{"id":5109,"date":"2016-02-20T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2019-02-11T07:57:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T07:57:51","slug":"whispering-noose-a-poem-by-adam-levon-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/whispering-noose-a-poem-by-adam-levon-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Whispering Noose. A Poem by Adam Levon Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>The noose perches<\/p>\n<p>above the mold<\/p>\n<p>ridden door, waiting<\/p>\n<p>for all to play<\/p>\n<p>its game<\/p>\n<p>of Thanatos<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swinging<\/p>\n<p>pendulum<\/p>\n<p>of fate&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>design<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Slip knot<\/p>\n<p>tied with<\/p>\n<p>blistered<\/p>\n<p>hands<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Calling<\/p>\n<p>to the<\/p>\n<p>inner voice<\/p>\n<p>to squelch<\/p>\n<p>the remains<\/p>\n<p>of a life<\/p>\n<p>once celebrated<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rotting, festering<\/p>\n<p>Heat fever dreams<\/p>\n<p>of cooling dread<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dead await I<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/whispering-noose-a-poem-by-adam-levon-brown\/adam-levon-brown-ii\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Adam-Levon-Brown-ii.png\" alt=\"Adam Levon Brown (ii)\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Adam-Levon-Brown-ii.png 160w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Adam-Levon-Brown-ii-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Adam-Levon-Brown-ii-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Adam Levon Brown is a poet and author residing in Eugene, Oregon. He has one published poetry book out,<em> Musings of a Madman,<\/em> which is a collection of poems made to enlighten and inspire the reader. Adam attributes his love of poetry to the many great poets he discovered in the school library during his formative years.  He enjoys listening to political hip hop music and is a political activist himself.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>My Author Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctupublishinggroup.com\/adam-levon-brown-.html\">www.ctupublishinggroup.com\/adam-levon-brown-.html<\/a><br \/>\nMy Facebook Author Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorAdamBrown\">www.facebook.com\/AuthorAdamBrown<\/a><br \/>\nMy Twitter Account: twitter.com\/adamlevonbrown<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com. All the Babble of the Souk. Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robin-ouzman-hislop\/all-the-babble-of-the-souk\/paperback\/product-22419943.html\">www.lulu.com. All the Babble of the Souk. 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