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THE CLOTHES WE WEAR

Constrained
Within the cut
Of a brand new
Small-shouldered coat
The arms flail awkardly
Bare to the air
While wondering how
To hide

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJanuary 16, 2023Posted inPoemsTags:Poetry

LIFE CHOICES

Life
Made a home
In a handful of dust
Set in resistant ground

Would the dry land
Withhold consent
A host rejecting
This foreign body?

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneDecember 20, 2021July 9, 2022Posted inPoemsTags:Christmas, Noël, Poetry

THE BIRD THAT FINALLY LOST IT

I am the songbird that swears.

No tamed caged fowl, me
With garish green wings
No sir ! I rattle those bars
And I mean to soar
Over tower blocks out
To the cliffs and the sea

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneDecember 16, 2021December 18, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:lockdown, Poetry

CONNECTION IN A DUTCH JUNGLE

A wild bouquet
The exotic and the plain
Loosely grouped
Watered and refreshed
In a huge glass jar
Catching the light

Timeless words cascade
Leather-bound
On shelves as we dine

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneAugust 6, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Poetry

HOLINESS

Today this is
A barbed and wounding word
Seated angular and cold
On a shelf way out of reach
However tall the ladder …

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneMay 13, 2021May 12, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Poetry2 Comments on HOLINESS

WORDS

Words ride on sound-waves
Across smoky rooms and satellites
They carve out keys
That unlock underground rivers
And spark dry flints
Into fires that buzz
Hum and ignite ideas
Through towns and continents
We must use them well

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJune 2, 2015March 26, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Poetry, Use of words, wordsLeave a comment on WORDS

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