Author: Richard J Tilley
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Song of a Jewel’s Rusting Heat
A new page of day Is torn from out calendar of body Nurtured from ages of regret Neglect, and sunrays of disposal Towards the everlasting party ribs Of her tone...
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Homeland
I have been to my homeland It is not distant Or hard to get to It is just over the valley of indecision’s death It is beyond the broken glass...
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Esurient Farandoule
a lazy sinew bow gravitates blunted sensations / market thieves sandstorms violin ventrifact / master thief sacra paw sacra vespers arrows mineralize for faucets, for tributary, for sinks and fountains...
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Sympathy, Empathy, and Mercy
The contentment of innocence, shaded, and perturbed Is not appreciated or understood like friendly owls emasculating your eyelids How soon we forget the potential of peace and retreat into solemn...
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The New Birth of Dignitaries
Testing the saints for greater warmth New dogs for old days, Testing, and conflagration Redeemed on porch steps Too soft to be petals of dreams Or the secure witness of...
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Ornament Thesis
I am the space between The rocks I am the space between The ricochet and the Propeller I am the ornament Between the disarmed and The blade of grass
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Social Contracts
Social constructs Are not social contracts In the sunken duress Of our father’s joy Pin up the garden rage For a display of bellicose roses Revival Is the promise Of...
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Reification of Secrets
The burden of affairs Is intolerant to the touch Of mis-changed rhythms And silent didactic rodeos Certain of the dream We spread (re)inundates With our secrets The secrets of our...
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Shortcuts and Brokerage Meetings
Just because one side Was immeasurable And the other side Was normal The taxonomy of the brokerage Despair was curtains and lace For all Wednesday trifles And stolen bulbs of...
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Untitled
I sent you my poetry But you only wanted my wine I paved through these orchards You’ll have to listen in time