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The London post . . . Slaughdenby Kenneth Durham Smith Slaughden was a thriving, boat-building village in the 19th century on the Suffolk coast, just south of Aldeburgh. But little by little the sea ate away at the shoreline. Its last house was destroyed by a storm in 1926. When storm winds merged with heavy tidesand some great wheel turnedContinue reading “Erosion”

The Seattle post . . . Everywhere the Drunken Beesby David Keith Johnson Everywhere the drunken beesStumble among the young blossoms,Tearing delicate victims,Sucking vital moisture from theirHelpless lips,Leaving but a few for time to ravage. Youth hosts beauty as September petalsHost frost — sweet steaming iceThat wastes what it adorns,That tempts fingers to touch,Tongues toContinue reading “Animation”

The London post . . . Enter the Halls of the Kingdomby Kenneth Durham Smith – after George Mackay Brown The first is the skeleton of a whalecarried up beyond the reach of tideA floor of dry sand and kelpthat whispers like paperthe walls desiccated skin stretchedbetween the arching ribsThis is a hall for crawlingContinue reading “Triads”

The Seattle post . . . Chandelierby David Keith Johnson Inside our silent flames we seem to be at once liquid and fire,  tumbling upward to disappear   just at the apex of desire. The distillation of a dream is alchemy, a wizard’s task;  precipitation of a flame   cannot be captured in a flask. We quiet progeny ofContinue reading “Who”

The London post . . . Light Falling in the Riverby Kenneth Durham Smith A winter night, full tide, just past the rain –how much light falls into the river Streetlights, office lights, the bridge roadway,the downward mounted lamps beneath the bridges,the lights of trains, strung upon a string,the steel glint of an early moonContinue reading “Light”