Tag: butterfly

• The Silver Line

  Follow a ghost and enter into a numbing That robs the red from the brick And the edge from the knife To stand victorious amongst crowds of the phenomenal dead- grieving nothing now but the loss of grief // By the dint of whim, mutant gene or dangerous exposure to certain quantities of gamma radiation…

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  March 18, 2023

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  butterfly, death, die, dying, epistemology, free verse, history, inspiration, inspire, loss, lover, memory, moth, myth, nature, philosophy, poem, poet, poetry, recovery, relationship, royal, sex, silk, travel, war, worm, write, writing

• Wrung

  The stench of it sickens the worms And the pull draws mountains and men Reimagined tranquility Down to your knees in it // I’d drown in it Gladly die in it Something else, innit // But for a curl and a dream and a whim Build up breeze blocks Bury the magnets in piles of…

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  October 3, 2022

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  butterfly, clay, death, epistemology, father, free verse, knot, loss, love, myth, nature, oven, poem, poet, recovery, relationship, royal, sex

• Silva Regis

  Upon the throne of epistemology Fixed. postured. Grave center of orbit and web // I reside here, too But transfixed in benighted groves ringed in steepest rock. // the dark- proud and anxious fawn Chased by the dogs of unknown masters // Through gaps you’ve been seen However blurred in movement And altered by heated…

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  September 23, 2022

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  butterfly, death, epistemology, loss, love, myth, nature, poem, royal

• Papilio

  To any other eye upon the hill Their flight entwined and ended Helixed, then hidden in the upper limbs // The banging on the door used to punctuate the oscillations “One, two, left, right, swerve left, spin right, left swing, right, leave. left.” // Torn wings of scale weighed in at just 20 seconds. 1200…

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  September 22, 2022

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  butterfly, death, loss, love, nature, poem, recovery