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The Wind is Isolde

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

The warden’s bewildered, the keeper’s amazedas the gate gapes behind us, a hole in the haze.Our steps seem uncertain, the cobblestones cra..

Neverland

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

NOTE TO THE READER �" Once Apun a Time This yarn is a flossy fabric woven of several earlier warped works, lightly laced togethe..

Forbidden Valley

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

Forbidden valleyTwin peaks arousing passionTulips on the tips

Boa's Ark

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

1. MORNING HAS BROKENThe men, in lines, tramp two by two(forgetting all the women who,preparing for a night of tricks,were painted with their flamin..

Alone Again

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

Cold rains, wet and weary... seeping through the sky,spectres pass ’long side me... bent, with collars high,my visions are invisible and no one ..

The Harlot (2)

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

While all night queens carve figurines in gelatine and jade,Behind a door and on the floor a deal is finally made;A painted girl with flaxen curl has ..

The Mighty Eye in a Brief Eclipse of Time

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

PROLOGUEUmpteen billion yearsBig Bang, supernova, gasBrief eclipse of timeGases swirling, fallSun and planets, water, gooBrief eclipse of timeAnother ..

Eugene, Eugene

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

1. Eugene And the Pumpkin PieWee Eugene's but a lonely boy(arrayed in cap and corduroy),has Jungle Jim (a ragged toy)and fancied Friends his only j..

Malimar

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

Inhaling, hushed, from hashed cigars my mind implodes in Malimar where Naiads bathe in caviar - I dream of dwarves and three-eyed tsars.The c..

Treasure for Maureen

A Poem by Terry O'Leary

A midnight ship with silver sailsAnd hoisted flags with scarlet tailsIs whisked by winds of golden galesDescending from the skies above.And though the..