The Collected Poetry

By OwensMartin

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Poetry published May 2012- May 2013 (Written 2003-2013) Dedicated to my sister, those who followed in Viper's... More

A Dream Sequence
Murmur
The Ballad of Midnight Blue
While Watching the Road in Vermont
Leaves
Extracts From the War-Diary of John Dennis
Decompositions
Ghost
Ghost, Take II
Modern Man on a Balcony
Sonnet On Genghis Khan
Joseph's House
Ballad of the Underdog
Notes on the Acropolis
According to Viper, Chapter 1: The Sacrificing of the Doors
According to Viper, Chapter 2: The Entrance
According to Viper, Chapter 3: The Writing is Read
According to Viper, Chapter 4: The Ellipsis
Lines Composed Looking at Map of America
Warsaw
Leaving Eden
Babylon
On the Coast of Norway
David L Whittaker, Esq.
A Thing That Is Not Black
Snow
I, A Meager Poet, Undeserving of His Muse
On Venus
Poem To A Well-Known Political Figure
On Spring
The Ballad of Pygmalion, A Comic Poem
On Man and Death
Land of Sorrow & April Song
The Necromancer
The Ape in the Jungle
In America the Law is King
A Light in the Distance
A Second Dream Sequence
acropolis adam adoration aesthetics afraid america ancient angel anger animal anxiety ape aphrodite april art attack autumn babylon battle beat beaten beauty become beginning bitter black blue body book boredom building bullets burning buy campaign carnival cascade cerberus certain chaos chapel charge children class clock closed coast coffins cold colors common con concubine confession confused conquer construction corruption crazy crete crucifixion dark david daydream dead death deathbed democracy dennis depression destruction devil diary die disintegrate distance divine dream dreams drink dust dying east eden egypt election ellipsis empty end ennui enough entrance escape esq eve execution fade faith fall fame fantasy farmlands father fear feast female fight final fire flare float fought found free friend frontier frost frozen galatea genghis ghost ghosts goat god goddess gods gold government greek green gun gás hair hands hate hater haunt haunting heal heart heaven hell hero history home honor horus hurt ice idea improve incense innocence inspired island jail jazz jealousy jesus john joy jungle khan kick king kingdom land law lawless layer leaves leaving legacy liberty lies life light literature litfic liturgy lonely looks losers lost love lowlife magic malaise man martyr meadow meaning memory mexico middle midnight mindset minos mirth missing modern money monologue moon morality murmur muse mythology nature necromancer need neglect newengland news night noise north norway notes nude number one opera order orthodox osiris pain paine pale panic paradise past path peace people persia petal phantom phoenix plea pleasure poet poison poland polish political politics poor pope prairie prayer president prince priorities prison prophet prose psalm psychotic punishment pygmalio rails reality refresh relationship religion republic resurrect return rhythm ride river road romantic rome row safety samarquand satan save scalpel sea search seasons second sell senryū sense sequence service shadows shame silence silver sing sister slave sleep smile smoke snow society soldier soldiers somme song sonnet sons sorrow soul sound spector spells spirits spiritual spring stalk statue still storm subject success suicide sun surreal tease tempt temptation texas thing thought time tomb touch townhouses transit trash treasure trees trench typical tyrants undead underdog undeserving unexplained universe urban vantage venus vermont viper vision visions vivid waking war water weapons whirlpool whittaker winters women wood words world worry writing ww1 yell yesterday zeitgeist

Poetry

53 5 2
By OwensMartin

In the modern world, so I find,

The mark of sorrow pressed against,

The empty slabs of concrete.

Have you found the branding ?

Scarlet and lucid ?

Forgive me if

I speak too

clearly

wrong.

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