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In the final bleak waiting room, we Arrange the urns along the wall In order of size. The biggest contains the ashes of a Life-time of regrets, bitter tastes Of… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
In the final bleak waiting room, we Arrange the urns along the wall In order of size. The biggest contains the ashes of a Life-time of regrets, bitter tastes Of… Continue Reading
In the sense of being Filled with fright and Anxiety, she was frightful When he saw her Cowering in the corner Of the deserted house, Muck around her face And… Continue Reading
The English have an unwavering faith In their exceptionalism, ironic at a time When their empire has crumbled away And only its blood dust remains. The Old guard remains staunchly… Continue Reading
The wind is skittish today, The rain a swirl of shining dust, Seeking shelter from itself In every nook that’s open. The sky is so low it touches All the… Continue Reading
There is nothing left of the ship After the storm. Masts and sails Gone, everything above deck Disappeared by the typhoon, The sides shattered, the corpse Of the vessel overturned… Continue Reading
independence was an anchor inside him until it was broken by the pain of daily drudge deliberately inflicted by those who wanted to suppress by inflicting existential fear in each… Continue Reading
Here’s the original: Stealing headlines for poetry Isn’t as manual as it was, no Scissors nor glue, nor ink on fingers Now, just a simple point and Click, a push… Continue Reading
constant from all sides the drip of accusation deceit need undeniable trauma those who don’t listen those who should be listened to give some ground there is no ground just… Continue Reading
Hubris Before the fall, the gods were kind, Looked benignly at the way humans Tried to make sense of the invisible Order of things, how they at first Tried to… Continue Reading
The cold wind of censorship sweeps Through the public service broadcasting Legend that was the BBC. State propaganda like in all those Countries it used to secretly beam Itself into… Continue Reading