Tag: lifestyle
member name: Mike Ellwood
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March 19, 2008 08:06 AM EDT --
Act of Faith
Minds accumulate their own stores of belief
Harvesting words
To squeeze dry in the press
Crushing
The kernel of hypothesis
To dress the salad of . . .
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December 14, 2009 03:21 PM EST --
The Lioness
We flock and try to catch another’s eye
But eyes are everywhere and never dwell
For long enough to break the edgy spell
That ties our herd. . . .
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February 06, 2008 03:55 AM EST --
Lent
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Through Ramadan the Muslim keeps his Fast,
Enduring and enjoying unity
With co-religionists, until at last
Euphoria replaces piety.
While Christian . . .
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April 17, 2008 03:32 AM EDT --
The Capstan's Arc
"Please tell me. Did my father save my life
That day I swung upon the capstan arm?"
"Of course. Though light, my . . .
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May 08, 2008 04:54 AM EDT --
Goldilocks and the Three Bears of the Apocalypse
Look at her. Sleeping. The picture of peace.
No shadows cross over her complacent face.
No frown on her forehead. . . .
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June 04, 2008 11:41 AM EDT --
A Little Boy's . . .
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July 02, 2008 04:10 AM EDT --
The Old Man and the Tree
The day Jack Brand was born the topsoil moved
Aside, displaced by gentle force, nature's
Relentless strength when roots split free and . . .
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August 04, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
Family Business
Gulls'eyes watch as the brothers prepare to ship their last order.
Heads, spines and guts for offal, they slit, slit and slit the flesh and . . .
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December 20, 2008 12:15 PM EST --
Settlement
The bubble in the level's glass behaves
As if moon-drawn and plaster-cracks, like veins,
Bleed dust. The creaking fabrication strains
Against . . .
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January 13, 2009 10:08 AM EST --
Paris, December, 2008
D espite the winter chill the Champs Elysees
Was thronged with Christmas shoppers (dressed in black
Parading like louche priests or nuns, the lack
Of color . . .
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February 24, 2008 06:09 AM EST --
An Eschatological Discourse
The wandering earth herself may be
Only a sudden flaming word,
In clanging space a moment heard,
Troubling . . .
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November 20, 2009 11:27 AM EST --
SNIFF!
The reek of ape or pig suggests the pall
That we disguise with sweetly scented oil.
Recall that great aunt’s lavender embrace,
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July 27, 2009 01:49 PM EDT --
Cars Go
Range Rover four-by-four on suburban school-run
Crawling over speed-bumps in the lanes of Chelsea
With Rupert, Josh and Jasmine
Watching Harry Potter
Their in-car . . .
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July 21, 2009 08:43 AM EDT --
Rising Sap
Deep roots infuse the wood with rising sap,
Bone softens into bud with rising sap.
The rain, transformed within the living root,
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