Leaf and Loam
By JupiterMoon
Poems by nature, for nature; about nature.
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the lament of the cactus
the lament of the cactus i see, soft tears of creamy white, trembling from the leaf tips; pooling for the evening. witnessed, within the cusp of my...
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rebuilt by serpents
rebuilt by serpents magpie, take my heart. raven, take my liver. crow, take my gaze. as Samhain bends before me, change curls like a river, moving...
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heavier now
heavier now the green, has accepted its fold into a yellowed end; tawny decay, aflame at the edges. unstoppable. night reels heavier now, smudging...
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pisces
pisces the cold of February, lazy-lidded and chill to the lip kiss, causes me to lose myself, in a pretence of Scandinavia. i don’t know where i am...
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lineal
lineal that which we do, has gone before; we do it raucous, yet tender, and at times, unsure. sometimes, sheer and unruffled; other times, terrified...
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Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du everything ancient, is held here. the stirring of seaward stones within the bog-black skerry song of night, moon-fringed; then silvered...
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we don't need an autopsy to know that we're drowning
we don’t need an autopsy to know that we’re drowning beyond sight our waste bulges brick tunnels jam in the darkness all that we have left behind and...
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with claws and beak
with claws and beak traffic spoons itself onto concrete before the mist has chance to warm up trains make leaning angles before animal snuffles...
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reset barn
reset barn i need a reset barn a space of timber leaf and loam corded with shade and supple sorrowed solitude a waiting place more heart than home...
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the last of the commoners
the last of the commoners the new forest let you in around 1650 let you begin birthing calf-life into the mossy dawn pannage pigs snouting the loam...
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copestone
there has been a spider for days now
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blue white blue
blue white blue there is a gentle hopeful place between the stars and night i used to gulp there propping up the milky way with timeless talk the...
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a minute darker
a minute darker the year swings, branch hung and loose limbed becoming something; abandoning something tonight, the horizon rears and scalps the dark...
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for Klavdiya Plotnikova
for Klavdiya Plotnikova your native tongue approached extinction yet ardent for the running juice of red berries when whispered over withered herbs...
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i open my curtains at night, for the stars
i open my curtains at night, for the stars this searing saturation of summer light corrodes concentration conquers promise shrieks into every nerve...
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what we talk about when we talk about fire
what we talk about when we talk about fire we made flame twelve-strong and true it pulled the night down tight, a blanket for all we made harmony in...
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where emily walked
where emily walked the cholera cobbles clamour less, than then infants make stronger adult shapes, resilience fragile and untested words no longer...
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the cosmic egg
the cosmic egg within the twilight tonight, between the eyelids of dusk and dawn, comes the equinox:
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samhain
samhain deep, deeper down the soul spirals quiet, still sure folding to the earth this year is dark and done paused, renewal waits bright gilding the...
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the view from above
the view from above such peace such slowness as the herd moves untroubled from the past of yesterday to the future of tomorrow the now of today is...
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the birch catkins of beltane
the birch catkins of beltane soft keys of secrecy slip strung on the wind cavort for the rising sun as rinsed and rain danced they yearn for the...
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eden of the north
eden of the north january has left windows eyeless and bulbs blown rough planking does little to tame the tide arcades louder than they are bright a...
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seep
seep a jagged, early palette pierced needle blue, bends around the moon flint fingers of lilac haul back the night as splintered gold, stirs trees...
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far dust
far dust we each leave far dust, star dust, on each other, human bumps and scrapes and knocks, like asteroids at bounce our dust of origins –...
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what some may call...
what some may call… hill swept, i pass the gate after a time-worn ascension as wind bends the ring of beeches i can see for miles, millennia even...
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mother hill
mother hill your soundless fathomless age reigns here shivering sides consistently giving a little away – a previous road lost to your flank having...
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