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by Mark
Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Untold
Replies: 2
Views: 3679

Re: Untold

Hi Dave, thanks for your comments. Apologies for the delayed response, I was away in Cape Town this week. Yes, something a bit different, a sort of extrapolation of a quad, for once. A one-session write, late at night instead of shutting down my PC. I'll come back to it at some point. Cheers, Mark. 
by Mark
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Untold
Replies: 2
Views: 3679

Untold

. In a tangle of dead farm machinery the horizon is now a tall forest of tiny flowers unbroken by my sudden fall. My thick blood is a liquid rust settling into the cool dark soil for a reunion of man and earth. And the ever sky seems slated to drown in grey serrated rows torn from the calmness of b...
by Mark
Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:49 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Running
Replies: 4
Views: 6656

Re: Running

Thanks for looking &your kind words, Greg. I dunno about the others anymore but I guess the main character evolved into the shithead I am today.  
by Mark
Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
Topic: Hi My Name is Greg
Replies: 5
Views: 9083

Re: Hi My Name is Greg

Welcome, Greg.
The crossover possibilities between poetry and song lyrics are interesting. I have an effort in that regard that I''ll dig out for the hell of it. 
 
by Mark
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Words
Replies: 5
Views: 2075

Re: Words

Indeed.
Re-reading your piece... it's a good write, has weight and depth. 
by Mark
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:05 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Words
Replies: 5
Views: 2075

Re: Words

Censored letters to God consigned to the trash heap. Powerful and apposite.
by Mark
Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Leaving the Nest
Replies: 7
Views: 11334

Re: Leaving the Nest

No squirrels in my neck of the no-woods. Nice to stumble across a TM nature study poem.
by Mark
Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: City Planners
Replies: 7
Views: 15088

Re: City Planners

Dave wrote:
Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:37 am
All things have doubled edges I would say. Like the way the poem turns normal expectations.
 

Possibly so but almost entirely trivial compared to the profound impact of human intellect in its various manifestations. 
by Mark
Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:22 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Dan Patch Express
Replies: 6
Views: 17667

Re: The Dan Patch Express

Hope the info helps. Weather sounds hectic. I see Dane Wigington has a post up on YT about your Hurricane Hilary: are you familiar with his work? Interesting stuff.

Nostalgia is sometimes like finding a faded and forgotten photograph with the corners curled in silent echoes of laughter.  
by Mark
Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Dan Patch Express
Replies: 6
Views: 17667

Re: The Dan Patch Express

Interesting bit of Americana. Enjoyed.