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Cantilevers
I am a cantilever. Supported at one end by the grounded truth of the universe. I am a pawn on a cornice chessboard. There is another me,...
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Silk and salt
The feel of water on your skin is joy. The water’s ideal salt concentration cleanses, without being abrasive, so each pore thoroughly...
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Elementar
Excited to announce that Elementar is released today: https://paperviewbooks.pt/books/elementar/ Thanks, Stephen
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Dissecting grass
I wait beneath a noise of pain, I tend my roots. Skyscraper lawn up there is turf, it skins alloys, napalm soft. Break in allies! The...
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Tightrope
By a field, time plays tricks. Trees lose their white coats. Winter goes in seconds. Winter goes in decades. Stephen Paul Wren
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Colour and poetry event (Stephen is reading)
Colour and Poetry: A Symposium VI Colour & Poetry: A Symposium VI, is a cross- and inter-disciplinary two-day virtual event held by the...
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The china rose and its protector
The china rose and its protector I am drawn to you. My tender tender. You care for me with a watering can. I am complex. You gaze at my...
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Genes nearby
Our horseless stable hides clues in bloodstreams; locks of hair in velvet pouches; remembrances. -- This poem appeared on X on 05/12/23...
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Sentinels
Earth’s damselflies are milk. They are narrow custodians of Earth, long in the tooth with mandibles. Earth’s pond shores are rotting. The...
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Faces
Help me to see your face and to hear not the scream inside me that hides there because your face is not The face of my King though offers...
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Reflectors
What if glass did not reflect? What if glass did not refract? No mirrors and no angles might make the ground palpitate.
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Victoria blue
naphthylamine dye make the world blue please show me the eyes of my darling daughter
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A choice to make inside a plum
climb into red flesh - soak up all the sweetness - chisel the central stone - with teeth that feel phoney - your life is full of pep -...
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Allotted time
I ride the tides I shift myself to beats humming inside the skin of a father - a soul’s hourglass I am visiting here buffeted, yes, but...
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Advice for the broken-hearted by the sea
Be cautious, on beach sand, if you hurt. For waves speak and offer ancient help. Meditate on your own oblique sun. Add acid to some...
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Living water
Here is a poem that I wrote for the 4th online Molecules Unlimited meeting (theme = water): Living water I lurk beneath water’s...
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Cells
In my nineties, my friends are sorry for my losses. They say you can see the pain in his face. In necrosis states, do cells cry for each...
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State of matter dream
In a dream, Henry told me (in his car) that Dylan had died. Henry told me that Dylan always fought with their sister (Chloe). Henry told...
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Melting point
Mix the previously unseen, and heat. New lights will emerge if we look closely.
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The Chemistry of Memory
This will be fun! The Chemistry of memory: a workshop exploring memory through science, colour and poetry Date: 13th June 2023 Time:...
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