Mattmflanders's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by mattmflanders  —  There are currently 4 poems total — keep up the great work!

Homesick

I set out on the road again, to the twists of the bidden way,
where the trees bend and the forks end in the wrath of a crooked fray;
where the crows sigh and the wolves reply in a savage hunting tune,
while the heinous shades of the wild wood...

– by Matthew Flanders

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added 1 year ago
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Silver Sliver

How is it that a night should be so loved? That is what I do not know:
how the yellow button should unbutton and disrobe,
how the bluish, whitish cold of that softer orb makes me sweat.
How should I understand when lovers stand, face to moonlit...

– by Matthew Flanders

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added 2 months ago
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Deformed

This, my half-full glass, my half-formed thought
it was deformed, I should think, and something more
but I could not dare to think it through,
I do not want to see it true.
It frightens me,
my thoughts, the ones I cannot speak. I try to--
...

– by Matthew Flanders

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added 11 months ago
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The Sailor

For My Miscarried Child:

The Sailor has set out today, the one I’ve known a few weeks time.
“I must be on,” the Sailor cried, “my fate belongs to foam and brine.”
An ache of chords resounds your flight, with tears you quiet leave.
No one else...

– by Matthew Flanders

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added 11 months ago
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