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I Don't Know Why (Ignorance)
I Don’t Know Why (Ignorance) (After: Richard Feynman’s: I Wonder Why). ‘I wonder why I wonder why I wonder why I wonder. I wonder why I wonder why I wonder why I wonder’ Yet… If I knew why I wonder why I wonder why […]
Four Point Three Three (or: Manifolds of Experience)
Four Point Three Three (or: Manifolds of Experience) (An exercise, à la John Cage, in the detachment of voice from the auditory manifold of experience). * * * * * * * [1. The reader […]
Naturopathy
Naturopathy (For: Ana) When more conventional medical means Are ineffective, it makes sense to say: “Let Nature take its course, but with the help Of healing hands, pure essences distilled From pharmaceutic herbal remedies Prescribed according to the principles Of […]
Switzerland
Switzerland (For Lucinda) Cities are here, of course, grim urban sprawls, Dull factories and drear industrial sites, Linked by black spider-webs of motorways; But these seem insignificant compared With what surround and mitigate their blights. Small towns still crowd […]
Morning Glory
Morning Glory Each dawn, when from night-sleep I’m stirred, My ‘Morning Glory’ wakes with me And stretches out its fullest length, As if to prove its potent strength And latent creativity Remain completely unimpaired. Perhaps it’s just a reflex sign Which, […]
Creative Brilliance
Creative Brilliance (A synthesis of Denominative Devices and Brilliance) You cannot live forever, no matter what your schemes, So all your life’s endeavours may fade like labile dreams; But habits […]
Brilliance
Brilliance It matters not how clever or brilliant your brain, Your genius will never receive its due acclaim Until you shew – by functions That transform thoughts to facts – Some tangible constructions Your brilliance enacts. Real […]
Divine Delight
Divine Delight (Diana Finds Endymion on Latmos) Heedless of her path, she slowly stepped Pensively amongst the night-dark leaves, (Drowning in her sea-deep thoughts), Whilst pain-tinged sighs her hurt heart heaved. As she divinely languished, It seemed the mournful trees had caught The dismalness […]
Skuba
Skuba (For Edmund) The languid level of the lake Began to bubble and to boil As from its depths emerged the shape Of Skuba whose scaled skin, like oil, Gleamed green and gold. Her bright blue eyes, As […]
In Turbulent Times
In Turbulent Times “Behold, I make all things new”. (Revelations: Ch.2,v.5) We live, these days, in times of turbulence. The weather-patterns are unusual, Political reforms confound us all […]