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'Lament To A Married Man..'

When first he ventures to betroth,
and bind to him for all his days;

by sullivanthepoet 106 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 3 4:40 PM
'Sticks 'n Stones..'

There was a time, another age,
if we turn back that dog eared page;

by sullivanthepoet 21 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 24 7:41 AM
'Albion..'

Oh, Albion! Proud Albion,
how is Britannia fell;

by sullivanthepoet 9 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 12 8:16 AM
'The Black Dog..'

Oh faithless cur! Black curse’d hound,
that soundless in my shadow walks;

by sullivanthepoet 14 lines, on Aug 13 2:12 PM
'A Cup 'O Nails..'

Where are they now?
Those men;

by sullivanthepoet 21 lines, on Jul 21 1:18 PM
'Sing A Song Of Silence..'

I knew him then; and he knew me,
though not a word he spoke;

by sullivanthepoet 21 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 10 1:36 PM
'Article 18..'

Did Britons legion spend their lives,
upon those foreign soils;

by sullivanthepoet 14 lines, on Jul 10 1:32 PM

'A Gay - By Any Other Name..'

Seek not to charge with whom they lie,
or bond perversion to their name;

by sullivanthepoet 15 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 23 4:21 AM
'For Those In Peril..'

Comes shrill the sound, the siren’s call, and bright the flare against the squall;

by sullivanthepoet 8 lines, on Jun 23 4:18 AM
'Stonehenge..'

Grey granite priests; Megaliths born of time,
cold shoulders massive, stern and resolute;

by sullivanthepoet 14 lines, on May 8 9:00 AM
'Bring Me Your Tired...'

I lit a single flame to guide them in the blackness, and stood open my doors,
crying out into the night… “Bring me your tired…

by sullivanthepoet 13 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 10 9:56 AM. In Contemporary, Life, Society
'Suffer The Children..'

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 21 6:00 AM. In Abuse, Adult, Contemporary, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts
'Invisible Lives..'

Invisible Lives...
Old women; shuffling and tapping, hunched and weary, heads down,

by sullivanthepoet 8 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 19 7:42 AM
'Dragon Slayer..'

Where rests your armour - knight of the old ways;
And what fearful serpents seek you in these wretched alleys?

by sullivanthepoet 11 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 28 9:55 AM 2007

'Leviathan..'

In twilight vapours the municipal colossus lays breathing,
its concrete and wood and steel and glass body sprawled,

by sullivanthepoet 11 lines, on Dec 7 9:40 AM 2007
'An Ode To Plymouth..'

Dark sentinel in living rock, aguard her brine cut bay,
abreast the Plym, in verdant cape, does Plymouth’s foreshore lay,

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 5 9:05 AM 2007
'They brought them home..'

They brought them home…
They left them there...

by sullivanthepoet 18 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 30 4:57 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Angst, Life, Pain, Sad, Society, Thoughts
'The Beak..'

The magistrate sent Rowland back, he let him off ...for dealing crack!
‘Twas less than half a key he said, and sentenced ‘e be tagged - i

by sullivanthepoet 5 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 15 7:41 AM 2007
'Timidatis Politicus..'

What frail excuse may mentors cite, when precious youth scant reads nor write,
though squandered years count half a score, beware our impo

by sullivanthepoet 5 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 18 12:46 PM 2007
'J'accuse..'

That parasite you surely be, consuming, with impunity,
a host that scarcely knows your suit while slowly, slyly, you pollute;

by sullivanthepoet 6 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 18 12:42 PM 2007
'In A Mirror Darkly..'

I see my presence bothers you!
Your pious words sculpt no disguise,

by sullivanthepoet 8 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 18 12:37 PM 2007

'Fallen Angel..'

What hand might mould such paradox; this vision held to torture man,
form silken tress and azure gaze to shame ripe wheat and summer skies

by sullivanthepoet 8 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 18 12:32 PM 2007
'Bigot..'

Call vilest worm that creature he,
who by his words proves bigot be,

by sullivanthepoet 9 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 18 12:24 PM 2007
'Crown o' Thieves..'

When bloodied conquest lusts for name,
if truly title it require,

by sullivanthepoet 8 lines, on Sep 18 11:56 AM 2007
'Vox Populi..'

Within their wild cacophony,
each nameless drone amongst the throng;

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, on Sep 18 8:40 AM 2007
'And Made They Man?.'

As travellers they fell by chance,
upon this fertile turquoised sphere,

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, on Sep 17 1:23 PM 2007
'Vino Verdi..'

Young fruit, half ripe, as yet unpicked, hangs turgid on the vine,
else fully grown in form, in flesh, it begs the eye to dine.

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, on Sep 14 5:01 AM 2007
'Tell Me!.'

by sullivanthepoet 6 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 14 4:21 AM 2007
'A River Run..'

Bubbling, taunting, time's dark tide,
each eddy swirled,

by sullivanthepoet 9 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 30 1:44 PM 2007
'Reflections..'

From flesh and bone my mirror framed,
reflects a face gone by,

by sullivanthepoet 5 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 20 2:24 PM 2007
'Out There..'

What gross deceit to dream life's well should favour but one cup,
or 'magine for a heart beat's width thence only man might sup!

by sullivanthepoet 5 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 17 5:48 AM 2007
'We..'

I... that pale illusion; that waking, futile dream which too long
served as my existence is now so easily forgot,

by sullivanthepoet 4 lines, on Aug 16 1:26 PM 2007
'Rogue's Charter..'

@Fore length'ning shadows' martial march,
as though there tolled a silent bell,

by sullivanthepoet 7 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 16 5:08 AM 2007
'Dancers'

"O gentle place; too sweet the breeze,
That languid sings and stirs each branch'ed aisle,

by sullivanthepoet 10 lines, on Aug 15 5:10 AM 2007
Within The Serpent's Eye

I watch,
the nicotine stained organza of evening as it casts its wreaths on the body of the dying light,

by sullivanthepoet 9 lines, on Aug 14 8:15 AM 2007

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