I slipped from birth
wet with tears
into arms
stretched out in hope,
from womb to ward
to other woman,
I slipped from birth
into being;
being had,
being held,
being handed over,
to being held again.
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly
Author: deuxiemepeau
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO.4, NAPOWRIMO
I thought I would learn something more fortuitous
than just fear
in those hollow halls
I learned to hate,
but books were not bats
when boys became bullies.
Fragility can grow like strength
but the wonder we weigh
on the fragile flower
only overshadows
the tears that stem
beneath to petals.
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO. 3, NAPOWRIMO
In many rooms
in multiple houses
in a dozen cities
I pulled shadows
over the light
mistaking the darkness
to be a better blanket
to twist around the truth.
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO 2, NAPOWRIMO
You cannot go back,
to return does not mean to rerun,
I recognise these streets,
recall a certain laugh,
a twisted lie,
an open door,
but my footprints have changed,
I cannot find the same sunflower
I drew when I was younger
than this youth I now cling to
and so many
of those old doors have twisted
and the lies opened out to be
nothing more than lessons.
I cannot go back,
the streets now wear shadows
that never fell from my form.
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, NO.1, NAPOWRIMO
Walls can comfort or confine,
fine is the line between
what to fear and how to flee,
freedom is not found
in any one format,
it is not math,
we can only count the cost
of what is lost.
Walls can be a comfort
and still surround like a cell.
All words and drawings by Damien B. Donnelly
COLOURS IN GREY SHANGHAI
Photos from 7am walks last week in Shanghai before going to the office…
grey mornings
rainbows before the sunshine
All photographs by Damien B. Donnelly
POEM IN LITTLE ROSE MAGAZINE
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So excited and grateful to have a poem this week in the beautiful Little Rose magazine Online
The poem is called Waves of Identity and the link is here:
https://littlerosemagazine.weebly.com/home/waves-of-identity
Get Voting for the Saboteur Awards
Hello Readers and Writers,
We need your help.
Voting has opened for 2018’s Saboteur Awards and celebrated Irish Surrealist Poet Kevin Bateman and his beautiful spiritual events in forgotten places where voices dance have been nominated.
Please take a moment to click on the link below and nominate him and his writers for these sacred events in beautiful spiritual places that people have forgotten to visit.
The link is:
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You have to vote in at least three categories so type his name into 3 or all of the following and let’s keep poetry and places far from being forgotten…
Best spoken word performer
Best wildcard
Best spoken word regular night
Best spoken word show
Best collaborative work
If you missed his last event “I can Dream and You can Love’, which I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in, then here is the link below. Over 5000 views already on Periscope…
A KISS ALREADY GONE
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This haunting,
this dance we are blushing,
this steam of soft smoke
to melt the broken from the heart,
this ferocious fever before the fall.
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We are prisoners to this poison,
devouring desire before
its kissed with decay.
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A ghost we cannot let go.
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All words by Damien B. Donnelly with the aid of the magnetic poetry Oracle
SEARCHING TO BE SMOOTH
See
the simple stream;
current crashing
into character
See
the mouths of babes;
wishes whispering
of their will in waiting
Rough
runs the water
falling to find its force
Smooth
as our skins
we are not
We are curt corners created,
counting on the current
to carve us into caress-able.
All words and sketches by Damien B. Donnelly
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