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How long to weep in silence

Posted on October 26, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

How long to weep in silencein this place without a soul?How long to weep in silencewhile their machine eats us whole?The soulless ones who rule uswith their slimy silken glovehiding their assault rifle;monster disguised as a dove.They tear the heart … Continue reading →

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Lies

Posted on October 21, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

So quickly we swallow the lines we are fed, hook, line and sinker;so quickly the ‘truths’ they espouse drive will out the thinker.From the words spoke so silken from the silver tongued oneto the softly veiled threats when the whole … Continue reading →

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The War

Posted on October 16, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

For many years I fought a warbut never vanquished mefor every attack plan I made,there in defence I’d be.Mayhaps I should surrender;accept victory and defeat.Perhaps we can live in peaceif we let ourselves just meet.I might even start to like … Continue reading →

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Change

Posted on October 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

All life on earth will surely dieif we do not decide to tryto save what’s left; forget our greed,live simply then with what we need. I see no hope! It’s man’s foul wayswill surely bring the end of days;but does … Continue reading →

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Again

Posted on October 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

It’s palpable, it’s in the air;the fear of change is everywhere.The Universe implodes in time;a time of change is not a crime.There is no future, lest we bea species proud and always free.Within this world when born againthere is a … Continue reading →

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Rebirth

Posted on October 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I see it riseup, up so high;it’s blackness fillsthe world and sky. I see it rise high abovethis world once greatthat killed the dove;God is now dead. Today the painthat we all feelis our rebirth;earth’s even keel.

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The One Tree

Posted on October 8, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

The One Tree withers, so soon to die; no longer its boughs to reach the sky. No more the link –  Heaven to Gaia; lost to humanities greed and fire. ‘Tis humans alone caused our demise with our loss of … Continue reading →

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Words

Posted on September 30, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I speak not in words my darling for they tangle in my mind; the words that are within my heart are not what you then find. I write the words that are my truth; they are what you now see. … Continue reading →

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Chant from Yarneeth

Posted on September 29, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I have so much I must learn to reach the place for which I yearn and every Right thing that I spurn is just another bridge I burn

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A Dream?

Posted on September 28, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I fell away down to the top of the stairs to a world with no worries, a world with no cares. So I dusted myself off as I stood at the top and realised this wasn’t where I wanted to … Continue reading →

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The Weeping Willow

Posted on September 11, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I miss the Willow though I know why the ecologists did make her die. Not a native, she choked our streams; so though the tree of the poets dreams all thought of her removed from sight in the war for … Continue reading →

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The Fearing

Posted on August 29, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

The great Fearing was upon them and it runs across the lands. The Fearing had no substance like the drifting Sands. When the Fearing is upon you, to Hades your Soul is bound; when the Fearing is upon you your … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on August 27, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

It eats away at heart and soul; fear’s freezing heat – a burning coal. It freezes thought, nought can be done; like at our temple there’s a gun. Immobilized in thought and deed so none can move in time of … Continue reading →

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Gaia’s revenge

Posted on August 20, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

Gaia’s revenge is upon us and now lots of us gonna die; don’t feel too bad about it, there’ll still be stars in the sky. Gaia’ll rebuild the world and the shit we pillaged each day; she”ll sing her sweet … Continue reading →

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Black & White

Posted on August 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

In a colourless world of black and white where all things are seen as wrong or right where “I’m always right and you are wrong” is the rhythm behind almost every song. Where there is no colour, there is no … Continue reading →

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