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Ode To Misery
I’m a stone in a world of flowers
the curious call of moors,
the old crow language
of wings circling
their ancient dead
peat bodies rotting beneath the weight
of seventies murder. The swaying
New Romantics surrendering to the dark.
I am grey beaches in homeless overcoats,
banshees of Tudor shipwrecks
shaking bone rattles in violent storms.
I am poverty
and steel
and recklessness
an IRA wound on a city wall; coal crowns
of Thatcherite rule haloing unforgiving
stomachs of shoeless youth
a Paul Weller funeral on a Sunday morning,
the black ushers crushing under centuries
of oppression, and gentry, and patronage.
I am the echo of shovels, the deafening snip
of wire cutters, unexploded bombs
in civilian gardens.
I am made of war
and guilt
and rooftop suicide.
I want to bathe in desperate blood,
hear terror howling through
those gut-soaked streets—
it’s an English condition
to allow grief to rip a soul
the hell apart.
Published 17th Mar 2024
| Edited 7th Jun 2024
Author's Note
The U.K. has officially been named the second most miserable country in the world: https://tinyurl.com/48nnjhu9
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17th Mar 2024 11:52am
Well at least the UK beat out Uzbekistan. This poem is unbelievable. Real, authentic, true to your feelings, you have some history & facts thrown in their. Fantastic!!
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20th Mar 2024 1:39am
When was the last time someone told you how incredibly good you write.
Right now.
This is splendid. I know that is not a good descriptor, but it's what first came to mind. What a powerful write. The strength of it, and you as the writer, is so obvious.
I don't highlight lines much. I take it all as a whole. And this wholly is outstanding.
Awesome
Right now.
This is splendid. I know that is not a good descriptor, but it's what first came to mind. What a powerful write. The strength of it, and you as the writer, is so obvious.
I don't highlight lines much. I take it all as a whole. And this wholly is outstanding.
Awesome
24th Mar 2024 7:45pm
I am so humbled by this comment. It means a whole heap to hear it. Thank you.
-M
-M
22nd Mar 2024 6:25pm
Hoi hoi
I’ve come back a second and a third time to slowly chew it over.
And I am completely blown away by your razor sharp and super accessible use of words.
And every word counts.
A sad tale but a great way of storytelling.
Hat off!
Kind regards, Gus
I’ve come back a second and a third time to slowly chew it over.
And I am completely blown away by your razor sharp and super accessible use of words.
And every word counts.
A sad tale but a great way of storytelling.
Hat off!
Kind regards, Gus
24th Mar 2024 7:46pm
I appreciate you coming back for more than one read. That’s quite the compliment in itself. Thank you kindly.
-M
-M
23rd Mar 2024 10:36pm
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25th Mar 2024 3:08am
Your word description, I find it very captivating... You are a good story teller, whether it is a fiction, nonfiction, happy or sad...
