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a poem from the new book, ‘Towards Humanity’ | JadedMountain

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The Scream →. A poem from the new book, ‘Towards Humanity’. May 10, 2015. Death on the A40. It was the swarm of flies I saw first,. The gagging, loose black knot, dancing its celebration. In the thick sun-heat beside the lay-by. Some had settled on her vulva and anus,. Crawling around her soft exits and entrances. To lay their eggs;. And soon a writhing wriggle of maggots. Would be eating her insides out. For every farmer or gamekeeper. Who may say, The only good fox is a dead fox,. Mangling her bones,.

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The Scream | JadedMountain

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A poem from the new book, ‘Towards Humanity’. What’s this all about? May 24, 2015. I like to compose poetry in response to paintings sometimes. This is a powerful image by Edvard Munch, the Norwegian expressionist painter. Here’s the poem:. After the painting by Edvard Munch). As the wind’s slick, brutal blade. Cleaves me open to the bone,. As the sunset’s blood. And stains my pale days. I cover my ears. Of the dazzling gypsy girl’s. To bring warmth and succour,. From the line of stones. Thanks, Annie&#4...

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Everything’s coming up daffodils | JadedMountain

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What is it about new life? Everything’s coming up daffodils. March 2, 2015. Here’s a ‘flowery’ poem. Look out, Willie Wordsworth! It has to do with slowing down from the ‘busyness’ of everyday life. Soon there will be daffodils and other spring flowers everywhere, but will they have ‘hurried’ into bloom? Does Nature ever hurry? Maybe, as the cheetah or wolf pursues its prey…. A single Narcissus stem. Pulsing to open the perfect,. Just sitting waiting,. All the unhurried day,. As I rush out in the car,.

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Slowing down time | JadedMountain

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What is it about new life? A poem from the new book, ‘Towards Humanity’ →. March 25, 2015. Many of us lead madly busy lives, which can make the months and years pass in a blur. Can we do anything to slow down time? How about learning to live in the present moment? Most of us are guilty of living in the past or in the future, our minds always occupied by some other time or place, or in some kind of fantasy; but perhaps we need to learn to engage much more with the present moment (be it good or bad, maybe?

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Newer posts →. January 10, 2016. It’s that time of year, and although I have not been one for New Year resolutions much before (preferring to resolve to do things better at. Time of the year), this year I have been prompted to write a poem by the book, ’52: Write a poem a week. Start now. Keep going.’ (Nine Arches Press, 2015). This is based on the project that was run by the poet Jo Bell in 2014, providing a weekly prompt and a poem by various other poets to help inspire us to write our own. I’m gonna h...

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I am a poet, living a rural life in south-west Wales. The purpose of this blog is to publicise my poetry. October 9, 2016. Here is a poem I recently wrote to celebrate the centenary of the birth of one of our great writers, who is famous for his stories for children, but was a fine writer of short stories for adults too: Roald … Continue reading →. August 12, 2016. Ashamed to be white. July 15, 2016. Killing of blacks by white police. Library closures in the UK. June 29, 2016. We are going through a peri...