Mark Heathcote

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I have 597 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
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Mark Heathcote

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Winds of October

Nurtured by winds of October Do some of us feel sold over? Now that rowans russet red And national feed the bird’s day Is here again; for them to be fed. Don’t we ourselves wish to stay?

Divergent rivers

Divergent rivers Beneath a moonlit silver lamp Divergent rivers meander, camp. In love alone do they worship..? At the tidal wave in courtship.

Ahead; anew moon, raises falsehood.

Her face a velum of smiles That thrums across open water Glistens as a moth-moon, beguiles. “Snake charms” the earth under. And had he not kneaded straw With clay too see it build

Dispatching doves

For moments—need Beyond, your walls Circular emerald-motes You’ve dispatch doves. Throughout keyhole! Static, windows!! Their arrows take aim!!! Beyond ram—drawbridge.

A prescription of love

What love is, is? A populous hunger A delusive thirst The abstinence of lust... What love wants is? Famishments of passion… Ones magnanimous! Choice of deceit: What love requires is?

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