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  December 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 17 total

Goethe

Goethe

A portrait of Beauty:
The air around her is intoxicating.
She drowns your soul
in a green "veil of sweet darkness."

Her eyes are seductive
as she devours your flesh--
"A monster, forever devouring,
regurgitating, chewing and...

– by Linda Arnott

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Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

In the Royal Garden--
Merlin's Cave--
"A Gothic Library!"
A Greek and Roman sanctuary.
From the darkness of years,
and the chaos of words,
a perfected labyrinth in your mind--
divided into thirds.

Drink coffee morning,...

– by Linda Arnott

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

The Literary Prisoner of Rome
will find an audience once more.

Hey you, set the book on the table
and turn off the light.
Now go open the door
and let the madman in.
The darkening abyss joins two abstracts
and...

– by Linda Arnott

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Tamura Ryuichi

Tamura Ryuichi

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"the vertical nightmare of medieval Gothic"
descended from the sky at 8:15
on August 6, 1945.
Time was distorted by a shadow of creation,
and space, became unrecognizable--
reflected in prismatic colors
from a mushroom...

– by Linda Arnott

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Tu Fu

Tu Fu

The oldest soul to ever live
in the land of make-believe.
Drinking Dragon's Eye tea
from the pool of illusion.

One eye is the golden Sun,
the other the silver Moon.
Across a landscape of Jade mountains
and "drifting sand in the...

– by Linda Arnott

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