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the wind from the north is an unwanted constant under the gunmetal motionsless sky no rainbows will cut through again in this age without sun the grey morass of weather… Continue Reading
Richard Pierce – author, poet, painter
the wind from the north is an unwanted constant under the gunmetal motionsless sky no rainbows will cut through again in this age without sun the grey morass of weather… Continue Reading
A phone call out of the blue, A voice from the distant past, One part of the jigsaw that had Made this life different and better, The voice which was… Continue Reading
No room, no chapel, No stair, no well, No outside, no in, No up, no down, No side, no roof, No door, no gate, No decoration, No jewels, No gold,… Continue Reading
bone on bone gravel crunch automaton dungeon modern rack the torture of AI minds mixed in flesh ligament aberrant cells made life shoulder vertebrae click pound creak crack break misformed… Continue Reading
A deadly sin signs every fall. Sins are not just things invented by religion. They are crimes against all humanity. What is pride but arrogance? And arrogance deceit? My friend… Continue Reading
The ghost passed by me In the garden disguised as wind, A barely noticeable breeze as succulent As fresh raspberries when summer Arrives as a memory of being young. It… Continue Reading
THE INSCRIPTION When he was young, he was immortal, And allowed many wounds to be inflicted On his spirit and flesh. When he grew old, he acquired mortality Which he… Continue Reading
They lived a flight of stairs Up from my parents’ flat in Germany, the American soldier And his wife. I was a young boy. She called one of her cakes… Continue Reading
There was a time when he Didn’t have the will nor the Power to contain his eruptions Of temper because he was too Impatient for this life, and Everything moved… Continue Reading
I think I miss an imagined version Of cricket, where there are no failures Nor unkind words, where there is no Permanent core of self-doubt Writhing around my heart, and… Continue Reading