27/2023
We are vessels, base elements And primal chemicals, wrought In the furnace of ancient into Living sentience, but never Understanding what made us, Nor what we are, and love is… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
We are vessels, base elements And primal chemicals, wrought In the furnace of ancient into Living sentience, but never Understanding what made us, Nor what we are, and love is… Continue Reading
on the fountain edge in paris the warmth strong through my folded arms he came up to me asked if i wanted heroin because i looked like one of those… Continue Reading
We phoned in sick that day, When no-one knew we were together, And drove west, work erased from our lives, Out to a place full of old cars, and Argued… Continue Reading
Obliterate. Literally: unwrite, scrub out what Is written. What has been written Can never be unwritten – a fallacy. Everything can be destroyed except Matter. I don’t think my words… Continue Reading
She spread his arms and legs Across the table and secured Them with silk rope to make Sure he wouldn’t slide off the Dark oak while she had her way… Continue Reading
broken pain loss forgetting death grief ache forever fog colour no colour shade sun hot and cold scars scabs all that stuff melancholy memory loss again looking not finding scrape… Continue Reading
On the bed, old man’s morning stretches, I close my eyes, and the years wind back, All those empty days, and the board games On top of the wardrobe. I… Continue Reading
A pleasing view; its definition. Such over-use of, in effect, An abbreviation for something Which needs more detail. Used tautologically too often By the under-educated (blame Governments for that), and… Continue Reading
His hand stills, The loss of words complete, Language gone, and feeling. In this void, everything is silent, And he drifts away into the Darkness of space where All is… Continue Reading
She folds him neatly into her handbag, Torso first, then legs and arms tightly Wrapped around that main part of his, And lastly his head, tidily compressed To fit into… Continue Reading