SALTED SLUG your words stung, and hung me upside down, inside out, to watch you swan turned shrew- hairbrush out all memory and meaning, from those fresco pictures on the wet plaster ceiling- that my Michaelangelo took years to paint, in glorious colours, now flaked and full of hate. the lights of our plaeides went out, with no new songs to sing and talk about- suspended there inside sobs of solitude and infinite despair- like soluble syllables of barbiturates in exhaust fumes of apology and regrets. you left me prone- to hear deaths symphony alone, split and splattered, opened on the floor, repenting for nothing, evermore- like a salted slug, curdled and curled up on the rug- to melt away while you spoon and my colours fade to grey. the heart of truth- intact in youth, fractures into fronds of lies and trust, destined to become a hollow husk- but i found myself again in hopes congealing pools and left the field of fools to someone else- and put her finished book back on its shelf.
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Strider Marcus Jones – is a poet, law graduate and ex civil servant from Salford/Hinckley, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry are modern, traditional, mythical, sometimes erotic, surreal and metaphysical http//www.lulu.com/spotlight/stridermarcusjones1. He is a maverick, moving between forests, mountains and cities, playing his saxophone and clarinet in warm solitude.
His poetry has been published in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Spain and Switzerland in numerous publications including mgv2 Publishing Anthology:And Agamemnon Dead; Deep Water Literary Journal; The Huffington Post USA; The Stray Branch Literary Magazine; Crack The Spine Literary Magazine; A New Ulster/Anu; Outburst Poetry Magazine; The Galway Review; The Honest Ulsterman Magazine; The Lonely Crowd Magazine; Section8Magazine; Danse Macabre Literary Magazine; The Lampeter Review; Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts; Don't Be Afraid: Anthology To Seamus Heaney.
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And so you sit and stay
since you’ve been coming
to the running
of my day,
the in between
of real and dream
is drawn in what we say
now i lie sunning
in the summer of your way.
it shapes the shade around me,
foundations where you found me,
emptying that grey
obelisk of thought stood in the room
no more scarring the bloom–
and so, you sit and stay
motions mending me,
feet turning wheel, hands shaping clay.
© Strider Marcus Jones
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Today’s featured poem comes from Strider Marcus Jones. A piece wrought with intricate symbolism, “And So You Sit And Stay” deals with an ambiguous love and the capacity understanding and companionship have for healing, both mentally and physically. The seasons and their corresponding wildlife are utilised in a continuous metaphor throughout the poem, to the extent that much like the dissolved barrier “in between [the] real and dream” the repaired flower that is “no more scarring the bloom-” can be interpreted as the narrator’s internal soul and mended emotions, a viewpoint that is given further depth by the narrator’s “sunning in the summer of your way” an abstract, though beatific gratitude to the unnamed subject’s kindness.
Much of the imagery in this piece is organic and wild, except that which deals with the narrator’s situation before the unnamed subject came upon them: “emptying that grey obelisk of thought stood in the room” Again there is a wilful combination of the physical and mental planes, though here it is used to demonstrate the bleakness of the narrator’s lonely plight — an impersonal, towering civic construct that f (less)
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Congratulations Marcus. Great poem. Enjoy !
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Thankye Susan. Glad you liked this poem. Your comment is most appreciated.
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As usual, there is a suaveness and playful rhythm to your poetry. Congratulations once again.
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Thankye for your excellent comment Anawadh. It is most appreciated.
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I am glad to read your poem. Thank you marcus very much to share with us and wait for your next upcoming poem.
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