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Poetry online modern free verse collection. Read poems free online. Short poems, school poems, city poems, nature poems, war poems, cancer poems, death poems and assorted other poems.
Webmaster for both sites is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness. This collection, Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, is his second book of poems. The first book, Arc of Light, was the traditional slender volume of poems, only available from the storefront at Lulu.com/hughcook However, the Genghis Lotus collection is a far more substantial affair. |
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• BIRTH: a child is born. Who? Me! First published online 2005. • BIRTH ON PLANET GRAVITY: a child is born. Who? My daughter! First published online 2004. • BREASTFEEDING: breastfeeding. For which there is a price. First published online 2004. • CHERRY BLOSSOM, APRIL 2OO3: a very short poem about cherry blossom. This poem was written in Japan during the cherry blossom season at a time when the Iraq war was dominating the TV screens. First published online 2003. • THE FISH: an extremely short fish poem. First published in CRACCUM in 1979. ODYSSEUS ON DELOS: Delos, Odysseus. A ritual on the sacred island of Delos. First published online 2003. • POWER CUT: and the lights go out. First published online 2004. • SUNFLOWER: a very brief love poem. First published in CRACCUM 1979. • VIGIL INVOLUNTARY: insomnia. First published in CRACCUM in 1978. • TELLOS: insomina. First published in TE MAARAMA, a literary magazine put out in 1975 by the Auckland University Students Association. • SLEEPING NAKED ALONE: insomnia. First published online 2004. • WIDE WINDOWS: cheerfully awake in the morning. First published in CRACCUM in 1976. • SPHINX CHILD: cat poem. First published in OUTRIGGER 1980. • KAFKA COUNTRY: summer. First published in TE MAARAMA, 1975. • MONSOON: monsoon; illicit relationship. First published in CRACCUM 1976. • THE QUALITY OF GLASS IS LIGHT: intimacy. First published online 2002. • THE FACE FEARFUL: hypochondria. First published in CRACCUM 1976. • FIREWORKS: emotional distress. First published online 2002. • NINE STEPS TO CALIFORNIA: short surreal prose poem. First published online 2003. • NIGHTMARE: exactly that, a nightmare. First published online 2003. • LIF IN THE DEGENERATE WEST: a look at life as it used to be in the degenerate West, before the rise of the Caliphate. First published online 2005. • CLOCKS: poem on the nature of clocks. First published online 2005. • VAN GOUGH. First published online 1979. • SEIZE THE DAY: carpe diem. First published online 2005. • CHOCOLATE: eating chocolate. First published online 2005. • CORAL ISLANDS. First published online 2004. • INSPIRATION. An early version of this poem was published in a New Zealand magazine called NZ HOME JOURNAL, probably in 1973. • RED: remembered accidents. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007. • BLUE: eyesight damage. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007. • GREEN: grass; sunbathing. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection. • VIOLET: violet light, evolution, twilight. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007.
• SOMEWHERE FAR FROM THE SEA: school bus. First published in CRACCUM, 1976. • DISSECTION: AN OPOSSUM: first published in Craccum, 1977. • SODIUM THIOSULPHATE: crystal formation. First published in KORERU, 1978. • CICADA SUN: adolescence, high school, surfing. First published in LANDFALL, 1976.
• RETURN TO THE CITY: loneliness. First published in CRACCUM, 1979. • TOWARD TEN O'CLOCK: night in the city. First published in CHAFF, 1976. • DREAMS OF LOTHLORIEN: autumn, influenza. First published in CRACCUM, 1977. • GRAFTON IN SPRING: spring, being in love. First published in CITY NEWS, 1975. • I REMEMBER: memories, atomic bomb tests, cold war, nuclear war, France, Paris, London, sex, travel, overseas experience, OE, foreign travel. First published in CRACCUM, 1986. • LILITH: prostitute (low end of the market). First published online 2004. • TEST PATTERN: watching television, dying insect, urban life. First published in CRACCUM, 1979. • THE ERASURE OF CERTAINTY: globalization, modern life, time pressure, dreams. First published online 2003. • THIS WORKING LIFE: asleep, dreaming, sleeping on trains. First published online, 2003. • THRENODY: widower. First published in CRACCUM, 1977.
• WATERFALL: first published online 2003. • WHITE WATER: river, canoeing, kayaking, camping. First published online 2004. • SURF SEA: surfing. First published in KORERU, 1978. • OUT FISHING: fishing. First published in OUTRIGGER, 1980. • SNAILS. First published online, 2003. • AARDVARL PLANET: aardvark, dictionary. First published online, 2004. • THE KRAKEN WAKES: kraken. First published in CRACCUM, 1977. • DRAGON. First published online 2003.
• CAMOUFLAGE: first published in CRACCUM, 1979. • A MANTRA: rifle range, shooting, target practice. First published in CRACCUM, 1979. • THIS IS A PISTOL: military training, training for war, memories of war, remembering war. First published in BRIGHT BUT INVISIBLE, 1978, a literary publication put out in that year by the Auckland University Students Association. • THE DRAFTING OF ODYSSEUS: draftee. First published online 2003. • THE DEATH OF PATROCLUS: Patroclus, death in battle. First published online 2003. • THE DEATH OF ACHILLES: Achilles, dying in battle, death experience (how it feels to die). First published online 2004. • WOUNDED, NOT YET DEAD: battlefield casualties, graphic battlefield horror, horror of battlefield, wounded warrior. First published online 2003. • WAVES: war is over. First published online 2003. • THE DEATH OF NESTOR: death of a veteran, Nestor. First published in ICARUS ASCENDING, 2000. • HIROSHIMA: Hiroshima (annual ceremony of remembrance). First published online 2005. • NAGASAKI: Nagasaki (destruction of). First published online 2005. • LUMBERJACKED CITIES: Second World War, World War Two, Dresden (destruction of), Tokyo (firebombing of), Hiroshima (destruction of), Nagasaki (destruction of). First published online 2007. • SEX METAL: , anti-war poem, Iraq war, war casualty (burnt child). First published online 2003. • A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A WAR: America brings democracy to Iraq, anti-war poem, cherry blossom season Japan, Iraq war, Japan cherry blossom season, spring (cherry blossom season in Japan). First published online 2003.
• CANCER: cancer, facing death. First published in CANCER PATIENT medical memoir 2005. • RED HOT TEARS: grief. First published in THIS IS A PICTURE OF YOUR GOD 2005. • CORNFLAKES: life or death, cancer's consequences. First published in THIS IS A PICTURE OF YOUR GOD, 2005. 8888 9999
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• GUANTANAMO: war on terror, justice, judicial process, prisoner's rights, American imperialism. First published online 2007. 4444 |
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