Category Archive: Poetry

14 Jun

king of the hill

king of the hill

Casabian swung his wooden sword, climbing the yellow stone, his friends ahead and behind, all chasing the yellow throne. a swing of the wooden butt, to tommy next door he …

 
By mervyn
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04 Apr

Nevermind

Nevermind

Nevermind the rent we can’t afford, The roof above that has a rot, The down-payment we got from dad, The doubts we had when we saw a rat. Our …

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Understanding The Female
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31 Aug

HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI

HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI

As you step past the grilled gates of the park, past a leaning tree and trail your eyes from the pond to the stone wall …

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Photography
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28 May

conversation

conversation

Conversation   I sat on the left of Red Bus 12, Behind whose name I cannot tell. A tap on the shoulder by the ear, To begin an encounter one …

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Understanding The Female
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02 Aug

fringe of brown

fringe of brown

It’s when you’re holding hands, and walking past the stairs,  where he sits, playing a guitar, some tune vaguely familiar, a split second, an inch out of …

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Understanding The Female
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13 May

Home by December

Home by December

Little child, sitting on a swing, a lollipop in hand, handed by her keeper. Outside she sits, swaying with rhythm, fully made up by her self, though perhaps a …

 
By mervyn
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24 Mar

Orga, not mine.

Orga, not mine.

Come away O human child To the waters and the wild, With a fairy hand in hand. For the world’s more full of weeping, Than you can understand. -A.I.

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Discussion, Questioning Faith, Short Rants, Social Life, Understanding The Female
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05 Sep

Vyniee

Vyniee

The corridor is filled with words. Words, meaningless words. Exchanged between people I hardly know. Or care about. Yet despite it all, I hear nothing. The deafening silence. That damning void, From …

 
By mervyn
Also posted in Understanding The Female
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22 Jul

Again and Again

Again and Again

Again and again, I shall come and go. But know that this is me, Love. And unless the wind continues to caress my sails, Or have these hands free …

 
By mervyn
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15 Jul

A book review I wrote for R.age, The Star

A book review I wrote for R.age, The Star

The moment I saw it, sitting on the New Arrivals shelf at an MPH bookstore, I knew I had to read it. A quick payment …

 
By mervyn
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