Miscellaneous Poems

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A Working Complaint

By marandina on Sun, 15 Jan 2006

It's been a hard day's night, And I've been working like a dog,

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At the Going Down of The Sun

By marandina on Wed, 15 Feb 2006

I looked back at a crowded celluloid, I was a nameless actor just for a few moments,

Autobiography

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Picturedrome

By marandina on Tue, 03 Nov 2020

Audio version at: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/C9Ai1 Celluloid dreams, electric sheep, Talkies from the 40s, Silent movie nostalgia, Art imitating...

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A Case of Serial Misjudgement

By marandina on Sun, 08 Nov 2020

“Should have done better (at school)” it said, My report card as summarised by the Head, If only he’d been the son of a lawyer, A dentist, a doctor...

Humour

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My Mom's Heart

By marandina on Tue, 17 Nov 2020

Dawn chorus calling, sunrise of a new soul, she weeps, gazing at your seraphic features. A guardian angel for the ages. Always there, listening, her...

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Radio Times

By marandina on Wed, 02 Dec 2020

A polyphonic spectrum of melody and sound, a rhapsody of composition, a toccata in fugue. Aural symphony, timpani, Marconi’s dream retold, Wireless...

Unclassified

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Hibernal Solstice

By marandina on Wed, 16 Dec 2020

Dark winter dawn broken by shards of sunlight beckoning the shortest day. A diurnal heraldry calling Jupiter and Saturn, a Christmas star forged by...

Christmas Time

By marandina on Sun, 20 Dec 2020

Silent reflections of latter day Saints, Kings and martyrs in Christian lore. Magi bearing gifts, led by a star, instructed by Herod, malevolence...

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Eleanor Cross

By marandina on Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Eleanor, highborn of Castile, favoured daughter of Ferdinand, beloved, revered Queen to Albion’s powerhouse: The Longshanks. Noble monarch, woman of...

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A Secret Forest

By marandina on Thu, 28 Jan 2021

We landed at Marco Polo, Azzurri gateway to the North, clutching passports we passed bleary-eyed through mundane border checks, as luggage rolled...

Travel

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Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)

By marandina on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

We met on the mezzanine, lobby of splendour and gold, our bearded, mystic Hindu guide, spirited tourists into seats. Passed meandering, sacred cows,...

Travel

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Forgotten Souls

By marandina on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

I see you late at night, as daylight’s candle flickers out, empyrean canvas painted black, stars of alabaster speak in hushed tones. Moonlight beams...

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New Amsterdam

By marandina on Wed, 03 Mar 2021

Our electric train glided to a stop, humanity spilled onto waiting platforms, worn stairs signposted sidewalk Heaven, steam rose from polluted Subway...

Travel

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Black Holes and Revelations

By marandina on Wed, 10 Mar 2021

Virgin light skimmed a newborn sky, shards shimmered, brokered a diurnal vista, an eternal journey fired once more, beatific beams embarked on their...

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Vernal Equinox

By marandina on Tue, 16 Mar 2021

Winter shuffled its weary feet, stoical snowdrops bowed ivory heads, crocuses broke free from frozen earth, as daffodils and tulips sprang into new...

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The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)

By marandina on Thu, 25 Mar 2021

Cumulus clouds rolled across Celtic, Irish skies, white horses crested cyan waves - chopped, rose and fell, a streaming wake trailed, leading back to...

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The Riot of Spring (Pictures of Pagan Russia 1913)

By marandina on Wed, 07 Apr 2021

This week marks the 50 th anniversary of the death of Igor Stravinsky (17 th June 1882 – 6 th April 1971) Audio version at Soundcloud https://...

Drama

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Setting Sons

By marandina on Wed, 14 Apr 2021

I have seen the spectral darkness, quiescent corridors where emotions quietly dissipate. I have been in the unlit, silent void, a vale of tears where...

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Footsteps on Mars

By marandina on Tue, 27 Apr 2021

In the dead of an iridescent moonlit night, in an amphitheatre of curious crickets, chirping in the rattling reed bush, I am camped under a haven of...

Fantasy

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The Last Elephant

By marandina on Wed, 12 May 2021

Forged in bucolic harmonies, an interdependence born of millennia, a symbiosis of flora and fauna, when humanity lived as one, in a world of...

Roy Batty (Tears in Rain)

By marandina on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

This is a tribute to Roy Batty played by the late Rutger Hauer from one of my favourite movies - Blade Runner (1982) https://bladerunner.fandom.com/...

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Cherry Tree

By marandina on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

Dedicated to the cherry tree in my front garden. It brings me much joy. Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/cherry-tree-mp3 In the...