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Naked Thoughts
Naked Thoughts Nakedly I go to bed Every solitary night To experience sensations (Which my drowsing, dream-shot head Films for me in imaged light), Of that past day’s situations And their vivid evocations. Barely are my limbs composed In the comfort of their rest Unconfined […]
Beyond Time's Spiral Wall
Beyond Time’s Spiral Wall As far as Hubble’s sharp, unblinking eyes can see – Through plasmic time and space towards eternity – Unending crowds of stars and galaxies appear, (With their attendant cloudy nebulæ), as clear As if they had ignited in […]
Venus-Plants
Venus-Plants i. (Dionaea Muscipula) A Venus-flytrap is a vampire-plant – A carnivore – designed so cunningly It seems as innocently generous In free, luxuriant profligacy As any nectar-yielding source could be. How openly it offers-up itself; Its leaves – spread […]
Time and Art (1)
Time and Art [1] i. “Since they both are things apart, What has Time to do with Art?”, Is the sceptic’s scornful cry. ii. […]
Lochmatt
Lochmatt (for Ingrid) I’ve travelled through so many lands And stayed in splendid places, Yet rarely have I ever found A residence whose graces – Warm welcome, simple comforts And environs […]
In Your Experience
In Your Experience (for Heidi) Knowing that you’ve delivered life, After nine months’ creative wait, Should be conceived love incarnate In your experience. Feeling your baby nuzzle close Within your arms towards your breast Should be, amongst life’s joys, the best In your experience. […]
Elemental Influences
Elemental Influences (After: J.M.W. Turner) Five harbours seen from seawards; ship’s-eye views Of Scarborough andWhitbyin the North, Sheerness, Ramsgate andPortsmouthin the South. The ports themselves are incidental here; The artist’s interests seem unconcerned With what these places represent in terms Of shelter, […]
The Last Supper
The Last Supper (After: Salvador Dali) He sits at table, with his back towards The open gable-end, through which are seen The fading pastels of an evening sky. His acolytes, before him and beside, Ponder the mystery that he declares: “This bread and wine are flesh and […]
The Belvedere
The Belvedere (After: M.C. Escher) These perspectival flexibilities confirm, Even as they confuse, the view. Their interlinked Impossibilities of structural design Create illusions of reality where none Can be. In which direction is this place aligned?. And is […]
St Anthony
St Anthony (After: SalvadorDali) Such terrible hallucinations came to haunt The holy anchorite, in his hot desert cell, He thought that he was going mad from loneliness. Voluptuous houris danced before his eyes, both day And night, lasciviously luring him to […]