{"id":9676,"date":"2022-01-10T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=9676"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:53:58","slug":"silent-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/10\/silent-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kite Hovering
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh timid bird<\/p>\n

Do find the courage<\/p>\n

To settle with me<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Julie Florida
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julie Florida stood in an autumn field<\/p>\n

Watching the leaves fall from the central trees<\/p>\n

A bleak flat west wind chilled her visit<\/p>\n

So she began to collect flints and gave them to the migrating birds<\/p>\n

As she waited for the day to fold to into the night that she longed for<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rage of Ophelia
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like an orphan lost you found yourself<\/p>\n

Lost in the deep northern seas<\/p>\n

This greatly saddened you<\/p>\n

And in your despair<\/p>\n

You faded into the rage of your own destruction<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Welcome to the Ice Cells
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no doors trapping you<\/p>\n

But you will never escape<\/p>\n

As the whiteness of the angels wings<\/p>\n

Will blind you without thought<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Revolution (Fragments)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The people are in a rage<\/p>\n

This is not an illusion<\/p>\n

I applaud the workers who execute their bosses<\/p>\n

Against their executive cars<\/p>\n

With sten guns created on the factory floor<\/p>\n

Take to the streets my friends<\/p>\n

Show your displeasure<\/p>\n

Build barricades with furniture from the finest stores<\/p>\n

You will be hunted by the cops and sycophants<\/p>\n

Who will squeeze your balls<\/p>\n

But do not worry as the bullets from your perfumed guns<\/p>\n

Will rip their black hearts apart<\/p>\n

The people are in a rage<\/p>\n

This is not an illusion<\/p>\n

They are starving and losing their homes<\/p>\n

Nobody cares<\/p>\n

Take aim and remove the malignancy that opposes you<\/p>\n

This is the will of people<\/p>\n

Keep your doors locked and your fingers on the sweaty triggers<\/p>\n

Even when you sleep<\/p>\n

Do not share your freedom dreams<\/p>\n

Take off your shirts go to your cupboards<\/p>\n

And encourage your brothers and sisters<\/p>\n

To break their hiding and join the fight<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stephen Masefield (1954-1973)
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Red Sun (Poem of Ophelia)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

You greet me with your crimson finery<\/p>\n

But the grey clouds inhibit your display<\/p>\n

Your beauty is hidden from me<\/p>\n

But I feel your warmth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kite Hovering Oh timid bird Do find the courage To settle with me   Julie Florida Julie Florida stood in an autumn field Watching the leaves fall from the central trees A bleak flat west wind chilled her visit So she began to collect flints and gave them to the migrating birds As she waited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9679,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9676\/revisions\/9679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}