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Inanimate things endure
Inanimate things endure
as you mother rot, a corpse
among the angels of heaven.
No more rat dog and horse,
or apple tree bowing
by the stream it drank from
in the summery meadow
of fat cattle lowing
and horses grown sleek.
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 11:32
autumn, 12 (4 poems)
- 1. time, love
The hands clean, now quiet.
still. recovering. end
of century nerves. and
decadence. eye
sharp. see, much better.
legs like these, arms
are tight, muscular,
lean andangular.
long, hard muchlonger
Into-you. This morning
*
the ½ moon still high
saw you too.
at the same time:
mad it is – 4 him
not…
ContinuePosted on May 21, 2012 at 11:31
canto xix
O Simon Magus! Scum that followed him!
You've whored yourselves, rapacious ones, for gold,
and bits of silver; the things you have sold…
ContinuePosted on April 23, 2012 at 12:21 — 2 Comments
in the cathedral
In the blue twilight a pair of heels
clips the aisle of the cathedral.
There, for a time, god is real,
in the heavy air the mind reels.
As a child it frightened her,
the High Tower, the cloistered air.
The disinfected muttered prayer.
In his cell, firing scripture,
Luther’s mad. The mad refrain
repeats, beats itself again -
tortuous maledictions,
barbed sibilants, he…
ContinuePosted on April 10, 2012 at 14:24 — 4 Comments
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Thank you so much Mark! I love your feedback...
Hi Mark,
That explains your taking on Dante!
Living in London I guess you often visited Italy. I very much like the works of the Greek author, Nikos Kazantzakis. He wrote a wonderful novel for me, 'The Pauper of God' describing the life of St. Francis of Assissi (not 100% certain of the title in English). He often travelled in Italy, I think he actually studied there as well, with a copy of Dante in his pocket, I recall.
I spent a couple of months travelling in Italy stating from Brindisi, visiting Rome, Pescara, Assissi, Firenze, Paduva, Venezia, Milano, Torino, Castelvecchio (something like that in the dolomite mountains in the north). It was a wonderful country to travel in. Giotto's fresco's in the church in Assissi, long before the earthquake damaged them, was a luminous pastel wonder. One of the greatest things I've ever seen.
Hi Mark!
Can't remember if I thanked you for your comments on 'Reflections' so here goes... much appreciated! yes the line 'fractious' was unconscious. My poetry just writes itself but I do need to tidy it up a bit.
Appreciate the comment about a line that you liked.Sweet.duncan
Thanks again KD :)
Thanks,
mark