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The Anchor
Terafirma’s cacophony green hues,
framed by sanded terracotta, mounted on a vast
eternal blue anaglypta wall, tinged temple grey,
are second heaven, breeze tousled, a-top the Golden Cap,
curved and serrated headlands arc
‘jig-sawing’ the Dorset sky and the Dorset sea
in a distant mingled, muffled and misty
‘Turner’ sky-seascape,
they add vision to verse, capture colour by paint,
on the ‘china-white’ canvas,
five graded shades of God’s green,
glinting gold, slicked ‘wet sand’ ochre,
the shaded burnt amber keels of upturned boats.
Amalgams of spume, white with aquamarine,
stark, strong, then waning, fade away
towards that illusionistic horizon,
and finally, almost in a shaky ‘Monet’ silhouette,
the vibrant life and focus of the authentic inn,
romantically ‘back-lit’ by a swaying necklace
of multicoloured bright bobbing lights.
Seatown.
West Dorset Coast.
MIRROR IMAGE
(for Hillary.)
A frame in France
An Hepple dated, alive, in 65.
Halo Hillary, youth re-visited, uncanny!
Stained and lacquered, grime on grain.
Dappled maple, ‘try-on’, dress up tableaux textures,
Slick ‘back-drop’, one on one, very vogue, spinster black.
Stern or aloof, coquette or vain, a pose, or expression of strain?,
Lithe and pretty, but boyish, shapeless, up and down torso.
Serene swan-neck, porcelain delicate, centre stage poser,
Even side on, you are bare of asset, breast-less, no form.
The hat, a dare to share!, a tease, a wheeze?, flower power,
A fruit plate, mad hatters tea party, pro-pose?, who knows?.
I’d like to like her, gem honed eyes, transplanted from pure skies,
Golden, flaxen blond, ‘tousle me please’, locks of free flow hair.
Almost, a still-life personality, ‘on-hold’, sophistication, coming of age,
Did you grow and ripen?, I’d like to believe so, grace the ‘glossy’ page.
The Battle of the Brain
the revolt is revived
a decade of woolly wars
... all lost
defeated by the infiltration
of drug warfare
scatter bomb capsules
toxic terminators
first-aid, ‘pill-boxes’
‘anti-improper gander’
parachuted in by leaflet dropped prescription.
a reduction in brain border
forces and fodder
allows a ‘theatre of opportunity’
the level playing field
atop the brain roof.
potent drug arsenals are depleted
the underground resistance begins to swell
auto pilots are shot down
the bug-bandits are shell shocked.
nerve endings are repaired
roads to reason are re-built
the un-elected benzo-bullies
are on the retreat...
to the margins of the mind
and the deserted, long dead
labyrinths of hollow cells.
the A list
sarah B... la voice, luscious diva
julia R... la lips, feisty lady
ally McB... la face, funny bunny
wendy H... la creme
top of the list, mine to be kissed.
death revisited
alphabetic audit
P for PLATH. S. ( 1932-1963.)
(after poem by Frieda Hughes.)
today that life would be preserved
that brilliant brain, post scientific scrutiny
given to damien to be bottled in a modified Bell-Jar.
the allocated and briefed angel of death
made an error of judgement
the initial set tests and tasks
to measure suitability for re-call were positive
the gas chamber challenge
was not on any authorised agenda
before the Hughes assessment was complete
the angelic assembly passed a decree
of apologetic regret and heartfelt regret...
Ms Plath was informed personally
by the council of the Trinity.
to compensate, and with due regard to talent,
parental duties and remorse Hughes
was exempt and protected
through his prime and productive years
finally to be recalled
to share and stimulate his remaining talent
with Sylvia.
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