky


Message in a bottle


Hip

Twist top


Slight craves

Addicts lie


Message in a bottle