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Mike Adam
93
· May 2020
And I am not Adam
Mike Adam
May 2020
And I am not Adam
And I am not Adam
But god breathed anyway
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93
· Nov 2019
Poppy
Mike Adam
Nov 2019
Poppy
The corn
Of europe
Has flourished upon
Marrow
Of the
Dead
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93
· Apr 2018
History
Mike Adam
Apr 2018
History
Stone upon
Stone.
Castle.
Drop the past.
Rubble.
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93
· Sep 2020
Male gaze
Mike Adam
Sep 2020
Male gaze
Looking not
At bits-
But soul-
A bit gravelly
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92
· Mar 2022
Egg
Mike Adam
Mar 2022
Egg
Addled
Scrambled
Need to be
Coddled
O woman
Unravel
Your egg
Perfect
Embryonic
Shell-
The word
That emerged
From bottomed
Time
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91
· Mar 2019
O how
Mike Adam
Mar 2019
O how
O how I miss
The cheesy moon
Before we spotted
Your lovely face
With boots
And lit your
Terrible darkness.
Dearest sphere I
Feel now even
Older than thou...
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91
· Oct 2020
Lady J
Mike Adam
Oct 2020
Lady J
Heart fresh as
Spring-
Waters
Re-birthing,
Baptising
i
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91
· Aug 2019
Upwords
Mike Adam
Aug 2019
Upwords
Lips
Moist
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91
· Sep 2018
Snip snip
Mike Adam
Sep 2018
Snip snip
All our silly
Culture
Floats off into
Space
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91
· Jan 2019
Fell in the woods
Mike Adam
Jan 2019
Fell in the woods
Nobody heard
Who was it
That fell in the woods?
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89
· Aug 2020
Beginning
Mike Adam
Aug 2020
Beginning
Middle
End-
No such thing
In real life...
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89
· Jul 2018
Waking
Mike Adam
Jul 2018
Waking
Unencumbered
By fear-
Thought.
Trees bend,
Expose the
Heartwood
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89
· Apr 2019
Sculpt
Mike Adam
Apr 2019
Sculpt
Make not your
Work
Of fluff
Nor lint...
Make with hammer
Chisel
Ring vibrations
Ringing ears
Bells of wonder
Bloodied knuckles
Carving granite
Upholding earth
Bellow blowing
Moondust surface
Soothing marble to
Graven show
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88
· Jan 2022
Pre-Conception
Mike Adam
Jan 2022
Pre-Conception
Action seeking flesh
Pulling together
Two bodies
_
_
_
Cleaning
Lifetime lost
Or stolen-
Clearing out choices
Taking back time
_
_
_
_
Manifest
Making now
In image
Known
And
Owned
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88
· Mar 2019
Forward
Mike Adam
Mar 2019
Forward
I look forward to
The annihilation
Of my species.
Not too late?
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88
· Nov 2020
Cherry-Man
Mike Adam
Nov 2020
Cherry-Man
Bud
Open
Blink at sun-
Fall to ground
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87
· Jul 2019
Yellow
Mike Adam
Jul 2019
Yellow
Scrawled
Parchment
War years
Crumbling
Heat
In palm
Crumpled-
My strength
Discard mellowed fibre
In roadside
Bin
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87
· Jan 2022
Teeming mass of humanity
Mike Adam
Jan 2022
Teeming mass of humanity
Teeming mass of humanity
Ember glow
Lifted to cold
Darkness
Mere million years
And gone
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87
· Apr 2019
Pond-Life
Mike Adam
Apr 2019
Pond-Life
Flying dragon
Launches-
Arch predator on the
Miniscule
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87
· Jun 2020
Cruel
Mike Adam
Jun 2020
Cruel
Cruel life.
Life cruel.
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86
· Jan 2018
Listen
Mike Adam
Jan 2018
Listen
Goldie
Golden eagle
Escaped london
Zoo.
Per hed in park,
Recaptured.
Zoo
London
This eagle
Will not
Come
Back
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86
· Feb 2022
Dream of cat and dog
Mike Adam
Feb 2022
Dream of cat and dog
Cat sat
On ledge,
How clever.
Dog eyed,
Laying on floor.
How they regard
One,
The other,
With cautious,
Sharing,
Love.
Domestic,
Blissful,
Unaware,
Humans dote,
Eat biscuits.
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86
· May 2020
Hallucinate
Mike Adam
May 2020
Hallucinate
Donkey named Ginny.
Five years and sick,
Convalescent friend.
Wagon wheel spreads
Chocolate around the mouth.
Today round clock
Melts,
Giraffe open drawers in neck.
No longer five
But sixty plus
And bewildering motion,
Time and dizzy change,
Endless assault,
Uni-linear movement.
Ever longing to stroke
Her shaggy muzzle.
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85
· Nov 2020
Dark
Mike Adam
Nov 2020
Dark
In a dark place
I found
Your candle.
Lit
Way clear.
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85
· Oct 2019
Diving under ice
Mike Adam
Oct 2019
Diving under ice
Sky
Blue
Through
Ice
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84
· Aug 2019
Thirsty
Mike Adam
Aug 2019
Thirsty
Small mouse
Lapping at
Bird bath
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84
· Mar 2019
The sickness of flowers
Mike Adam
Mar 2019
The sickness of flowers
Drooping form of
Lovely yellows
We know you die
And rot.
And reform-
Your sweetened corms
Re-arrange and
Flourish
How long
How long to
Delight the eye
Deform and redirect
Life force
From basalt
Salt
To opened skies?
My love grows
With your opening
And dies
In time
And dies
Together
And alone
In time
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84
· Nov 2019
Smoke and mirrors
Mike Adam
Nov 2019
Smoke and mirrors
Smoke
Whorls
Around
Your finger.
Illusion of
Love forever.
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83
· Aug 2019
Hard
Mike Adam
Aug 2019
Hard
To be a strong tree
When all around
Trees keel over
Dead
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82
· Mar 2022
Upon release
Mike Adam
Mar 2022
Upon release
Forgiveness-
1
When mike the monk
Meets the hairy
Black hole-
Quantum
Information
Leaping
Into new forms
Of life-
2
When the ashes
Have settled
On the
Residue
Of **** sapiens-
What will emerge
From
Or
Into
The darkness
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82
· Aug 2023
Fissures
Mike Adam
Aug 2023
Fissures
Kisses hot weld
Some cracks
Filigree gold fill
And line
Some iced crevace
Open sore
Olden heart not wholly pure
Yet not beyond repair
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82
· Jun 2019
Language
Mike Adam
Jun 2019
Language
English
Like space
Expands
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81
· Mar 2020
Earth is slowing
Mike Adam
Mar 2020
Earth is slowing
Head in ice
Wake me when it
Stops
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80
· Jul 2020
I understand nothing
Mike Adam
Jul 2020
I understand nothing
It is nice
That you do
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79
· Jul 2019
Eruption
Mike Adam
Jul 2019
Eruption
O small volcano
You made my hole
Whole
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77
· Aug 2019
Full moon again
Mike Adam
Aug 2019
Full moon again
Full moon
Once more-
Are you weary?
My empty pillow
Offers
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76
· Jun 2020
Smell
Mike Adam
Jun 2020
Smell
Smell of brown earth
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76
· Aug 2020
Moon sun
Mike Adam
Aug 2020
Moon sun
Moon sun
Every day
Crying crying
Moon sun
Every day
Crying crying
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75
· Jan 2020
Broken arrow
Mike Adam
Jan 2020
Broken arrow
Fire the arrow
To burial.
Pull bowstring taut
And release.
Broken arrow,
Going nowhere.
O where to die?
Right here?
O how to die well
Right here.
Useless archer
Failed to live
Failed to die-
Broken arrow
Failed to fly-
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75
· Dec 2020
One thousand years of breeding
Mike Adam
Dec 2020
One thousand years of breeding
Eyes shine
Lips born to rule
A softened cheek and
Gentle poise-
Who meets falls
At her feet
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74
· Nov 2020
J
Mike Adam
Nov 2020
J
You
Set me
Free.
The violence
Suppressed
Gone on wind
And sea.
Bowing,
The willow
Weeps
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73
· Jun 3
South-End
Mike Adam
Jun 3
South-End
Estuary boils mist
Onshore.
Pier obscure.
Hidden-
Only zero and one
Betray my place
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72
· Jan 2020
Sizzle
Mike Adam
Jan 2020
Sizzle
Some billions of
Years ago
Some star explodes.
Some particle flew
Through the hovel
Window
Burning breakfast.
Pesky super novae,
Irradiating universe.
Whence the calm
Stasis
Of solid state?
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72
· Oct 2020
Tree
Mike Adam
Oct 2020
Tree
Pair of jays
Fight pair of magpies-
Eggs-
Lime tree outside
The window
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72
· Jul 2019
How do i love you
Mike Adam
Jul 2019
How do i love you
Well
Well
Well
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71
· Jun 2020
My tears
Mike Adam
Jun 2020
My tears
My tears are full
Of *****
And love.
If I cannot breath
I cannot speak
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71
· Jun 2020
How often
Mike Adam
Jun 2020
How often
How often have I
Curled up
And cried
Like
A man
A real man
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71
· Sep 2020
Forgotten
Mike Adam
Sep 2020
Forgotten
Erm
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70
· Nov 2020
Fire in the hearth
Mike Adam
Nov 2020
Fire in the hearth
On the floor
Cats on the chest
Dogs by the sides
Harmony in the heart
Peace in the world
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70
· Aug 2020
Lonely
Mike Adam
Aug 2020
Lonely
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