Friday 17 September 2010

2010-09-17 gogyohka


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the ship
sailed
to the horizon
then it fell off
the edge of the world

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the child
wondered
what went on
behind
the sky

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sitting
in the old gnarled
apple tree
the child felt safe
and looked beyond

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the child
caught tadpoles
and put them in jam jars
she cried
when one by one they all died

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folded
newspaper boats
ticked
the ribs
of the lake

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the child
played
with the quicksilver
spread it apart
but it joined itself together again

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four
but three and one
then three but two and one
two but one and one
now only one

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the
porcelain
doll
she sat
and watched

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whose daughter ?
unbelonging
not belonging
no place
no time

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the child
lost
herself
in
the landscape

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the fairy child
born
of humans
the womb
empty

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the
archway
painted
dark unknown
constellations

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moon shining in bedroom
I got up to find light switch
no switch or door ,just walls
and a window with no glass
I reach for the moon

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if
I had
not awoken
I would not
have seen the lightning

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the
black hand
of the shadow
reached out
and pulled...

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the
stemless
flowers
stars
in the sky


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a slice of melon
touches
the top of the hill
I get to the top
reach out, but it is not there

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the
twisted limbs
of the hawthorn tree
gently cradled
the full moon

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moon's
silver
rays
silently
restored her

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the moon
whispered
sweet nothings
to the reflection
in the pool

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beautiful
wicked moon
reflecting
ocean's
wishful desire

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two
cats
pounce at once
a frog
escapes

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dog
sits next to cat, Jade,
on bench
both in
identical poses

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cat Jade
ever disdainful
edges away
inch by inch
from dog sitting on bench next to her

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dog watching
cat Jade
intently
Jade
looks straight ahead

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while I'm writing
about
the cat and dog
a peacock butterfly
alights on these words

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now
a bumblebee
lands next to butterfly
both resting on my notebook
together

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I cannot resist
my finger
touches the bee
ever so gently
it tickles

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I sit on a bench
under willow bower
writing
around a peacock butterfly
and a bumble bee

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the cat
sits
on my thatched swing
swinging
watching the rain

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fat tabby cat
lying on the table
a sudden rainy squall
cat gives daggers look to sky
rain stops, cat resumes cleaning

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tiny spiders
floating
'cross my garden
on
threads of silk

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I was up early
waiting all day
for a parcel
the cats came in for their evening meal
I waited in vain

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black
and white cat
leaping
as if competing
in a hurdle race

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cat climbs carefully
through cat flap
jumps on my lap
gives me a present
a huge fluttering emperor moth

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a
white cloud
in the sky
mirroring
white cat asleep on shed roof

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willows
waving
an arch
painting
a rainbow

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voices
of
the flowers
singing
melodies

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fairy castle
in the sky
clouds keeping it safe
from
prying eyes

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melancholic sound
of the drowned village
church bells
over the moors
sadness prevailed

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a distant bell
the sad sound
of the drowned village
to make way
for the reservoir

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like
downy white feathers
from heaven
cherry blossom petals
floating in the breeze

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rain
beating against
glass pane
the garden
distorted

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droplets of rain
on
the window
a dot by dot
picture

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rain
dribbling
down glass pane
into
a river of tears

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rainstorm
stops
suddenly
everything
clear, bright and detailed

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at the end
of the point
of each leaf
a perfect
raindrop

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the field of ravens
looked
at her
and
watched

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the
loveless
wind's
urgent
confession

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the
wind
was furious
a lonely
windswept tree

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sky
reflected
in window
seagulls
swooping through the pane

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blue
origami crane
lists to one side
the sky
unfolded

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lightning struck
blackened tree
points to the sky
the crows
sit in the next field

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clear blue evening skies
bright white sun
shining through crystals
rainbows dancing
indoors

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vexatious
sky
a
false
dawn

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morning
revealed
a lonely
curled
laugh

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the
motorways
in her mind
rumbled with traffic
all day long

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walk away
leave
behind
all the baggage
you do not need

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not
quite
of this world
sort of
half somewhere else

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the blue beads
on her necklace
came unstrung
she watched them
search for every nook and cranny

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the soul
itself
sees and hears
opens
all the windows

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she came
into the room
and watched the sleeping form
then returned
through the walls

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she
stood still
so long
her secret roots
went into the earth below

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she became
the ghost
of the tree
her unseen roots
reaching into the earth below

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the sorcerer
wrote in the sandstone
a runic message
time blurred the letters
but the words still potent

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iridescent
bubbles
floated through the air
fairy
carriages

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even
when
the sun shone
he was surrounded
in endless night

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her
silence
unmade
the
past

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the
puppets
came to life
in
shadowy corners

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her shadow
deserted
her
and went
in search of its own life

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the
unseen
had changed
their
invisible places

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the beggars
in doorways
day after day
the hardened hearts
walk on by

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he
fell down
bleeding
everyone
walked round him

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she
went
where the wind took her
because
her wings were broken

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the
thought
taking shape
someone dropped
and broke it 

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behind
the eyes
the pictures
moved
relentlessly

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unwrap
the parcel
bit by bit
but it won't
go back together again

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stopped
at
the crossroads
there
was no signpost

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the
roads
led nowhere
only
back to themselves

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the marionettes danced
then
someone cut their strings
the stringless puppets
stepped off the stage

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inwardly
she
knew
she
understood

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he
was
a magician
he
lies

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flickered
between
worlds
belonged neither to one
or the other

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the imagination
more real
and vivid
than
the real world

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she rewrote
the story
of her life
until
she had the life she wanted

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shop
mannequins
unclothed
a graceful
ballet

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it
is there
forever
I may
return to it

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truth
wrung
through the mangle
comes out
unrecognisable

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she looked
at the room
it wasn't the same
was she looking
through the right eyes?

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your
ghost
hollow
as
your life

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unexpectedly
broken
they
can't
be mended

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