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For Youth

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

For YouthbyMarshal GebbieSee that old man on the seatLooking destitute and beat.Easy to ignore that man,Old and grey and sad and bland.Easy to just ov..

Who Will Make the Gaunt Ghost's Sing?

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

They’re watching in the avenuesThey’re watching in the rain,They’re waiting for the animalsTo cause our children pain.They join in c..

The Last Cheroot

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

The Last CherootbyMarshal GebbieThe blue smoke spirals round meAs I taste the nicotineAnd the acid smoke of the tar cherootCalms a wild mind to serene..

Coffee with a Stranger

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

Coffee with a StrangerTo sit and launch a little chatincurrs a risk that leaves one atthe mercy of a stranger.Conversations open up,a world of views, ..

Commitment

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

CommitmentbyMarshal GebbieWe strode together in another age, my love,You, in your earthen gown and beautiful dark tresses.I, the wearer of the long pl..

Spring Letter from the Land of the Long White Clou..

A Story by Marshal Gebbie

Sweet Sister, I feel the sanguine-ness of age upon me. I feel I understand the things which confused me in youth. I have a sage satisfaction in..

Translucence in Your Fevered Day

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

Translucence in Your Fevered DaybyMarshal GebbieIt’s all pretence, I see, my DearThis facade that you live so well,Your look, your walk,the very..

A Quandary

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

A Quandaryby Marshal GebbieA Quandary,How inconsequence can change usA comment, made in passing, without thought,Can bring down mighty empires and ass..

Oh the Stories They Can Tell...

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

.A line of trees in massive formEncroach along a ridge of stone,Gnarled, bent and weather wornTheir clinging roots call granite home.This ancient wood..

Aftermath

A Poem by Marshal Gebbie

AftermathbyMarshal GebbieThe Captains and the Kings departConflict’s flag descends the mast,Skirmishes of battle stilledRecriminations put to pa..