stars spark in the blackened deep:
fingertips of the gods (carefully holding
in bright hands a ravaged planet, burnt flowers
drifting down from each. point. of. contact.
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poetry~
Perspective
my brain bends
bars of light
with aplomb,
shifting universe
a simple excercise in
relativity; no excuse
for helplessness
c. Kate Gough
untitled
making art:
metaphor,
metamorphosis,
metastasis,
m e a n i n g
c. Kate Gough
vapour
again and again
overwhelmed by tears that do not come
heating my face, burning my eyes, stoppering
my throat like a cork in a bottle
the possible and the real take a back seat to
everything that is not
the darkness i feel, like
my soul evaporating within
c. Kate Gough, 17.11.2017
Pores
The world gets into our pores
and writes on us
lines with the clay of
earth, warmth of sun
bite of wind caress ;
sorrow & joy clog our faces
with our insides, the experience of
our lived Grind:connected.
Existentially, we are slow-born sculptures
that tell of a daring hand
a fiery eye, laced with Power and Love
Why hide it?
you can tell a lot by the face of a man
who hasn’t washed it all away.
c. Kate Gough
Oliver Wendell Holmes
–
When I feel inclined to read poetry, I take down my dictionary. The poetry
of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences. The author may
arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by
the attrition of ages.
–
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
When I feel inclined to read poetry, I take down my dictionary. The poetry
of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences. The author may
arrange the gems effectively, but their shape and lustre have been given by
the attrition of ages.
–
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
writer and physician (1809-1894)
Killing Clowns
Empty pages are freakish. Too beautiful to touch, to
sully, to fingerprint so casually. They are whole, and
the essence of words, writing,
/ breaks that
/ like speech breaks a full silence.
/
… I live my life breaking things, so why am I so afraid of killing clowns?
/
/
c. Kate Gough 2017
