{"id":8545,"date":"2024-02-24T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2024-02-24T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:20:10","slug":"the-planet-poems-by-stephen-philip-druce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/the-planet-poems-by-stephen-philip-druce\/","title":{"rendered":"The Planet Poems by Stephen Philip Druce"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\r\n<strong>PLANET JAZARANE<\/strong>\r\n\r\nPlanet Jazarane - \r\nwhere rustling herds of marching embers,\r\nooze a masquerade of tickled trenches\r\nin seething dominion,\r\n\r\ntorched waterfalls, nourished by zephyr mastery,\r\nlurch languid in a godly zeal of paradigm vanity,\r\n\r\nsandcastle-shaped serpents trigger-spew\r\na soaring horizon of tangled theaters in\r\nscreeching flower cages,\r\n\r\nscalded in sodden shadow, the swooping\r\ngoose machine scatters its crinkled chimes\r\nin a sensory mist of ragged tigers \r\nand skating vulture dust,\r\n\r\nthe canvas hermit -\r\n\r\nnurtured in chalice,\r\n\r\nfurtive in fountain,\r\n\r\nsplashed by ruby -\r\n\r\nas the wilted maestro sits\r\nin a solitude ceremony\r\nof feathered ferocity -\r\n\r\nthe pianist's final flourish.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>PLANET JAYGORM<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn Planet Jaygorm, skittle creatures\r\nricochet plumes of alchemy mutants,\r\n\r\nskyline overtures in bleak exodus,\r\nsqueal their glistening contours in\r\nblundered hysteria and disfigured glee,\r\n\r\ndistilled in a gallant gory remnant,\r\nthe jolted wanderings of loaded crystal\r\nchambers, fickle mutiny in \r\nsupernatural solace,\r\n\r\nas the jarring sorcerers etch ephemeral \r\ntheir supine shards of howling epilogues\r\nin burlesque assembly,\r\n\r\nthe crooked stars in hooded vaults,\r\nyearn to bedevil their tawdry transcripts -\r\nunkempt for the ether.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>PLANET YIZZARO<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn Planet Yizzaro, crawling corridors\r\nof glazed limpets in clustered folly,\r\ncascade a symphony blossom to tantalize\r\nthe tattered artist in a towering squalor\r\nof lampooned puppets ablaze,\r\n\r\nplunged in feral escapade,\r\na dalliance interlude of watercolor \r\nvessels drip their fluttered meadows \r\nfor willow portraits in starry infancy\r\nand shimmering bliss,\r\n\r\nhounded by the giddy margins,\r\nthe creaking valley - listless for rhapsody,\r\nmutters its hollow blessings in a saintly\r\npattern of glimmering sapphire -\r\nthe treasured muse in slender desertion.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/because-of-the-deep-notes-a-poem-by-stephen-philip-druce\/img_1140-copy-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-300x225.png\" alt=\"img_1140-copy-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-100x75.png 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-450x338.png 450w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2-900x675.png 900w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1140-Copy-2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Stephen Philip Druce<\/strong> is a fifty nine year old speculative poet from Shrewsbury in the UK.His poems are planet based. They describe the events that take place on the planets that exist in his imagination. He has previous publications with <em>The Lothlorien, The Cannon&#8217;s Mouth, The Seventh Quarry, Muse International Journal Of Poetry, Cake, Conceit, The Lemon Press, The Playerist, Ink Sweat And Tears <\/em>and many more.He is published in the USA, the UK, Canada and India. Stephen has an Ebook released in the USA-<em> &#8216;Quirky Shorts&#8217; <\/em>and has written articles for <em>The Daily Squib<\/em>. He&#8217;s also written songs for theatre plays in London, and poetry for radio stations, including Radio 4 Extra. He&#8217;s on Wikipedia too -as author for <em>The Playerist Magazine<\/em>. He self- published two books on Amazon :<em> &#8216;A Naughty British Comedy&#8217; <\/em>and<em> &#8216;A Shrewsbury Poet&#8217;<\/em>.His favorite poets : Charles Bukowski, W.H. 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