{"id":8185,"date":"2023-01-08T23:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T23:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:07:23","slug":"damn-you-all-no-mars-poems-by-robin-ouzman-hislop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/damn-you-all-no-mars-poems-by-robin-ouzman-hislop\/","title":{"rendered":"Damn You All & No Mars Poems by Robin Ouzman Hislop"},"content":{"rendered":"
Damn you all<\/strong>\r\n\r\nwild cooing of doves in distant branches\r\nbeyond the curtain drawn window\r\n in the darkened room\r\nwhere he sits on the edge of the bed\r\nfrail & thin gently nodding to & fro\r\nthinking progress be damned\r\n\r\nnation states wear hoods\r\nghost riders in the sky stampede\r\nthe plains & piss in the oceans\r\nthe salmon from the rivers have gone\r\nin what seas will they now spawn\r\n& he is down by the riverside\r\n\r\ndown by the riverside\t            where\r\nhe casts his line into its waters\r\nwaiting for it to tauten     the sudden\r\ntug     the thrill electric of connection\r\nthe flick     the jerk      as a wriggling\r\nsparkling life           glints in the light\r\nsails through space to land at his feet\r\n\r\nthe poetic stance\r\noh not at all\tdamn you all\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cNo Mars\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\nreturn to the Jaguar Moon<\/em><\/strong>\r\n                                           what is perpetuation\r\n                                          one is many is everyone\r\n                                          is everything is a person\r\n                                           a matter of perspective\r\n                              she alone will adorn the many\tJaguar Moon<\/em>\r\n <\/strong>\r\nevolution is but diversity<\/strong>\r\n                                        it will always come again\r\n                                       but sapiens are but rapiens\r\n                                            now their remains\r\n\r\n                 if the world should come again \tthen come O Jaguar Moon<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nthe sleek Brazilian jaguar does not in her aboreal gloom\r\ndistill so rank a feline smell as grishkin in a drawing room<\/em>\r\n\r\nwho is grishkin\t   O Jaguar Moon<\/em>\r\nwhen she\u2019s feline\t& we her prey\r\nunless we outlive the day\r\n                                  \r\n                               her kiss that sips our blood like nectar<\/strong><\/pre>\n
 
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Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/strong> is Editor of Poetry Life and Times<\/a> at Artvilla.com <\/a>; You may visit Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a> about author & https:\/\/poetrylifeandtimes.com<\/a> See Robin performing his work Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a><\/p>\n
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