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0421 Truth In Politics
I read a rare truthin the news todayno evidence has been foundof any misdeed on the partof the politicianwell that's all right thensome may askhow..
© Michael Shepherd
0420 Trust Nature
It's said that every species in the worlddisplays one gift beyond the scope of Man.How dangerous the skies - for men, and birds -how soiled the air..
© Michael Shepherd
0419 Tribute To A Listening Man (George Steiner)
The TV studio set for a prestige productionof the sort that wins renewed network contractsif not viewers, late on Sunday night:the subject, a weekly..
© Michael Shepherd
0417 To A Small-Part Actress In The Drama Of My Life
Shall I compare thee to...a winter's night? ...I wishI knew what so provokes...is it me, is it you, is it us?I try from time to time, to start..
© Michael Shepherd
0416 To A Prolix Poet
why do you hate Poetry so muchthat you slap her face in publicyet assume she'll stay with you?
© Michael Shepherd
0415 Thunk
sometimes i type thunk for thinkit's not that i've been at the drinkbut then i look at it, and -hell -it does describe my thoughts so well
© Michael Shepherd
0414 This Other Eden, Demi-Paradise..Yeah?
Eden lives.. in the mistymountains, jungle-thick,of Papua New Guinea..with its community of living thingsliving in what, hunger apart, seemsto be..
© Michael Shepherd
0413 There Not Back Kerouac
Jack Kerouacthought to trackthe real Americaon the roadbut forgot to packhis full stopso lost the pointand thus didn't stop'til plop!into the..
© Michael Shepherd
0412 Their World
It's a sepia photograph, taken, I'm guessing,1900,1910? The whole of it is taken up bya crowd on the move, passing the photographer,who could be..
© Michael Shepherd
0412 The Wind And The Tree
The soft spring windis whispering words of loveto the slender brancheswhose leaves flutterlike young girlstalking of love(for Brian Tinsley with best..
© Michael Shepherd
0410 The Runner
you're still runningin the dark between thedangerous lights.you don't hear their footstepsany more. they may havegiven up. but chasing youwith..
© Michael Shepherd
0409 The Postman And The Dog, Or Plato's Fido
There has to be a reason:dogs bite postmen.It's not just that they jump up the sofa to the windowand bark excitedly even when the postman's invisible..
© Michael Shepherd
0408 The Phoenix Museum
A sightseeing phoenix a sign espied:'This way to the Phoenix Museum';A little homesick, went inside;Looked for friends; but couldn't see 'em.In..
© Michael Shepherd
0407 The Past Was A Present Once
A string of perfect pearlsthreaded on grey silkin a silver jewel-caseI'm keeping for somebody elseso don't open itA room of..
© Michael Shepherd
0406 The Summer Evening Music That Never Ended
It was such a warm summer eveningthat the music that was promised usafter the evening meal, called to meetthe open air. I wondered, would it..
© Michael Shepherd
0405 The Mountain Of Truth
This bloody poetry writing - it's like rock-climbing -who asked you to, anyway?who needs it?why can't you be just like everyone else -admire the..
© Michael Shepherd
0404 The Middle East In Two Lines
We are the innocent partyso we shall take revenge
© Michael Shepherd
0403 The Medium Is The Message
'I wish you could see it - it's an incredible sight -there's this unbelievable river of people -like a Ganges or a Mississippi -all moving at their..
© Michael Shepherd
0402 The Footballers' Bible
It's a book of two halvesFirst half, a lot of whistle-blowing, rule-breaking, penalties, and the ref keeping strictly to the rulesSecond half, all..
© Michael Shepherd
0400 The Family
Seen from the back asthey walk along the dusty summer road, withthe sheep straying onto the verges wherea tuft of more succulent grass may lingerin..
© Michael Shepherd
0399 The Father
Saturday afternoon,the air, now so hot, and streetsbusy with that slightly faster pace of personal intention,weekend plans:I remember the face from..
© Michael Shepherd
0399 The Eye Of I
our deepest being is that which observes:which watches, far beyond all forms of thought,as hand and tool and all the senses serveto find and make new..
© Michael Shepherd
0399 The Day You Went
The day you went,the first primrose appearedas if it didn't know.The day you went,the blackbird sangas if no-one had asked it to be silent.The day..
© Michael Shepherd
0398 The Blackbird's Song
Waking to the blackbird's song -insisting, so it seems, on something close to joy and praise...the sun's just breaking through the morning mist;the..
© Michael Shepherd
0397 That, It Is
unknown; formless;eternal; always presentwho may think of it?who may speak of it?who may not think of it?who may not speak of it?where is it?where is..
© Michael Shepherd