18Oct 2024 Stephen Kingsnorth

Outcasts

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We’ve learnt the worth, rotating crops, we know recycle, seasoned time, so why regret the sleeping trees - insomnia dreads restless dawn. Reaching spring starts underground, the hidden clawing of... Read More
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Cast out till Spring sprouts. – mh clay

20Sep 2023 Stephen Kingsnorth

Essential Toil

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Mist vapour clouding, nasal scents, lulled restful calming, sense to drowse, through root and stem to leaf and bloom, by xylem, phloem, organic flow, balms and oils, lore’s cure released.... Read More
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Authentic apothecary offerings over foisted pharmaceuticals. – mh clay

27Apr 2023 Stephen Kingsnorth

Catcher of the Wry

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Flavour laid down in the bog - less burning throat as sphagnum moss - cut glass tumbler, pheromones, yet mugged in tin, toothmug chin, bristle dribble, rising waft, vessel sense,... Read More
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Nothing so sweet as whiskey, neat. – mh clay

2Nov 2022 Stephen Kingsnorth

Cells in Swell

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Weightless fluid astronaut, wait in float by anchored cord. Breaking waters from the deep, waves, contractions, tidal sweep, brought to light in pulsing beat, cacophony from silent sac, tube to... Read More
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Celling haven; one world fits all. – mh clay

19Jul 2022 Stephen Kingsnorth

Wordfitters

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The problem with this merry month is wordsmiths let loose fantasies, that we think real as reel can be, the sound required, licence allows, a statement of the obvious. I... Read More
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It’s craft or crap; builder and built-for both decide. – mh clay

13May 2022 Stephen Kingsnorth

Assurance

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‘What matters most?’ You ask and tell. ‘Most importantly’; ‘foremost’, ‘first’. Mostly overweight, obese. Now stop the cheek she says. Exhausted list, false gods raised up. Homework. Exam. C.V. Technique.... Read More
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We hope to distill a single malt from which to taste of the grand gestalt. (We welcome Stephen to our crazy congress of Contributing Poets with this submission. Read more of his madness on his new page – check it out.) – mh clay

26Nov 2021 Stephen Kingsnorth

Pulsion

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Pulsion bears a driven force, pro, like jet stream, prefix com, impelling urge, expelling air, that irresistance in the blood, against the pulse, pump beaten heart, repulsive to the grace... Read More
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Pushed into all we are; pro, com, or ex. Keep pushin’! – mh clay

15Sep 2021 Stephen Kingsnorth

Lob, Lobe…

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Those sounding waves, years traveled light are spokesmen for the nation’s state. I say more often masculine, most alpha lead, some girl allure, on screen, pass billboard, TV slot. So... Read More
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Eloquence is answer. – mh clay