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Not To Offend: Shadorma
NOT TO OFFEND
A writer
Learns over the years
When someone
Says it’s “deep”
It’s “incomprehensible”
(They’re being polite)
It’s The Wine Talking
IT’S THE WINE TALKING
The scum rises to the top
The dregs sink to the bottom
I’d point this out more pointedly
But my mum always said
It’s rude to stir (or point)
She also said
There are three things you should never discuss
Politics, sex and religion
Unfortunately
Nothing else has ever interested me much
Except
Of course
Writing
… She’d be appalled
The Miracle Of Birth: Shadorma
THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH
If I may
I beg to announce
A healthy
Shadorma
No congratulations please
Simply played midwife
A Letter Away: Senryu
A LETTER AWAY
Beware and be alert
Posting: so close to posing
That they can switch rôle
Thwarting The Gloom: Senryu
THWARTING THE GLOOM
Lights switched on midday
Not shameless exorbitance
… Poetic licence
On The Job (Fuck Me): Shadorma
ON THE JOB (FUCK ME)
Poet’s job
To spark and nurture
Both free thought
And open
Emotion, even open
Doors to other realms
Poets Out Loud: Four By Six
POETS OUT LOUD
Let’s share our poetry
For without that I fear
It might quickly descend
Into onanism
Unfinished Love Poem
UNFINISHED LOVE POEM
Lay it aside for a while
Maybe days or weeks
Sometimes even years
Till all falls into place
A significant poem will
Always find its moment
And in that moment
Their writer will also
Find a completeness
Those not significant
Reveal themselves as such
And are easily thrown away
Poet As In A Mirror: Tanka
POET AS IN A MIRROR
Inspire me please
Saying the unexpected
Revealing your deeps
Encouraged by your courage
To write something worth reading
Poet Recalled: Shadorma
POET RECALLED
The bladder
Grabs the microphone
And cries out,
“Come back here.
Bugger creativity.
Prioritise, son!”