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Imaginings of the Familial
Bandaging the bloodied sceptre
passed down like the baton from generations passed,
must you hold up those warring, quarrelling words,
watching the watering can
bathe the blade, watching the watering can
moisten roots of family trees? Rancidity of old memories hangs
cornered kindliness.
Ferment and froth,
the gallows are here
< Morphological ends borne —
Bled out the crucifix
White became red.
The harp shakes to bits by the human hand >
Where the owls tu-whit tu-whoo >
Playing like lanterns lighting the path.
Niggardly not shall money pass hands,
Through the Dales the rooks convene
So hide me like the bumblebee in a slumping cowslip
All I see is a shroud of yellow
Have I entered Custard Land?
Is Spring’s last birth but stillborn?
No! No!
The amnion not cut away
The embryo pure
Eyes azure in a babe
Tenderised heaven’s heart
To leave no quibble of love.
Biography
Joel Schueler's s works appear in over ten countries in over forty
publications including Pennsylvania Literary Journal & The Brasilia
Review. From London, he has a BA(Hons) in English Literature &
Creative Writing from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
www.joelschueler.com
www.instagram.com/joelschueler_writer
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Previously published in London Poetry Magazine:
"Changing Taste Buds: by S. M. Watson.
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Published December 31, 2020 Featured Local Poet Imaginings of the Familial by Joel Schueler (Stroud, Glouchestershire, England) |
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