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Alistair McKee's avatar

Once again thanks be for your prose poem gift. Reminds me of the seminal beat poem Howl except more infused with luminosity and encouragement.

Existential art. The power of imagination confronting the peril of organised violence of the Empire Game with luminous metaphors. Guitar-picker hermit pilgrim picking steps through the barbed wire borderland. She holds aloft the unquenchable gloom-busting lamp of solidarity with the gathering clans of the unconquerable world.

Step-I with Ms Donald to the Isle. Your prose poem gigs allow sober analysis to be enriched by lightening revelations of beauty across a landscape where "ignorant armies clash by night". Apprehension and demonology embedded in enchantment and encouragement. A light never overcome by the darkness of feeling alone (so wide we can't get round it,oh rock my soul).

Arohanui from a beach in Māoriland. Kia kaha/be strong, Kia ora/be life, Kia manawānui/ be steadfast.

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Cabot O'Callaghan's avatar

A rebel’s ballad. ❤️

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