People are Poems

Niel Vaughan
Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read
Bora botar o terror/Mais

If people are people
& poems are poems
then music & rhyme are no more
than moans & groans
& the Sphinx & pyramids
heaps of stones

If poems are people
& people are poems
you are the sprite under the astrodome
searching chestnut trees in lavender fields
for Royal honeycomb
to bring to tea with Venus of Rome

If people are poems
& poems are people
then you are the law that makes it legal
for the damned & forgotten to dance
at the feet of the celestial steeple

NV

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

Niel Vaughan

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A SpaceAgeBonobo with stories coming out of my eyes & ears. #TooArtistic2Function

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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