Articles by John Tustin
Poem
Life Is Slavery
(2020-11-02) poem unrhymed
"...spoken by another wearing the same ragged clothes..."
The Crumpled Rose
(2020-11-30) poem rhymed
"...Distant beginning
Approaching end..."
A Quail and a Snail
(2021-01-04) poem rhymed
"...With no need for swords or words..."
Arrive
(2021-02-08) poem unrhymed
"...Like an ocean calmed by the moon...
Paths
(2021-05-17) poem rhymed
"...I fear what I will find..."
Do Our Tears Haunt You?
(2021-06-14) poem rhymed
"...Trying to scribble over what cannot be unwritten..."
I Saw the Angels
(2021-07-12) poem unrhymed
"...They come and speak to me while I am asleep..."
Melan-Collared
(2021-08-09) poem unrhymed
"...You loved me first..."
Hidden
(2021-09-06) poem rhymed
"...You walk the clouds above me..."
The Buzzards Circle Overhead
(2021-11-29) poem rhymed
"...smelling something now quite dead..."
Brand New Tricks
(2021-12-27) poem rhymed
"...I'm the tears in a lukewarm beer..."
Contemplating Not Meditating
(2022-01-31) poem unrhymed
"...it's hard to argue with his success..."
Shauna
(2022-02-28) poem rhymed
"She says she wants to know me..."
Petal By Petal
(2022-03-28) poem unrhymed
"...Branch by branch, bark
and roots..."
Jester
(2023-04-24) poem rhymed
"...Not your partner but your clown..."
Brothers and Sons and Us
(2023-05-29) poem unrhymed
"...A war on a foreign soil That they did not cause..."
The Dam
(2023-06-26) poem rhymed
"...I can understand the cheering when watching fences fall..."
Shut Eyes
(2023-07-24) poem unrhymed
"...drink in the crystal darkness..."
Her Crooked Mouth
(2023-08-21) poem rhymed
"...too malevolent to be caught..."
The Kings and Queens Drink Wine
(2024-01-22) poem unrhymed
"...Thinking about how much lovelier you are..."
Her Hair Was As Black
(2024-02-12) poem
"...Not contained by ribbons..."
The Idle Boat
(2024-03-25) poem unrhymed
"...it seemed I had been on this boat for years..."
Where Have You Gone, Confucius?
(2024-04-22) poem
"... Why were you born, my child?..."
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