tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127743412024-03-07T06:41:00.615+00:00MAL's FACTORY - Poetry & Prose PoemsA companion to <a href="http://sinnaluvva.blogspot.com/">THE WORD OF SINNA LUVVA</a> blog.
An Outlet for new poems, drafts of poems and even rediscovered or reworked ones! For more poetry by Malcolm Evison see the Related Sites listing.Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-13285683370207258552024-01-03T19:09:00.002+00:002024-01-03T23:40:12.890+00:00Squirrel In The Rain
<b>poem and image by malcolm evison</b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3mp-n5uUdprsqlRztbyj-MlXNM2Cqf53Ag_5xtWM-VQ1Ei3VWtVO5oroRzUAX1Dp96DxMKHFeFqNepiOeLnQBojfeWcPzbfIRprFN3dGxJ1Mepy4FR9HmTefaVYYZKlK1GfEBRYdNf_VW9rq88vvA3UKxQnBv0SPb8K_8HX0MA0CRYVv9Dh_/s1600/squirrel%20in%20the%20rain%20A3%20crop%20variation%201.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="895" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3mp-n5uUdprsqlRztbyj-MlXNM2Cqf53Ag_5xtWM-VQ1Ei3VWtVO5oroRzUAX1Dp96DxMKHFeFqNepiOeLnQBojfeWcPzbfIRprFN3dGxJ1Mepy4FR9HmTefaVYYZKlK1GfEBRYdNf_VW9rq88vvA3UKxQnBv0SPb8K_8HX0MA0CRYVv9Dh_/s600/squirrel%20in%20the%20rain%20A3%20crop%20variation%201.jpg"/></a></div>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-20171646333321702372024-01-03T15:33:00.003+00:002024-01-03T23:52:51.770+00:00BEING<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSTQZJKX5-V2jJaKq4lNj7zUgrPjHP-y5F0QfpY4m4WNoaNqPhNt4zT4Ih2BziBYkTvsSw026PJgpDi-FKZes7Ted914_I_pvSA5ZhJlSAcFJLhtFxzuLQrpqtxwVaDTU-vn19la8UafHhzP7QWMtpc-LXYnQhzxKT1URgNLWKola8Cr4bnVl/s1499/being%20-%20new.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1075" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMSTQZJKX5-V2jJaKq4lNj7zUgrPjHP-y5F0QfpY4m4WNoaNqPhNt4zT4Ih2BziBYkTvsSw026PJgpDi-FKZes7Ted914_I_pvSA5ZhJlSAcFJLhtFxzuLQrpqtxwVaDTU-vn19la8UafHhzP7QWMtpc-LXYnQhzxKT1URgNLWKola8Cr4bnVl/s400/being%20-%20new.JPG"/></a></div>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-67999704997203504082024-01-03T15:30:00.002+00:002024-01-03T23:56:09.288+00:00A Glass So Deeply Stained<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje07seHLq0NIbkWPWCr8IfOr7ppD36UoWuzXXRLMVSaBbtX7Jy0t9PzppAtgubu2hEq_d7qytr3bdd7-OsNN2xj1bMtmrFEXhIf4If5iOlWUf7K7k5K-XzXtcMxB3qWBfQvW-GjcpF2zkCCx2oWkUB0PORsF-YpvUsYaj8cWi52rcY9Svn65Ey/s1600/a%20glass%20so%20deeply%20stained.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje07seHLq0NIbkWPWCr8IfOr7ppD36UoWuzXXRLMVSaBbtX7Jy0t9PzppAtgubu2hEq_d7qytr3bdd7-OsNN2xj1bMtmrFEXhIf4If5iOlWUf7K7k5K-XzXtcMxB3qWBfQvW-GjcpF2zkCCx2oWkUB0PORsF-YpvUsYaj8cWi52rcY9Svn65Ey/s400/a%20glass%20so%20deeply%20stained.jpg"/></a></div>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-78691684427526516652024-01-03T15:25:00.000+00:002024-01-03T15:25:02.540+00:00Golgotha Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF0bOpyBqZwZLW-sYYfLJZB_Y3PMCaV2Y1e0JM42wMw6Hxrz_BnKbiyh61agYcZNSBxlITbi_GsmowBD3v5_LQdq14h2Ir0gYxaNsvKJWsmrnztMgVGdpvrXKV7CK3voEJXmFtGz-7_BSCMDGUMS4xKfBvxTDpWeFhGKJ6qAVvxGlHfkxNll1/s1600/GOLGOTHA%20DAYS%20-%20draft%203.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF0bOpyBqZwZLW-sYYfLJZB_Y3PMCaV2Y1e0JM42wMw6Hxrz_BnKbiyh61agYcZNSBxlITbi_GsmowBD3v5_LQdq14h2Ir0gYxaNsvKJWsmrnztMgVGdpvrXKV7CK3voEJXmFtGz-7_BSCMDGUMS4xKfBvxTDpWeFhGKJ6qAVvxGlHfkxNll1/s1600/GOLGOTHA%20DAYS%20-%20draft%203.jpg"/></a></div>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-91936180353408771642021-11-03T11:16:00.001+00:002021-11-03T11:16:46.199+00:00Weft & Warp - rediscovered fragment of a poem<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHR51muPXWFbyw182BN4t60KLAxk5X6vMl7Bg2VoEWbC08Ladu0PNfbkpQoNL1UYGl3QAMJ_YKsqYx5wcL7x-VLU3VvZ7W_tjN2TrSRcF9eGRIgywrSVWwaMbNNqBThAg-4Cv/s2048/PSX_20211103_111059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1611" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHR51muPXWFbyw182BN4t60KLAxk5X6vMl7Bg2VoEWbC08Ladu0PNfbkpQoNL1UYGl3QAMJ_YKsqYx5wcL7x-VLU3VvZ7W_tjN2TrSRcF9eGRIgywrSVWwaMbNNqBThAg-4Cv/w504-h640/PSX_20211103_111059.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-4731065474025492232021-11-03T11:03:00.000+00:002021-11-03T11:03:00.266+00:00Old Comrades<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9YOXxGtNzdRcuBGrPqMoy2Ler4OztkE7uwnjDC-DqB5AIGZc7Ozkse3F1KJcHf4DcZGCmM7SDwsqhvoGDUaO35DbsLQbfJGARznE34IigvEW89De3TjJpXag0PiULWv_YY3G/s1754/old+comrades+ii.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9YOXxGtNzdRcuBGrPqMoy2Ler4OztkE7uwnjDC-DqB5AIGZc7Ozkse3F1KJcHf4DcZGCmM7SDwsqhvoGDUaO35DbsLQbfJGARznE34IigvEW89De3TjJpXag0PiULWv_YY3G/w452-h640/old+comrades+ii.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-46477451091303753952021-04-26T23:35:00.003+01:002021-04-26T23:35:30.549+01:00in the wee small hours<p> This poem is a reworking of a poem from 2011 - modified today 21 April 2021 - </p><p> poem & background image by Malcolm Evison</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QwybA_TNRwPHG4c3TEY9dbnenaPWguH6XKSOj_u7UFucY2UDyTgv_TNXULEqb854ERk316riKeqexcdLurq42FH6n8w9H2XfTMlALaSdVeEDVIIGh7z3HP9ffSxBsBjEeHRb/s2048/poem+-+3.00am+message+revised+2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QwybA_TNRwPHG4c3TEY9dbnenaPWguH6XKSOj_u7UFucY2UDyTgv_TNXULEqb854ERk316riKeqexcdLurq42FH6n8w9H2XfTMlALaSdVeEDVIIGh7z3HP9ffSxBsBjEeHRb/w453-h640/poem+-+3.00am+message+revised+2021.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-9881929887104560692020-06-11T19:36:00.000+01:002020-06-11T19:36:31.674+01:00Word<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Word<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">The pain of not to know<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">a words true meaning -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">(a heartfelt paradox<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">so tautologically
entwined) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">brain travels inscapes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">of the mind<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">the universe declaims<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">I AM - the exocentric<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">altar. Delving <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">through layers of time<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">exploring a fresh terrain
-<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we dream of worlds<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">where words were not yet<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">known. We fail to
understand.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">Seeking our solace<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">in links with primal man -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we feel the air vibrate<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">with all our fears, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">and through the storm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we hear the voice that
tears<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">at our discretion.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">All is, and nought eludes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">our sense, each particle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">is new, and each the
wholeness.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then vision fades.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">Unable to untie<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">our deepest fears, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">from realms of theory, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we seek salvation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">in vacuity -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">unable to unite<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">the reasons for this life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">with joy in living<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we yearn for sunlight<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">to dissipate the gloom -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">at each encounter<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">ache for renewed creation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">The phase explodes -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">gone is all sense<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">and reason yields<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">to circumstance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our reminiscence magnifies<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">the mis-spent days -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">heroic sacrifice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">now reeks of self-abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our word-linked knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">looks to primal man -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">speaking of worlds<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">where words were not yet
known -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">no matter how we squirm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">we fail to understand<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">that words<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">are still the master<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;">of the man. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Malcolm Evison <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-60267316614603647042020-06-11T19:27:00.000+01:002020-06-11T19:27:18.919+01:00rediscovered fragment - weft and warp<br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Weft
and warp the winding river</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Weaves
a sky-glass mirror wide</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Where
broken reeds in woeful frolic dance</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>And
all of nature is a song field</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Happy
singing softly low</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Hush
waves sift across the shallows</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Humming
pebbles flow</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In
my mind I know no resting</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>See
the country torment side</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Burdened
down with woeful pity</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Watching
sorrow crease their smiles</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>In
the heaving night I lie awake</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
lie awake and think of green of day</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>When
I with you through fields will wander</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Our
love we must not squander away</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Away
dull cares and lift the heavy shield</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>That
guards my ears and eyes</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I
want to live, to breathe, to love</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Far
from my captive sighs</b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Malcolm
Evison</i></span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(a
rediscovered fragment of a poem I was working on circa 1966 – no
prize for guessing the poet to whom it was indebted)</span></span></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-50331627810075156232020-01-25T01:36:00.000+00:002020-01-28T12:50:41.611+00:00Night's Torments - a hasty first draft - an instant response<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB691haIdrGPulDbVsntXf4GU_6trtKozlSuF2pufaAn7L024oBZXWjsHoLTbC6p99pEqhiSDVSH02LbIpbeoqw-pbTcXnH9hyphenhyphenRoay6a_wU-OH-btv6Xag6OjO7Puzvk_1I8u7/s1600/Nights+Torments.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB691haIdrGPulDbVsntXf4GU_6trtKozlSuF2pufaAn7L024oBZXWjsHoLTbC6p99pEqhiSDVSH02LbIpbeoqw-pbTcXnH9hyphenhyphenRoay6a_wU-OH-btv6Xag6OjO7Puzvk_1I8u7/s1600/Nights+Torments.jpeg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-47482193560081801112019-12-16T23:09:00.000+00:002019-12-16T23:40:23.648+00:00Squirrel in the Rain - repost <br />
Having watched the acrobatic antics of a squirrel, in various parts of our garden, this morning, I thought it was maybe time to repost this poem!<br />
<br />
<br />
Squirrel InThe Rain<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
He perches, in sparkling eyed contemplation<br />
of the goal. Like some celebrated stylite,<br />
he squats on his post, oblivious<br />
to the hostile elements. My stare<br />
<br />
intrudes upon his gaze; defiance<br />
resonates across the intervening space. And then<br />
the sudden leap,<br />
a precarious landing on the ridge; teeth bared<br />
<br />
he nuzzles the meshwork tower,<br />
seeking nutrition.<br />
<br />
Losing his grip,<br />
he hastily takes flight, back<br />
to the stepping stone beam -<br />
the garden fence’s parapet.<br />
<br />
A sudden sure footed spring onto the post;<br />
I stare at him, he glowers back at me,<br />
brush-tail twitching. I sense<br />
a mood of defiance; he leaps once more<br />
to the bird tables roof.<br />
<br />
A turbulent manoeuvre finds<br />
a covered plateau. A sense<br />
of instability<br />
takes charge. He beats<br />
a hasty retreat.<br />
<br />
Post squatted,<br />
he focusses once more.<br />
He steels himself,<br />
then springs.<br />
<br />
The glistening plastic proves<br />
more than a match; he takes<br />
a floundering fall<br />
into the sodden undergrowth.<br />
<br />
Bedraggled, he climbs the austere fence,<br />
tail discomfortedly curled,<br />
shakes vigorously. The watery beads<br />
propel themselves from body into air.<br />
<br />
Straight tailed, disconsolate,<br />
he beats retreat<br />
along the wooden parapet. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Malcolm Evison<br />
22 May 2006 <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-85290068063935159452019-11-14T19:57:00.000+00:002019-11-14T19:57:05.350+00:00A Noble Silence - illustrated poem - Re-post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZBWdyxJmGVEFaqD6a5DOtsLI4IbJHPVEtI-Spnp-qZS89_C9KuGURwth43_iZT0bdr_SDZ9l_k0BbQdu1TJMcI8U68DTqOXykRHTujribor_ZKa7dBZTytjVvc6Rnd_hQKSt/s1600/A+Noble+Silence+reduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZBWdyxJmGVEFaqD6a5DOtsLI4IbJHPVEtI-Spnp-qZS89_C9KuGURwth43_iZT0bdr_SDZ9l_k0BbQdu1TJMcI8U68DTqOXykRHTujribor_ZKa7dBZTytjVvc6Rnd_hQKSt/s640/A+Noble+Silence+reduced.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-10541325682535966212019-11-13T18:37:00.000+00:002019-11-13T18:39:01.642+00:00Two Poems dis-interred as a result of the High Court trampling on (the same) workers rights<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Today the High Court found an excuse to prevent the CWU from taking strike action in spite of the ballot receiving 97% support for their action! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The two poems below date from October 2017 when the Tory High Court previously ruled against these workers rights.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ALbVenx2i94IzYVFgJzlMgTna5xYq1mI1HbnDZ_Cbdk1NvqWGsHfwwv-i_xb55hoMXBPxpFOIAb7in3pQbliigiEORpPLXHpz1n8IAmk4AoovFmJEUJN439mQ3IRY5RxbIFn/s1600/towards+an+Autocratic+State+mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ALbVenx2i94IzYVFgJzlMgTna5xYq1mI1HbnDZ_Cbdk1NvqWGsHfwwv-i_xb55hoMXBPxpFOIAb7in3pQbliigiEORpPLXHpz1n8IAmk4AoovFmJEUJN439mQ3IRY5RxbIFn/s640/towards+an+Autocratic+State+mod.jpg" width="521" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaDix19Ihy_zDgSWzIFjXO_eXdc9gtOMaKwcsE8da5ENcaEJWpwqA9FlpIiqqsazofxvEjRhvFDnsMNnWJxd08as65dfb-5qxvzFdBs3EeMU3Bme6LzPqBDK_PXYmi0RChFIs/s1600/Listening+to+Shepp+%2527Magic+of+Ju-Ju%2527+%2528in+response+to+High+Court+vs+CWU%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaDix19Ihy_zDgSWzIFjXO_eXdc9gtOMaKwcsE8da5ENcaEJWpwqA9FlpIiqqsazofxvEjRhvFDnsMNnWJxd08as65dfb-5qxvzFdBs3EeMU3Bme6LzPqBDK_PXYmi0RChFIs/s640/Listening+to+Shepp+%2527Magic+of+Ju-Ju%2527+%2528in+response+to+High+Court+vs+CWU%2529.jpg" width="456" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-75693299830538326552019-09-30T19:54:00.000+01:002019-09-30T21:05:39.830+01:00As If The Worlds Woe - draft IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPow-M8KX3hTQ0dPx_sU0zVKgLkps4gqXp-j2_snckoeMOITgfAAh-BUj-QxeiqahM1loppljJfafbMfP7FxVGYK98Q71Oo6Q7UvsnAQzf5YMwkIpXKQpJ_fb_0r6bvjTr3j7i/s1600/As+If+The+Worlds+Woe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPow-M8KX3hTQ0dPx_sU0zVKgLkps4gqXp-j2_snckoeMOITgfAAh-BUj-QxeiqahM1loppljJfafbMfP7FxVGYK98Q71Oo6Q7UvsnAQzf5YMwkIpXKQpJ_fb_0r6bvjTr3j7i/s640/As+If+The+Worlds+Woe.jpg" width="451" /></a></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-40980492343987164292019-09-24T22:27:00.000+01:002019-09-24T22:27:45.926+01:00Some Frenzied God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4iF5za3B8PmY-pGA7y3Drn6N4lTCXqzHqSqV7YagXdH9hOcAmvExkA7ZFd2NWeV0x8ZgG40Ov8xSO-rkc3MuDkv6LncXguU8UF4xNfI3L1PdZHNHory1j7tBj6pAtgIVDQxE/s1600/Some+Frenzied+God.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4iF5za3B8PmY-pGA7y3Drn6N4lTCXqzHqSqV7YagXdH9hOcAmvExkA7ZFd2NWeV0x8ZgG40Ov8xSO-rkc3MuDkv6LncXguU8UF4xNfI3L1PdZHNHory1j7tBj6pAtgIVDQxE/s640/Some+Frenzied+God.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-54280246190388580822019-08-20T22:58:00.003+01:002019-08-20T22:59:35.769+01:00Closing The Deal<br />
<br />
I just stumbled upon some scribbled random lines & words I'd hastily drafted in March 2017 and elsewhere a few scribbled random lines from April 2017. This afternoon I played around with the two separate entities before realising that they really belonged together, hence the following:<br />
.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calligraphic script pro"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Closing
The Deal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">once having flown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">too close to a werewolf moon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">he struggled to provide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">a blueprint for his own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">corrupted furrow –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">his joy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">was rarely ever real –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">but cynicism<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">worn as self-defence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">though jocular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">was more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">like the true deal-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">he dreamt of heroes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">but all too soon became<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.0pt;">a doleful clown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 90.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calligraphic script pro"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Malcolm Evison<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 108.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "calligraphic script pro"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calligraphic script pro"; font-size: 14.0pt;">20
August 2019<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-5449888653838261022019-07-24T20:19:00.000+01:002019-07-24T20:19:14.446+01:00The Candle (one poem - two versions)<br />
<div class="entry-meta" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #777777; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="by-author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="sep" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">by</span> <span class="author vcard" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://hirsutemal.wordpress.com/author/hirsutemal/" rel="author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #777777; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by hirsutemal">hirsutemal</a></span></span></div>
<div class="entry-content" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 12px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although most of the drafts for these two versions of the same poem were written in January 1991 (during phase two of the First Gulf War), subsequently modified in 2005, I am still unable to decide which is the final version. Each version has its merits and no doubt their flaws too.</em></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE CANDLE (Version I)</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Waiting to break</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this happy equilibrium</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the flames shaft</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">laps the glowing air.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today the bombs</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fall on Baghdad –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I watch the candle burn.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A patterned globe</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of wax emits</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a subtle fragrance –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">no flesh is burning</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">here in my room.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is this the flame</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">that purifies –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">surgically pue?</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An opening of the door –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a minor turbulence,</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the flame now licks</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the candles side.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The meltdown of the globe</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">begins so casually.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Malcolm Evison</strong></em></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
*************************</div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE CANDLE (Version II)</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A patterned globe</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of wax emits</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a subtle fragrance.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The flames shaft</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">laps the glowing air</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">waiting to break</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this happy equilibrium.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is this the flame</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">that purifies</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">whilst commentators whine</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of surgical strikes.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Open the door, create</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a minor turbulence –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the flame now licks</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the candles side –</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the meltdown of the globe</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">began precisely</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with the strike</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of that first match.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today the bombs</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rain down; a patterned globe</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">emits the stench</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of burning flesh.</strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Malcolm Evison</em></div>
</div>
Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-79698607339935810772019-07-01T19:17:00.000+01:002019-07-01T19:17:22.337+01:00Continue-uMM<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Calligraphic Script Pro";"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Calligraphic Script Pro";"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Continue-uMM </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">(second
draft)</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">time alone knows<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">what
it is<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">it
passages through life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">but
as for all the rest -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">quite
unaware<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">of
what makes it tick<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">we
struggle on -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">but
are we fixed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">in
an imaginary <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">continuum</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calligraphic Script Pro";">Malcolm Evison<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calligraphic Script Pro";">@
what I choose to call <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calligraphic Script Pro";">30
June 2019 / 01 July 2019<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-54815931471894829052019-04-07T20:18:00.000+01:002019-04-07T20:18:12.718+01:00On The Road To The Isles - repost<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">ON THE ROAD TO THE ISLES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Numbed by this alien
terrain, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">where truth spells a
montony<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">of rain, we ride entombed<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">towards our Shangri-La.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Each fresh horizon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">taunts the tired eye, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">echoes the fretful sense<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">of hours gone by.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A weariness pervades<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">this no-man's land.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Go West young man! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">We make our final fling -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">turning to be embraced<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">by fire. The mist resorbed,
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">light's pan-theophany<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">revives a blighted mind.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Rainbows and thunderfall
engrave<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">their echoes on the
boundary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">of our wonderment, refresh<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">a dormant sense.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The sky line seethes -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">sun sanctified.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">White, searing, the unseen
sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">burns from the core<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">of mountains, transforms<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">a shroud of haze<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">into a panoply of light.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Rocks swallowed by, still
seize<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">upon this shimmering -<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">a spectral residue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">of more torrential times. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Malcolm
Evison <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-26654673847099842322019-03-30T13:00:00.000+00:002019-03-30T13:01:41.158+00:00Magic & High Court rulingI've just unearthed this (poetic tirade) amongst a pile of rough drafts - I still rage against the same governing party .....<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Listening to Archie Shepp 'The Magic of
Ju-Ju'<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">( a response after hearing news
of Tory High Court clampdown<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">on CWU right to strike}<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">the rage and fury
bursts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">straight through my
anger<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">diverts my impotent
rage<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">grants a directional
force<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">the struggle
continues<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">as more is stolen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">from the poorest<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">their power and
pride<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16.0pt;">screams out<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">malcolm evison<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">12 October 2017<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My draft poem’<b>Towards an <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Autocratic</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>’</b> was also a response to the same
court ruling:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">See: <a href="http://malsfactory.blogspot.com/2017/10/towards-autocratic-state-poem-impromptu.html">http://malsfactory.blogspot.com/2017/10/towards-autocratic-state-poem-impromptu.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-25393594801381497722019-03-20T20:00:00.000+00:002019-03-20T20:00:20.665+00:00Lines whilst listening to "New Thing at Newport" (1965<br />
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lines whilst listening to “New Thing at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Newport</st1:place></st1:city>” (1965)</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">[Draft 4]</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin: 5pt 0cm 12pt 72pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">the reeds</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">stray</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">from strident to mellifluous <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Soaring and flailing</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">through the air</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">dance and sing their way</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">around and over</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">percussive beats</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">release me from despondency</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 5pt 0cm 7.95pt 72pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">assure me that</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">at least</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">I can still feel<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malcolm Evison</span></b><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 7.95pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27 March 2018</span></b></div>
Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-57574488179607432942019-03-13T21:31:00.000+00:002019-03-13T21:31:17.125+00:00Mounds Mystery - #illustratedPoem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_pu4tT00B9X904vBUWCWTMAPii6H1HwjoMNIZoi5ByJbN-PcfHYnAK83d84i6GJXFCJ-WkD2gtKPULdua4HVRv0FoPRQJ7MbMMrwstvmKHFcuFRRX4Ydec3e4mEUbBryFxct/s1600/Mounds+Mystery+illustrated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_pu4tT00B9X904vBUWCWTMAPii6H1HwjoMNIZoi5ByJbN-PcfHYnAK83d84i6GJXFCJ-WkD2gtKPULdua4HVRv0FoPRQJ7MbMMrwstvmKHFcuFRRX4Ydec3e4mEUbBryFxct/s640/Mounds+Mystery+illustrated.jpg" width="452" /></a></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-66144789482324556842019-02-24T14:06:00.000+00:002019-02-24T14:06:00.176+00:00not waiting but sounding<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">We don’t wait, we wonder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">if now is the time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">for songs to flow –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">strive to illuminate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">the process of the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">We don’t write, we struggle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">with unresolved dilemmas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">from a troubled time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">Snatching the fevered line<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">out of a verbal stream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">We capture sprats from our<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">sense saturated scheme<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">of things, our thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">inscribed by rumours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">of some impenetrable theme.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our words may seldom praise, although<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">their aim is affirmation –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">our images may never raise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">the hopes of those who know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">and share our fears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">Often we take the bait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">our tamed imagination feeds us –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">swallowing dreams, regurgitating<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">woes. We seldom wait, we wander<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;">out into the unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 78.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malcolm Evison<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-55067828827293087762019-02-24T13:31:00.000+00:002019-02-24T13:31:07.292+00:00MUSINGS<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>MUSINGS<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Be more
precise, sustain<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>these frequent
lapses into sanity –<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>pronounce
your arguments<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>with pure
audacity. Explain<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>the cause
of your temerity,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Bring me
a fantasy which bares<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>a greater
quotient of reality.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>I yield,
although I should not,<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>You wield<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>the greater
power, but would not<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>always share.
Tear me<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>away from
light, remind me<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>of that
lurking fear<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>of demons
in the night.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Malcolm Evison</b><o:p></o:p></i></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774341.post-44571775833494233452019-02-19T11:02:00.000+00:002019-02-19T11:02:24.074+00:00Mounds Mystery<br />
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>Mounds
Mystery</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Each
tussock casts a spell</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It
holds the hound in thrall</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>To
some deep primitive allure</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>His
nostrils flare</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then
slap the fragranced air</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>As
they snap back</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Swallow
the scent</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Of
other marking creatures</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Or
maybe deeper still</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Beneath
the tufted mound</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Some
timid smaller prey</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Seeks
sanctuary</b></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i>Malcolm
Evison</i></span></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 108%; margin-bottom: 0.28cm;">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i>13
– 18 February 2019</i></span></div>
<br />Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.com0