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Tag: reflection

The disembodied

I missed the morning sunlight trying to decide if I really knew that “here is one hand,”
and now, as raindrops trickle down on my reflection in the window, all I can think about
is the disembodied lady and how much she differed from health faddists and the ones
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 23/10/2022 1 Minute

A brief reflection on the meaning of life over a pint of lager

A saddle-goose once saw death’s head upon a mop-stick weeping.
“What is the matter, my gaunt bud?” he asked, since tears were dripping,
but what could be said at the sound of a bell beyond the timeless
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 17/10/2022 1 Minute

A reflection

One sunny afternoon, the poet expressed some concern
that there was nothing in his life but a popularity contest.
And then Platocrates burst out laughing, although it was ...
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 10/01/2022 1 Minute

a wanderer

i wear my past as if it were my heritage.
a little tight, worn here and there, tailored
to the old fashion, allows me to recognise ...
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry 2 Comments 07/11/2021 1 Minute

a cut-off phrase might be a sentence

i am still the first draft of a person,
not exactly a catch, a puny little
jest rather than a strong punchline. ...
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry 1 Comment 27/10/2021 1 Minute

a swollen wound of my soul

when i was young, no aces were mentioned,
so first i put it all down to her shyness.
then i thought it was because of her religiosity. ...
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 22/09/2021 1 Minute

a year of separation

the year has passed. just a glance
and my reflection in a roadside puddle
dries up. ...
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Maciej Modzelewski English poetry, poetry Leave a comment 18/08/2021 1 Minute

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