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SNIFF
by Mike Ellwood
views: 49 | rating: 10 | comments: 25
November 20, 2009 11:27 AM EST --   SNIFF! The reek of ape or pig suggests the pall That we disguise with sweetly scented oil. Recall that great aunt’s lavender embrace, . . . more
A Bitter Moon
by Mike Ellwood
views: 73 | rating: 10 | comments: 21
September 13, 2009 05:52 PM EDT --   A Bitter Moon Juliet: O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb….. Inconstant? So you never noticed how . . . more
Cotinus Interruptus
by Mike Ellwood
views: 93 | rating: 10 | comments: 19
August 30, 2009 02:32 PM EDT -- Cotinus Interruptus Obsession grew. It gripped my mind until This helpless agent was compelled to act. I took my saw. Her limbs, her graceful limbs Were spread, . . . more
Cars Go
by Mike Ellwood
views: 48 | rating: 10 | comments: 10
July 27, 2009 01:49 PM EDT -- Cars Go Range Rover four-by-four on suburban school-run Crawling over speed-bumps in the lanes of Chelsea With Rupert, Josh and Jasmine Watching Harry Potter Their in-car . . . more
The Bird-Watcher
by Mike Ellwood
views: 90 | rating: 10 | comments: 42
July 25, 2009 04:09 AM EDT -- The Bird-Watcher The wild and unselfconscious birds take feed From hanging trays. The sparrows reject more Than they will ever eat or take to store. I watch them choose . . . more
Rising Sap - Ghazal
by Mike Ellwood
views: 69 | rating: 10 | comments: 35
July 21, 2009 08:43 AM EDT -- Rising Sap Deep roots infuse the wood with rising sap, Bone softens into bud with rising sap. The rain, transformed within the living root, . . . more
The Dying Tree - Ghazal
by Mike Ellwood
views: 98 | rating: 10 | comments: 31
July 09, 2009 05:49 AM EDT -- The Dying Tree   The earth is parched; belief, a dying tree. Scant shade remains beneath the dying tree. The ceaseless wind has scorched the canopy. . . . more
June 11, 2009 10:40 AM EDT -- Running High on Inch Strand   Earth's purest air comes tumbling over surf To charge my blood. The endless ocean roar, The coursing sky where flashing sea-birds soar, . . . more
June 08, 2009 09:11 AM EDT --                      Deep in the Labyrinth   Deep in the labyrinth I hear a cry But echoes baffle sense, I lose the thread . . . more
Godot Awaits
by Mike Ellwood
views: 65 | rating: 10 | comments: 15
June 01, 2009 12:11 PM EDT -- Godot Awaits   Evening. Godot and Miko sit in the shade of a fig tree.   GODOT:  No sign of life. Perhaps I fell asleep Again. What's to be done? This was the . . . more
The Eighteenth Hole
by Mike Ellwood
views: 63 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 7
May 22, 2009 02:15 PM EDT -- The Eighteenth Hole   (An Ode to the Callaway in Five Strokes)                                                . . . more
Weeding
by Mike Ellwood
views: 115 | rating: 10 | comments: 23
May 14, 2009 04:21 AM EDT --     Weeding in May I plunge my fingers in the warming ground Up to my knuckles. In this private place I grope through tender strands of living lace . . . more
Seventy Feet
by Mike Ellwood
views: 49 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
May 02, 2009 06:05 AM EDT --                            Seventy Feet Up here the air seems still. No wind resists The drift. Below, . . . more
Self-Delusion
by Mike Ellwood
views: 39 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
April 25, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --                            Self-Delusion His words, a wrecker's ball, swung through her dreams. The ball . . . more
The Witness
by Mike Ellwood
views: 113 | rating: 10 | comments: 11
April 16, 2009 03:40 PM EDT -- The Witness   ....of course their brother never would discuss What he had known in those four days and nights. His lips were sealed. He'd once call hypocrites: . . . more
The Fault
by Mike Ellwood
views: 60 | rating: 10 | comments: 15
April 12, 2009 04:33 PM EDT --     The Fault The globe contracts. Now feel the wrinkled flesh Fissure and shift. Perhaps you sense some pain As crunching rock gives way like crumbling bone . . . more
Snowdrops
by Mike Ellwood
views: 103 | rating: 10 | comments: 21
February 24, 2009 06:09 PM EST -- To Snowdrops     Frail, but resilient Wan petals, yet brilliant Emerging from drifts As Winter's coat lifts See trembling snowdrops.   . . . more
Jacob's Sons
by Mike Ellwood
views: 51 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
February 17, 2009 04:38 AM EST -- Jacob's Sons     My sons! What can I say? Should I be proud? Ashamed? A sister disrespected - So they vowed to take revenge. I'm sure you . . . more
Rebekah's Contemplation
by Mike Ellwood
views: 86 | rating: 10 | comments: 15
February 12, 2009 05:34 AM EST -- Rebekah's Contemplation   May you find peace at last, released from me Old troubled friend. Perhaps that sullenness I knew so well, that bone-hard carapace You hid . . . more
Half-rhyme Snippet
by Mike Ellwood
views: 36 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
February 06, 2009 04:55 AM EST --                               Half-rhyme The trouble . . . more
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