Damien Sheridan

 
 
Paucity
 
Rabies and wine
Scabies and rice
Songbirds twitter
Serpents slither
 
Quarry
 
Plump marshmallows
Sugary treat
Flame to transform
Caramel sweet
 
Knit
 
Flares and jam
Bright for sight
Hiss and bite
 
Marrow
 
Nectarine, peach and plum.
Skin, flesh, juice and stone.
Tremble, quake, quiver, scream.
Titter, chuckle, laugh, roar.
 
 
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Gobble
Foster an attitude
Of gristle and teeth.
Given a heartbeat
To listen and weep.
Count the hours
In search of retreat.
There are no exits
Found amid the heath.
 
Moss and Slate
Ebullience in relief,
Today or tomorrow,
Next year a thief.
Gather your sorrow,
Use a blanket and sheath,
Allow the leper to borrow.
 
Parallel and Point
What do you want?
I want to buy.
Give me your money.
You ask a lot.
I’m [...]

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A cloud drifted lazy and grey.
Caught in its shadow a cart ambled through the hills.
Seated on a plank of hard splintery wood,
The driver mumbled a much loved song.
His horse whickered approval.
Above their position blue radiance shone bright.
 
 
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Quota
 
Essential regret
A spider speck
Flagrant wink
An empty sink
 
 
 Pudding
 
Nights respite
Alphabet delight 
 
 
Demeanour
 
Drifting in and around
He wore a sailor’s gown
Three lengths woven coarse
To bridle a wicked horse
 
 
Jelly
 
Forty five degrees
Converging to a point
Skate and glide
Tumble and fall
A whistling wind screams ruin
Quiet chokes the crush
Scramble and claw
Rive and score
Tremendous feat never a chance
Blast doubt and turn a route
 
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A Want of Listen
 
So little, so small.
Hands spread, mouth wide.
They hear the cry.
Ears prick, heads incline decline.
Wonder sparks bright.
Affectation, a pure delight.
Nothing to compare captured in the light.
 
Stretch Balloon
 
Inching forward, a steady plod.
Compensation an aggregation.
More to listen, ease the terror.
Greater to be, a must.
 
Eager
 
What is held too long to hold.
From a place.
Grinding wheels.
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     Found herein are a selection of actions.
     Each action is a presentation of activity in time.
     Collectively they aim to be nothing more
     And wonder at their own substance.
     Perhaps their desire is to elude.
     This is unrealistic.
     Something cannot be nothing.
 
 
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