Myrmidons
Following like flies to the shithouse
These citizens are up on their crap
Ready to distil the teachings
Of a wrong-un in a tin foil hat
These myrmidons follow their leaders
Like ants slowly walking the line
And when it all gets too much for feeling
They’ll put the whole thing online
They’ll put the whole thing online
See/Hear
Let me see
Beyond the structure
Across the walls
Over the platforms
Where content
Falters
Lies whispered in breeze
Amplified by follows
Click click cicadas
Alone and together
Let me hear
The words that
Need to be heard
That can rise
Above the false notes
The trap doors
In open passageways
Of our perception
The words of the eternal
The words of the one
Robert W. Monk
Game
Stick to the
Game plan
Ahead lies
A new world
Twinkling in twilight
Winds change
Stars unfold
Robert W. Monk
Visio Mag – Dreams
Pleased to see that I had a poem published in the latest issue of the ever-excellent Visio Mag.
The Dreams issue looks at our inner dream life. My poem ‘Old Dreams on Repeat’ features alongside images, poems, stories and reportage.
Sweet dreams.
Above and Beyond
I wrote the following five years ago in Feb 2016… on hearing about David Cameron’s call for a referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU. It was put to the vote that June… feels like a loooong time ago…
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ABOVE AND BEYOND
Above and Beyond
Within and Without
Crossing the Border
No Shadow of Doubt
Do They Mean us
Or Do They Mean them
The spangled terms and pronouns
Need a referendum
To play the part
The steps are all-too-clear
Remove half-brain
Then jump, shout, cheer
Time changes
And so do the thoughts
A brush with power
Asleep in the courts
Filter trap
Filter trap
Cake hole
Rowing down the line
Eyes plucked out
Mask in line
What a pretty game
The end gets caught
By flying wide
The start is just the same
Cold
Blue just blue
With white around the edges
Not azure or sapphire or cerulean
Just blue
Distinctly
Cold
Extra layers
And extra coffee
Curtains
Curtain drapes dress the room
Away from night,
Away from dark.
Sleeping roof under the moon
Beyond space,
Beyond time.
Speech for Free
It comes at a price
Like everything else
Hate
Like everything else
Got monetized
Free speech if you want it
Go easy on the peddlers
And the ‘truth’ will out
You think so ?
This outlook of
Laissez-faire to middling
And a long
Lost clamp-down
To avoid shut-down
Brings storm clouds
