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"fleeces" poems
Lambs that learn to walk in snow When their bleating clouds the air Meet a vast unwelcome, know Nothing but a sunless glare. Newly stumbling to and fro All they find, outside the fold, Is a wretched width of cold. As they wait beside the ewe, Her fleeces wetly caked, there lies Hidden round them, waiting too, Earth's immeasureable surprise. They could not grasp it if they knew, What so soon will wake and grow Utterly unlike the snow.
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First Sight
311 It sifts from Leaden Sieves— It powders all the Wood. It fills with Alabaster Wool The Wrinkles of the Road— It makes an Even Face Of Mountain, and of Plain— Unbroken Forehead from the East Unto the East again— It reaches to the Fence— It wraps it Rail by Rail Till it is lost in Fleeces— It deals Celestial Vail To Stump, and Stack—and Stem— A Summer’s empty Room— Acres of Joints, where Harvests were, Recordless, but for them— It Ruffles Wrists of Posts As Ankles of a Queen— Then stills its Artisans—like Ghosts— Denying they have been—
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It sifts from Leaden Sieves
256 If I’m lost—now That I was found— Shall still my transport be— That once—on me—those Jasper Gates Blazed open—suddenly— That in my awkward—gazing—face— The Angels—softly peered— And touched me with their fleeces, Almost as if they cared— I’m banished—now—you know it— How foreign that can be— You’ll know—Sir—when the Savior’s face Turns so—away from you—
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If I’m lost—now
to a friend No! those days are gone away And their hours are old and gray, And their minutes buried all Under the down-trodden pall Of the leaves of many years: Many times have winter's shears, Frozen North, and chilling East, Sounded tempests to the feast Of the forest's whispering fleeces, Since men knew nor rent nor leases. No, the bugle sounds no more, And the twanging bow no more; Silent is the ivory shrill Past the heath and up the hill; There is no mid-forest laugh, Where lone Echo gives the half To some wight, amaz'd to hear Jesting, deep in forest drear. On the fairest time of June You may go, with sun or moon, Or the seven stars to light you, Or the polar ray to right you; But you never may behold Little John, or Robin bold; Never one, of all the clan, Thrumming on an empty can Some old hunting ditty, while He doth his green way beguile To fair hostess Merriment, Down beside the pasture Trent; For he left the merry tale Messenger for spicy ale. Gone, the merry morris din; Gone, the song of Gamelyn; Gone, the tough-belted outlaw Idling in the "grenè shawe"; All are gone away and past! And if Robin should be cast Sudden from his turfed grave, And if Marian should have Once again her forest days, She would weep, and he would craze: He would swear, for all his oaks, Fall'n beneath the dockyard strokes, Have rotted on the briny seas; She would weep that her wild bees Sang not to her--strange! that honey Can't be got without hard money! So it is: yet let us sing, Honour to the old bow-string! Honour to the bugle-horn! Honour to the woods unshorn! Honour to the Lincoln green! Honour to the archer keen! Honour to tight little John, And the horse he rode upon! Honour to bold Robin Hood, Sleeping in the underwood! Honour to maid Marian, And to all the Sherwood-clan! Though their days have hurried by Let us two a burden try.
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Robin Hood
to a friend No! those days are gone away And their hours are old and gray, And their minutes buried all Under the down-trodden pall Of the leaves of many years: Many times have winter's shears, Frozen North, and chilling East, Sounded tempests to the feast Of the forest's whispering fleeces, Since men knew nor rent nor leases. No, the bugle sounds no more, And the twanging bow no more; Silent is the ivory shrill Past the heath and up the hill; There is no mid-forest laugh, Where lone Echo gives the half To some wight, amaz'd to hear Jesting, deep in forest drear. On the fairest time of June You may go, with sun or moon, Or the seven stars to light you, Or the polar ray to right you; But you never may behold Little John, or Robin bold; Never one, of all the clan, Thrumming on an empty can Some old hunting ditty, while He doth his green way beguile To fair hostess Merriment, Down beside the pasture Trent; For he left the merry tale Messenger for spicy ale. Gone, the merry morris din; Gone, the song of Gamelyn; Gone, the tough-belted outlaw Idling in the "grenè shawe"; All are gone away and past! And if Robin should be cast Sudden from his turfed grave, And if Marian should have Once again her forest days, She would weep, and he would craze: He would swear, for all his oaks, Fall'n beneath the dockyard strokes, Have rotted on the briny seas; She would weep that her wild bees Sang not to her--strange! that honey Can't be got without hard money! So it is: yet let us sing, Honour to the old bow-string! Honour to the bugle-horn! Honour to the woods unshorn! Honour to the Lincoln green! Honour to the archer keen! Honour to tight little John, And the horse he rode upon! Honour to bold Robin Hood, Sleeping in the underwood! Honour to maid Marian, And to all the Sherwood-clan! Though their days have hurried by Let us two a burden try.
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59 A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard— Till morning touching mountain— And Jacob, waxing strong, The Angel begged permission To Breakfast—to return— Not so, said cunning Jacob! “I will not let thee go Except thou bless me”—Stranger! The which acceded to— Light swung the silver fleeces “Peniel” Hills beyond, And the bewildered Gymnast Found he had worsted God!
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A little East of Jordan
upon the Abington Station's long shearing board the feats of one shearer cannot be ignored a run of two hundred sheep he can easily shear his style with the cutting comb is without peer contractors in the district know of his pace he removes fleeces with an elegant grace the Lister wool press compacts all the long day whilst the gun shearer works tirelessly away Kelpie dogs tongue keeping his race full as Layto shears the fine clips of merino wool none are as effective with comb in hand in the regional area of the New England Layto shears the sheep cleanly and effortlessly whether the fleeces be thick or slightly oily his shearing abilities are know of near and far on the shearing shed board he's always bettered par when he hangs up the cutting comb to retire fellow shearers will of him greatly admire
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Jun 29, 2014
Jun 29, 2014 at 6:18 AM UTC
Layto The Gun Shearer
"The tallest poplar I'll grow to be," said the young tree. "Standing above the rest, I'll be crowned the best. Fortified and grown, the forest will be mine to rule alone." Ripped from the roots, and cut down by a man in boots, the dreams quickly faded. "There's not much to make of me now" Thought the tree, whose complexion quickly changed from wide-eyed to jaded. Hauled onto a truck   Off he went. To the lumberyard, the young tree was sent. Chopped to pieces, stripped of his bark. Our young poplar was afraid his life, would never leave a mark. "Some wooden crates they'll make of me" "The peaks of the other trees I'll never see" "I'm useless, I'm broken" "In the forest my name will never be spoken" The story doesn't end though, it's only just begun. For the life of this tree, is one that's not yet done. The lumber was chopped, cut, and carried. To a town of a man named Jack, who was poor but newly married. "I've got little money, but I make good shoes" "I've got to take care of my wife, I've nothing left to lose" "I'll open a store, and become a cobbler" "And with the money I make, I'll buy my family something proper." So Jack took his life savings. And off he went, to open a store, To make enough money to pay the rent. Our poplar was still together, chopped into many pieces. Next to some hardware supplies, and a vendor selling fleeces. "I'll take that lumber, it'll do the job." "Just take my money, and I'll be along" Years passed by as Jack labored hard. A few kids came along, a house, and a fenced in yard. One day a special man came to town. Not the type of man that you see every day, for this man wore a royal crown. "Wooden clogs I need for my feet" "To keep them dry as I walk along the damp street" A chance to make shoes for a king, this was enough to make Jack sing. He looked through his supplies, they weren't enough. To build shoes fit for a king, would be quite tough. "I have just the wood, " he thought to himself. "From when I first built my shop, there is some left on the top shelf. So he took the remaining scraps, and he made new shoes. Shoes for royalty, clogs fit for a man more special than me. And now our poplar finally got his chance. To join in the royal dance. And on the king's feet he stays. Helping him rule the land for the rest of his days. So, if you find yourself cut down before you grow. Just remember, and make sure you know. Your chance will come, sooner or later. To become a part of something greater.
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Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 7:49 PM UTC
The Poplar Tree
"The tallest poplar I'll grow to be," said the young tree. "Standing above the rest, I'll be crowned the best. Fortified and grown, the forest will be mine to rule alone." Ripped from the roots, and cut down by a man in boots, the dreams quickly faded. "There's not much to make of me now" Thought the tree, whose complexion quickly changed from wide-eyed to jaded. Hauled onto a truck   Off he went. To the lumberyard, the young tree was sent. Chopped to pieces, stripped of his bark. Our young poplar was afraid his life, would never leave a mark. "Some wooden crates they'll make of me" "The peaks of the other trees I'll never see" "I'm useless, I'm broken" "In the forest my name will never be spoken" The story doesn't end though, it's only just begun. For the life of this tree, is one that's not yet done. The lumber was chopped, cut, and carried. To a town of a man named Jack, who was poor but newly married. "I've got little money, but I make good shoes" "I've got to take care of my wife, I've nothing left to lose" "I'll open a store, and become a cobbler" "And with the money I make, I'll buy my family something proper." So Jack took his life savings. And off he went, to open a store, To make enough money to pay the rent. Our poplar was still together, chopped into many pieces. Next to some hardware supplies, and a vendor selling fleeces. "I'll take that lumber, it'll do the job." "Just take my money, and I'll be along" Years passed by as Jack labored hard. A few kids came along, a house, and a fenced in yard. One day a special man came to town. Not the type of man that you see every day, for this man wore a royal crown. "Wooden clogs I need for my feet" "To keep them dry as I walk along the damp street" A chance to make shoes for a king, this was enough to make Jack sing. He looked through his supplies, they weren't enough. To build shoes fit for a king, would be quite tough. "I have just the wood, " he thought to himself. "From when I first built my shop, there is some left on the top shelf. So he took the remaining scraps, and he made new shoes. Shoes for royalty, clogs fit for a man more special than me. And now our poplar finally got his chance. To join in the royal dance. And on the king's feet he stays. Helping him rule the land for the rest of his days. So, if you find yourself cut down before you grow. Just remember, and make sure you know. Your chance will come, sooner or later. To become a part of something greater.
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I am a golden being king of all beasts sent by God, to keep on searching for all of truth. Shinning fleeces glazing, almost lazy, soaking up the sun. My eyes held above the crowd I sit back looking and looking. Golden manes flowing with winds keep on blowing. Yellow flames keep on bellowing as the truth keeps on coming. I hear the sound of armies fleeing as all my openness becomes my strength. My life an open book spreading miles across facebook nothing hidden all in view. My honesty more brazen and bolder than the Roman Empire. As the world steps back I am unfolding 12 foot tall keep on growing. Golden nuggets once hidden now shinning. I rattle the enemy to the core with my dark ROAR the recesses of my being turning over like an engine. As there is not a part of my being I have not seen all shadows disappear with my seeing. I turn the world upside down inside out as all dark hidden corners become white shinning teeth. Ferociously I tackle the world with a fearless truth. Roaring into battle my open heart devours all lies and untruth. Let us charge let us charge Let the fires burn fires burn As all is unified in this battle for the streams of Gold and silver For with no sacrifice there can be nothing gained. Driven forward and lifted up an honor deep inside carries us into battle. So tonight my friend take me on let us fight be my brother For now is a good time to die. For the truth shall **** us all but in the same way save us. So my friend my brother let us fight together as we serve the golden King Wear his crest upon our chest. As all men fall within the limits of their own lies let us hold the flag of truth above us. Let us die in the lies we beat to the ground to be reborn within the truth we hold above our head. Living life with the glorious King of beasts the Golden Lion King. Holding truth above our own being we may proudly bring love and dignity to all of GODS Kingdom. As all order is maintained while he sits upon his throne.
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Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016 at 5:03 PM UTC
Unifying Truth
I am a golden being king of all beasts sent by God, to keep on searching for all of truth. Shinning fleeces glazing, almost lazy, soaking up the sun. My eyes held above the crowd I sit back looking and looking. Golden manes flowing with winds keep on blowing. Yellow flames keep on bellowing as the truth keeps on coming. I hear the sound of armies fleeing as all my openness becomes my strength. My life an open book spreading miles across facebook nothing hidden all in view. My honesty more brazen and bolder than the Roman Empire. As the world steps back I am unfolding 12 foot tall keep on growing. Golden nuggets once hidden now shinning. I rattle the enemy to the core with my dark ROAR the recesses of my being turning over like an engine. As there is not a part of my being I have not seen all shadows disappear with my seeing. I turn the world upside down inside out as all dark hidden corners become white shinning teeth. Ferociously I tackle the world with a fearless truth. Roaring into battle my open heart devours all lies and untruth. Let us charge let us charge Let the fires burn fires burn As all is unified in this battle for the streams of Gold and silver For with no sacrifice there can be nothing gained. Driven forward and lifted up an honor deep inside carries us into battle. So tonight my friend take me on let us fight be my brother For now is a good time to die. For the truth shall **** us all but in the same way save us. So my friend my brother let us fight together as we serve the golden King Wear his crest upon our chest. As all men fall within the limits of their own lies let us hold the flag of truth above us. Let us die in the lies we beat to the ground to be reborn within the truth we hold above our head. Living life with the glorious King of beasts the Golden Lion King. Holding truth above our own being we may proudly bring love and dignity to all of GODS Kingdom. As all order is maintained while he sits upon his throne.
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You were raised without praise where storms are the norm catch the wind that crosses the tide trudge the dread and take that stride break the violence where curses were built Satanic crutches fells the mind crave wisdom that fleeces the foe stretch the sinew and grow your ... spine... dream the dream leave hate behind and refrain from crime brown leaf Pray!!! stay alive in this bright future you were born to survive.
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Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021 at 5:41 PM UTC
Autumn Child.
@ a cristian @ a catholic @ an all round ruddy good athlete. @ herd roast beef @ herd mutton. @ i used to lead the pork and dairy through the fields of cotton. @ wear football socks and wellingtons and fleeces and march to the top of the old south downs. @ make a jump jet from bits of old pieces @ act a goat or a hero or a clown. @ do front flips straight from the backflip @ sing who put the dog with the cat fish @ say ship! Take the P add a T @ break the day with a bowl of muesli. @ play snake if my mate had a phone, but playing with others isnt always better than playing alone. @ like films made for kids my age, glamourised ideas of aristocracy and faith. The good will win and the bad will be sad and the age of the raging mad will begin, its a fad! @ wear jean jackets, go to the parties @ have fanta and chocolate log rushing through the arteries. @ chew through books faster than a vulture, faster than the fastest man at the height of zombie culture. @ play football everyday football winter time football, dont need sun. And then we play cricket. 40 legs of cricket. 3 days later im counting up the runs
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Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 11:44 AM UTC
@ = i used to/be
A swallow swoops for flitting flies While Johnny rubs exhausted eyes (As morning clasps the rising sun) Confirming Captain’s day’s begun: Slow streams emerge from melting snows - The Merchant Ship’s in stark repose... As Johnny frets with tingling tongue A Vulture fleeces fields far-flung (Beneath a bleeding sun above), And Captain culls the dead with love: Yes, while the silent water flows, The Merchant Ship just gulps and grows... A serpent weaves amongst the weeds As Johnny dares audacious deeds (When evening drains the dying day) To stop the Captain, come what may: And while the raging rivers grow The Merchant Ship rocks to and fro... An owl, a’ branch, has teacup eyes That glimmer dark as Johnny dies (Now sown inside the future’s womb) When flushing Captain to his doom: Trapped in titanic undertow The Merchant Ship’s swept down below... A fledgling bird sprays morning dew As Johnny Junior’s born anew (He’s baptised in the dawn ablaze) To rectify the former days: Raw rills arise from melting snow And ****** rivers start to flow...
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Jun 15, 2013
Jun 15, 2013 at 6:09 PM UTC
Merchant Ship
​1​   In the year Victoria came to the throne,​ on 9 acres by a river’s bend, (bought for £490) Joseph Dover built his mill.   yarn to weave, wool to knit, the raw fleece washed, carded, scribbled, tentered, dyed, spun and woven (back parlour or mill shed) finished, sold.   Today the fleeces are burnt at the farm, and the sheds and lofts display colourful crafts. The past is collected in sepia photographs, strange heritaged tools. The present hides in figures on the footfall,   those costings for the café.   In an August of grey cloud and persistent rain, the sun on occasion shakes the building into life; it filters through the tall riverside trees, makes swathes of coloured light swim across the wooden floors.   2 ​ The studio, cool on the hottest day, is graced with garden flowers, and the business of making everywhere. Days fold work into the pleasure of small gestures of care, Satie’s tenderest song a litany under the breath.   When toes meet beneath a table shared, this touch registers the slow wonder of it all; that ‘being here’ in this expansive place of stone and wood, textured always with the white noised rush of water.   At night we steal back in to sit together by a single lamp: to decipher Henry’s mimetic prose of estuary, moor and river; ponder Robert’s quartets in A, every phrase singing Clara, Clara . . .   Later, lights extinguished we move in the pitch of darkness through the long galleries, carefully down the invisible stairs.   Outside, in the coloured silence of the river’s run, the hills carry the sky cloud-haunted, star-strewn. moon-lit.
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Jan 7, 2013
Jan 7, 2013 at 1:30 AM UTC
Sense of Place: Summer
​1​   In the year Victoria came to the throne,​ on 9 acres by a river’s bend, (bought for £490) Joseph Dover built his mill.   yarn to weave, wool to knit, the raw fleece washed, carded, scribbled, tentered, dyed, spun and woven (back parlour or mill shed) finished, sold.   Today the fleeces are burnt at the farm, and the sheds and lofts display colourful crafts. The past is collected in sepia photographs, strange heritaged tools. The present hides in figures on the footfall,   those costings for the café.   In an August of grey cloud and persistent rain, the sun on occasion shakes the building into life; it filters through the tall riverside trees, makes swathes of coloured light swim across the wooden floors.   2 ​ The studio, cool on the hottest day, is graced with garden flowers, and the business of making everywhere. Days fold work into the pleasure of small gestures of care, Satie’s tenderest song a litany under the breath.   When toes meet beneath a table shared, this touch registers the slow wonder of it all; that ‘being here’ in this expansive place of stone and wood, textured always with the white noised rush of water.   At night we steal back in to sit together by a single lamp: to decipher Henry’s mimetic prose of estuary, moor and river; ponder Robert’s quartets in A, every phrase singing Clara, Clara . . .   Later, lights extinguished we move in the pitch of darkness through the long galleries, carefully down the invisible stairs.   Outside, in the coloured silence of the river’s run, the hills carry the sky cloud-haunted, star-strewn. moon-lit.
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Beautiful cloud! with folds so soft and fair, Swimming in the pure quiet air! Thy fleeces bathed in sunlight, while below Thy shadow o'er the vale moves slow; Where, midst their labour, pause the reaper train As cool it comes along the grain. Beautiful cloud! I would I were with thee In thy calm way o'er land and sea: To rest on thy unrolling skirts, and look On Earth as on an open book; On streams that tie her realms with silver bands, And the long ways that seam her lands; And hear her humming cities, and the sound Of the great ocean breaking round. Ay--I would sail upon thy air-borne car To blooming regions distant far, To where the sun of Andalusia shines On his own olive-groves and vines, Or the soft lights of Italy's bright sky In smiles upon her ruins lie. But I would woo the winds to let us rest O'er Greece long fettered and oppressed, Whose sons at length have heard the call that comes From the old battle-fields and tombs, And risen, and drawn the sword, and on the foe Have dealt the swift and desperate blow, And the Othman power is cloven, and the stroke Has touched its chains, and they are broke. Ay, we would linger till the sunset there Should come, to purple all the air, And thou reflect upon the sacred ground The ruddy radiance streaming round. Bright meteor! for the summer noontide made! Thy peerless beauty yet shall fade. The sun, that fills with light each glistening fold, Shall set, and leave thee dark and cold: The blast shall rend thy skirts, or thou may'st frown In the dark heaven when storms come down, And weep in rain, till man's inquiring eye Miss thee, forever from the sky.
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To A Cloud
Beautiful cloud! with folds so soft and fair, Swimming in the pure quiet air! Thy fleeces bathed in sunlight, while below Thy shadow o'er the vale moves slow; Where, midst their labour, pause the reaper train As cool it comes along the grain. Beautiful cloud! I would I were with thee In thy calm way o'er land and sea: To rest on thy unrolling skirts, and look On Earth as on an open book; On streams that tie her realms with silver bands, And the long ways that seam her lands; And hear her humming cities, and the sound Of the great ocean breaking round. Ay--I would sail upon thy air-borne car To blooming regions distant far, To where the sun of Andalusia shines On his own olive-groves and vines, Or the soft lights of Italy's bright sky In smiles upon her ruins lie. But I would woo the winds to let us rest O'er Greece long fettered and oppressed, Whose sons at length have heard the call that comes From the old battle-fields and tombs, And risen, and drawn the sword, and on the foe Have dealt the swift and desperate blow, And the Othman power is cloven, and the stroke Has touched its chains, and they are broke. Ay, we would linger till the sunset there Should come, to purple all the air, And thou reflect upon the sacred ground The ruddy radiance streaming round. Bright meteor! for the summer noontide made! Thy peerless beauty yet shall fade. The sun, that fills with light each glistening fold, Shall set, and leave thee dark and cold: The blast shall rend thy skirts, or thou may'st frown In the dark heaven when storms come down, And weep in rain, till man's inquiring eye Miss thee, forever from the sky.
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Take me to your land of love, Guide me by your voice of love, Hold me by your hand of love, Cover me by your choice of love. I will then climb mountains of love, I will scale the higher peaks of love, I will show us the fountains of love, I will be nurturing the plant of love. Out will come our cheesy fleeces of love, So will be our savoury expedition of love, We will be drinking all the juices of love, To achieve a heart-felt ambition of love.
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Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013 at 8:55 AM UTC
The Land Of Love
We can all dream of love night and day. A dream lover. To dream alone. Is so much better. In the cold of the night. Love is a fossil. Crispy dry and decayed. Put love. My once friend. Love out to pasture. In the field of dreams. Sheep get counted. Their fleeces, they don't fleece the dreamer. Drift down the river of dreams. Baa baa black sheep... Once a little lamb. Grew into an adult sheep. Then became a man. Sheep, one, two,three... Slip slip slip... Into Zzzzzzzzzzzz By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 1:20 PM UTC
Sleep Sheep!
O Kali You hold the world In the fleeing fleeces Of your infinite Black hair You hold the the power Of control On this world For your Tongue Protruding in glory Points to the annihilated Darkness of the world You stand dramatically One foot ahead On your spouse O he is no less The mighty Shiva As her and his eyes alike Meet each other Non contact forces Working light years away Hail you and him O the Satan's head Lies chopped In your lotus palms Yet they hold controlling it With such a charm Your glorious eyes Glazing with the Kohl The adsorbed sorrow And dearth of your Devotees' lives You bless them With your lotus palms Which points but Downwards Oh this world but Is bound by gravity Oh that Satan's blood Also falls Under gravity Signifying continuity Of ones like him Being born And you Annihilating them Again and again O Devi Your rawness Is so charismatic You shelter your Devotees' Under the drapes Of your clothes The sword in your hand Dispelling all evil Let you guard and nourish as all Forevermore O Kali!
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Feb 3, 2018
Feb 3, 2018 at 7:10 AM UTC
O Kali
Azure limelight faded grey by the bewilderment I am the King of All living, we remember infested as the bunny and pine tree weeping as mothers marry off their siblings why wear white at weddings, why wish to be a innocent a bottle of gin is a grin tonic for a child to see as an aching smell of visions last saw as if Calvary was a horseman weilding a Lance A tree to Long for us, grown in the desert Already Peace flown in pure reverence Sang real The Last Great Initiate, Oh Reign, Reign, Rain, Rain, Reins, Reins Dye his skin with the empowered wish of will A well endless to stare through is warp drive A might so glorious we all must avert our eyes, a New Motion a **** gorgon, to start the serpentine on the sabbath to revolve and molt in a revolutionary vulcan grip to fly to the sky with birds writ uplift delight, delicious, appeal. zeal, feel Iesus covered in Liquid Cheeses Sweet Fleeces its Christmas Season Solar Deities yummy as Pizzas A pie in the Sky is my age divided by the week A pipe dream plumbed with gooey memories the weaken ends of my jeans faded blue from seventy charred black as the temples crystals phase out painted-glass Murals too light to be mailed, too large to be contained by an envelope too short to fit in the door way, too effulgent to weigh on the scale Pi sees Men, laughing as a woman changing clothes on a curbside speaking seventeen in one hand, zero at the bone in the other IhavebeenChanced, Iamexceed, Iamtheether, Iamsanctioned Fletcher Night: folllow your heart
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Sep 24, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 at 8:09 AM UTC
Aura Aurora
Azure limelight faded grey by the bewilderment I am the King of All living, we remember infested as the bunny and pine tree weeping as mothers marry off their siblings why wear white at weddings, why wish to be a innocent a bottle of gin is a grin tonic for a child to see as an aching smell of visions last saw as if Calvary was a horseman weilding a Lance A tree to Long for us, grown in the desert Already Peace flown in pure reverence Sang real The Last Great Initiate, Oh Reign, Reign, Rain, Rain, Reins, Reins Dye his skin with the empowered wish of will A well endless to stare through is warp drive A might so glorious we all must avert our eyes, a New Motion a **** gorgon, to start the serpentine on the sabbath to revolve and molt in a revolutionary vulcan grip to fly to the sky with birds writ uplift delight, delicious, appeal. zeal, feel Iesus covered in Liquid Cheeses Sweet Fleeces its Christmas Season Solar Deities yummy as Pizzas A pie in the Sky is my age divided by the week A pipe dream plumbed with gooey memories the weaken ends of my jeans faded blue from seventy charred black as the temples crystals phase out painted-glass Murals too light to be mailed, too large to be contained by an envelope too short to fit in the door way, too effulgent to weigh on the scale Pi sees Men, laughing as a woman changing clothes on a curbside speaking seventeen in one hand, zero at the bone in the other IhavebeenChanced, Iamexceed, Iamtheether, Iamsanctioned Fletcher Night: folllow your heart
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I thought you had shattered my heart with your fleeces, And that I’ve been busy picking up the pieces. But in reality you’ve stolen it for you own, And someday you will use it as my gravestone. Just a whisper of you echoes through my mind, And still the goose bumps ripple every single time. You had simply faded to a shadowy figure, And suddenly in my stolen heart you’re reconfigured. I wish you could just disappear, But I’ve learned you will always be near, For the fibres connecting us are spun of steel, And while invisible they are solid and real. These connectors keep you vulnerable to my caress, Even though my broken heart you still possess. We are cursed and you will forever be drawn to me, And the fear causes you to take my heart and leave. The steel will stretch taught but never snap, And you are destined to always come back
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Nov 17, 2011
Nov 17, 2011 at 9:25 AM UTC
My Love
At that winter smiles in the North and melts into mist and returns a few weeks later with soft snow flakes from the sky, on an April afternoon the same day the sun wore her yellow raiment and the grass put on her green dress in preparation for spring. The trees know better and wisely kept their leaves tucked up in their buds and sleep still, warmed by the hardened shell of their skin. We learn it is better to wait, to plant our seeds –instead of letting their promises freeze like our uncovered fingers and toes during the false fade of winter. So the sandals are put away, and the scarves, gloves, and fleeces come out of storage. It feels cold now, but you smile because you remember that you are still warmer than the days that turned your fingers blue with ache and turned your breath into mist. They say there is a season for all things, and now growing things lie still, except for you. So, you wait and grow more patient.
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Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 8:26 PM UTC
They say there is a season for all things.
I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" She intoxicates my thoughts, I can almost smell her sweet scent. Fresh laundry which I adore, And I begin to wish I could hug her once more.  Feel her smooth skin, her soft fleeces. But it’s not meant to be. For she doesn’t think of me,  in the way I think of her - Often.  Just the thought of her makes my heart race When I’m around her, my ears flush scarlet. But it’s not meant to be. Late nights and endless conversations. When things were new,  when they were fresh. Discovering each other watching a friendship grow. Then overnight, like turning out the light, Having it grow into more than friendship. But it’s not meant to be. The sleepless nights, the doubts and frights. Wishing I could change things beyond my control. But it was not meant to be. Cuz.  She’ll never be my girl.
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Jan 14, 2013
Jan 14, 2013 at 6:11 PM UTC
Obstruction
I AM! by Michael R. Burch I am not one of ten billion—I— sunblackened Icarus, chary fly, staring at God with a quizzical eye. I am not one of ten billion, I. I am not one life has left unsquashed— scarred as Ulysses, goddess-debauched, pale glowworm agleam with a tale of panache. I am not one life has left unsquashed. I am not one without spots of disease, laugh lines and tan lines and thick-callused knees from begging and praying and girls sighing "Please!" I am not one without spots of disease. I am not one of ten billion—I— scion of Daedalus, blackwinged fly staring at God with a sedulous eye. I am not one of ten billion, I AM! Keywords/Tags: I, AM, ego, individual, individuality, character, Icarus, Daedalus, Ulysses, fly, gadfly, chary, wary, quizzical, questioning, panache, sedulous, heretical jesus hates me, this i know by michael r. burch jesus hates me, this I know, for Church libel tells me so: “little ones to him belong” but if they use their dongs, so long! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so! jesus fleeces us, i know, for Religion scams us so: little ones are brainwashed to believe god saves the Chosen Few! yes, jesus fleeces! yes, he deceases the bunny and the rhesus because he’s mad at you! jesus hates me—christ who died so i might be crucified: for if i use my **** or brain, that will drive the “lord” insane! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so! jesus hates me, this I know, for Church libel tells me so: first fools tell me “look above,” that christ’s the lamb and god’s the dove, but then they sentence me to Hell for using my big brain too well! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so!
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Mar 4, 2020
Mar 4, 2020 at 10:13 PM UTC
I AM!
I AM! by Michael R. Burch I am not one of ten billion—I— sunblackened Icarus, chary fly, staring at God with a quizzical eye. I am not one of ten billion, I. I am not one life has left unsquashed— scarred as Ulysses, goddess-debauched, pale glowworm agleam with a tale of panache. I am not one life has left unsquashed. I am not one without spots of disease, laugh lines and tan lines and thick-callused knees from begging and praying and girls sighing "Please!" I am not one without spots of disease. I am not one of ten billion—I— scion of Daedalus, blackwinged fly staring at God with a sedulous eye. I am not one of ten billion, I AM! Keywords/Tags: I, AM, ego, individual, individuality, character, Icarus, Daedalus, Ulysses, fly, gadfly, chary, wary, quizzical, questioning, panache, sedulous, heretical jesus hates me, this i know by michael r. burch jesus hates me, this I know, for Church libel tells me so: “little ones to him belong” but if they use their dongs, so long! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so! jesus fleeces us, i know, for Religion scams us so: little ones are brainwashed to believe god saves the Chosen Few! yes, jesus fleeces! yes, he deceases the bunny and the rhesus because he’s mad at you! jesus hates me—christ who died so i might be crucified: for if i use my **** or brain, that will drive the “lord” insane! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so! jesus hates me, this I know, for Church libel tells me so: first fools tell me “look above,” that christ’s the lamb and god’s the dove, but then they sentence me to Hell for using my big brain too well! yes, jesus hates me! yes, jesus baits me! yes, he berates me! Church libel tells me so!
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Above the spine of snow, Calm ,white; and here floats Ice crystals from a dead storm, And there in the snow a child wins With a snow ***** chance. The frozen scapes- grey nostalgia- With a peculiar memory Recalls itself in its snowy drifts And mania like senile tundra. To add the sum of January In enthusiastic forms of child play Like a snow man in fleeces, The memory is fused. And far away, Dreaming maybe of an abstract Freeze in the heartfelt snow A child is warmed by the memory.
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Jan 16, 2016
Jan 16, 2016 at 3:47 PM UTC
January
When was the last time  I. Panted. For the water. . ? When was the last time I. Knelt. before his throne. . ? The deciever. Will come up to me and say '. Sickness. Be gone '. But. It's. In Christ. Alone we are saved , in him salvation is found ., every knee. Laid low . Pockets of water gather on mountain tops . From rills to ravines , gush and flow . . Rocks from volcanoes solidify. , turn to crystal dreams in granit  lost in  space and time . born from magma. They are formed   Only in time , only in time . Yet  in a cave in my mountain my kings hand is never  over my cup , nor my goblet. Left dry . In the shadow of my mountain. Trees find  water , prosper in every season . Then in '. Eighteen  hundred. and frozen to death '  came a rolling doŵn My mountain , a. Thick cloud covered. This ball of clay in the heavens . Birds fell from the sky , Fish floated in the water , Farmers. Returned. Fleeces. To their beasts of the field . Poets. Retreated indoors , Out of dreams Frankenstein wax born . '.Bread or blood ' the peasants cry God hast. Breathed. On our green fields. and turned them to a white frozen waste lands . '.or has Napolian. Captured. The sun ? Out. Of this misery. the deceives. Came . The ear twitchers. Listened , Gods book found new. Chapters. , To profits of the new age . Oh you. Can still , even now hear them knocking on your door . Listen carefully , Stay alert . ! For as Eligh. Layed. Twelve stones Baal. Men danced. , As. Eligh. Called down from heaven Baal s. Men ran , And as Eligh. Came a looking , Fire and water reigned down . One God of the land . Yet even today there's. A heart break a coming my way .
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Aug 2, 2016
Aug 2, 2016 at 5:23 AM UTC
Fire and water
When was the last time  I. Panted. For the water. . ? When was the last time I. Knelt. before his throne. . ? The deciever. Will come up to me and say '. Sickness. Be gone '. But. It's. In Christ. Alone we are saved , in him salvation is found ., every knee. Laid low . Pockets of water gather on mountain tops . From rills to ravines , gush and flow . . Rocks from volcanoes solidify. , turn to crystal dreams in granit  lost in  space and time . born from magma. They are formed   Only in time , only in time . Yet  in a cave in my mountain my kings hand is never  over my cup , nor my goblet. Left dry . In the shadow of my mountain. Trees find  water , prosper in every season . Then in '. Eighteen  hundred. and frozen to death '  came a rolling doŵn My mountain , a. Thick cloud covered. This ball of clay in the heavens . Birds fell from the sky , Fish floated in the water , Farmers. Returned. Fleeces. To their beasts of the field . Poets. Retreated indoors , Out of dreams Frankenstein wax born . '.Bread or blood ' the peasants cry God hast. Breathed. On our green fields. and turned them to a white frozen waste lands . '.or has Napolian. Captured. The sun ? Out. Of this misery. the deceives. Came . The ear twitchers. Listened , Gods book found new. Chapters. , To profits of the new age . Oh you. Can still , even now hear them knocking on your door . Listen carefully , Stay alert . ! For as Eligh. Layed. Twelve stones Baal. Men danced. , As. Eligh. Called down from heaven Baal s. Men ran , And as Eligh. Came a looking , Fire and water reigned down . One God of the land . Yet even today there's. A heart break a coming my way .
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Its 6:01, Farringdon Platform 1 Shattered souls craned necks And twiddling thumbs. The fool in the know. The first to know; the last to accept it. Here stood reflecting. Silently condemning a life accepted Reams of fleeces overground and understated. Shrouded from sheering myself. The fool in the know. The first to know; the last to accept it. How my hem has freyed No, not from loft today Through rubbing ankles under desks, To metamorphose To a child cocooned blanket bound Rubbing ankles dreaming sound I dream as the child dreamt As a baby longed to feel       I long for what I have felt
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Jul 27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 at 1:33 PM UTC
6:01
A few times in life I've been smitten By the feelings of love I've been bitten But cold is love Like in winter a hand that lost it's glove It's touch can leave you frozen A heart eaten away by corrosion It will make any situation a little more dire Making you feel a little more expired Why is love so cruel Two people in a dual Leaving you the fool Feeling just like a ghoul Love set's your heart on fire Giving you all kinds of desire Only for it to turn the tables For seemingly it is just a fable It's really not real All those feelings you feel They were nothing but a mirage Giving you a cardiac massage Why is love so cruel Two people in a dual Leaving you the fool Feeling just like a ghoul Till that inevitable day Love takes it all away You plummet from the sky Till you're laying in the wry Love so skillfully fleeces As you cut yourself to pieces Trying to recover your shattered parts Tiny slivers of a pulverized heart
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Feb 20, 2016
Feb 20, 2016 at 11:32 AM UTC
Tiny Slivers, Shattered Parts