. Poetry from The Great In-Between

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Questions for the inquisitive mind

 Questions for the inquisitive mind


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(A lone voice whispers)


Above all, have you ever wondered if poetry is but, a tree full of rebellious fruits of insubordination


For the few to shine their light


Away from the mundane landscapes many choose willingly to live within and sustain


Worshipping the dark Gods of consumerism kneeling in their carefully guarded pews


To be used and perused as an instrument of grassroots resistance 


To help maintain happiness and subdue pain


And to find a form of balance in a crazy world of finding your souls role 


In the great halls of existence?


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Have you experienced poetic Jouissance?

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(A lone voice whispers)


Have you emptied your soul late at night


All alone


Wrote words to lay on top of the white marble altar of poetry's grey tombstone


If you have


You're not one of the crowd who follows fashion and directions from secret social conditioners


For in that hour of self awareness 

You embrace something so magical 


 While in that quiet solitude

Alone in that room


Solitude 

Not to be confused with loneliness


For you are surrounded by The Spirits of the Twenty-Six Letters 


Who waits for the call to start swirling 


Seeking rebirth on paper

Or other forms of scrying mirrors


A new life for eager eyes to see


To maybe treasure


From land or sea

Wherever they be


And to you 


Death will never conquer, for your words will echo like ringing Christmas bells 


Into eternity 

In the Vast Halls of Apollo 


For in time 

All poetry is constant and collected


In a great never-ending room in the Akashic Records 


The Past 

Future and the Now


Hum to drums playing pagan tunes of happiness and sorrow


For the hordes to read poems at their leisure for pleasure


To find just something they need in whatever they read


So fear not

Rejection or criticism 


Fear not

Judgement or lament


For the gift you share

Is heaven sent


Passed down like a golden trophy from The Spirits of Twenty-Six Letters 


From the gilded Halls of Apollo 


In a gentle breeze 

For they can feel your intense need


Sweeping down their misty plains and green wild hills


Like the last charge of Genghis Khan


For them to answer

With hidden scrolls


Filled with clues to write poetry


To satisfy the thrilling call of illuminated souls


Seeking

Jouissance


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


Noun: 


Jouissance

Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.


Source:

Google.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

The Vow


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(A lone voice whispers)


I'll buy a white silk ribbon
Tonight

From O'Mallys
My love

On our golden wedding anniversary

Lay it on your favourite glass dresser

The one we bought in the snow

A few months ago

Light one of your white perfumed candles near it from Reardon and Sons

Visualise all our cherished memories

Together
Within it

Then tie it
Into a sacred white bow

And gently kiss it and put it under

One of your favourite blue pillows

That way

We'll sleep together
Every night

Especially tonight
Real close

Even though you're gone
Like we once used to do

For our love is still stronger than death

And lasts beyond the grave
And it's how I

Now a lone survivor
With Charlie

That beautiful dog
You once bought as a birthday surprise

Wait
Praying for you

In one of God's
Repentance, grief filled Caves

Continue

Continue in absolute hope
With our beloved happy memories of you

Lighting our way
Through this firefly-lit blackness

Like one of those white perfumed candles in our bedroom

With all the crazy things
We once used to do

(C)
Copyright John Duffy

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Monday, October 14, 2024

The Oracle of Necromanteion


 The Oracle of Necromanteion


(A lone voice whispers)


He who walks without the most holy of ways


Will never return

Until they have learned not by sin be swayed


As true as new trees are made


By lay played

In so many wet insidious ways


By those hidden in the chasms

In the faraway stars


For people like you gathered here should be careful 


For without faith

In any form 


The nearby Darkness can always open a small gateway to sin


And if that abyss is opened


Revealing 

Desolation's

Fatal sandstorms


It gets so much harder 

To let hope crawl in


So O ye

O Ye 


On the yellow beaches

Beseeching


O ye 

Gathered round me


To the worthy few

I summon by the power of the Purple Flame


Virtue 

By the Divine Will of your choice of God


To guide you

Amen


Through Acheron

To the blue Stargate 

So you can 


Once more

Run


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


Art by

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl in 1898. 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Will you join my Children of Poetry


 Will you join my Children of Poetry?


(A lone seductive soft female voice whispers)


Will you follow me blindly 

Into the very darkness dear one


Of the labyrinths of The Eternal Mind


Where all precious things merge in rhymes 


For there is no time


To sneak past the Old Fallen Watchers from a dark Past


Into my gardens of the unseen

Or unspoken 


Mankind 

And all things that seem in your world that will never last


For in time

They'll all shatter to be broken 


My lonesome child

My divine one


Will you call to me

And whisper

If you're lonely 


Seeking fun to reveal yourself in poetry


For you've always 

Known me

Deep inside


If you're one of the anointed few


If you once called for my gift

To express yourself and maybe others to lift


For I live deep inside and follow like a rare nightingale in flight


And all I ask of you is write

To let out your light


To be courageous 

In front 

For all to see


So 

Come and accept me


And on that very day 

In every way 


Early morning or night


I'll appear and be the first and last thing you'll see


In whispers of words


As you walk

Neck deep 

Into sleeps many domains 


Then into my ancient

radiant still deep waters


While Mother Moon smiles as you are consumed


And as those translucent soul rousing waters covers your head


You will join my Children of Poetry


In one of my many side stanzas filled rooms 


To dance round my pagan pyres 


As my rhythmic music and a symphony of voices


Singing in poetry

Surround and regale you

With a never-ending fire


With wild stories of

Sadness or glory


For time will die and expire like a hunters' doe on my arrows


In my endless lyrical forest 

As your soul 

So hungry 


I try will nourish 


So will you summon me and whisper


Come to me

Calliope

Open my eyes


Share your precious light

Tonight


And then enter my eternal Midsummer's Night's Garden of Surreal Dreams


Where everything dances to a new tune


Dressed in red 

Gold and blue


To my poetic tunes


In my mythical realms

Of The Great In-Between


What says you 

Reader


Will you acquiesce 

And say 

Yes?


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Saturday Musings

 Somewhere 

Someone 


Needs these words to lift them when they feel the world has drifted and left them


You're not alone 

Pray and God will always try to answer your call on your ethereal telephone


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Broken Relationships


(A tired voice whispers)


And so it ends


We are now silent strangers sat watching each other


Alone


On the midnight train 

To our spiritual home 


(C) Copyright John Duffy 


Foundation of the piece.


Do you still see or are compelled to see, how an old flame is bearing?

Friday, October 11, 2024

The Muse, called Masseen, whispers.

 Hey

You do know there is still so hope in your world

As time commences
Consolation in understanding

That regardless of how low you might be feeling

No matter the
Consequences of

Politics
Worldwide situations
Economies
Or misunderstandings

The Burning Eye of Heaven will still rise again tomorrow
Offering kind rays of rebirth

A new chance of freedom
To explore its wide open road on earth

To offer a sweet form of liberation

For at some point
We all need hope and salvation

To embrace its divine melodies and sensations

And to burn bridges to our once painful past

From old memories and experiences that may seem to linger and last

For your inner Continents of Contentment

Count on it
Or pain could still walk past
Smiling

So peel back those layers of self-doubts

Explore

Take your life and share your love to the broken
With your heart wide open

If all else fails
Here's a free gift

From I

To help you be born
Again

Masseen
The Shadow Queen from The Great Beyond

Light a white candle in silence

Feel the energy of the flame
Tune out your worlds noises of violence

And repeat three times to your God of choice

Oh, Lord!
Hear my prayer

For I am worthy

Show me guidance
Give me forgiveness

For I am worthy

Offer me a drink of strength from your spiritual cup

When things turn blue

For it's why
I always return to you

For you always in prayer
Make me feel worthy

Amen

(C)
Copyright John Duffy





Thursday, October 10, 2024

Automatic Writing


(A lone voice whispers)


Don't forget me

My beloved Gabriella


For I'm where The Seraphim's 

Now sing


For I've found a new seat in Heaven 


A place I can slow down and say


I've found inner peace

After my soul's confession

To the Keeper of Keys


Peter

The Soul Reader

 

So don't weep for me


Don't cry yourself to sleep

With deep depression


For I still now wear our golden eternal wedding ring 


Even though I watched you Watch me get buried 


So I want you to rise each morning with a wide as a country mile smile


And strive to stay strong

For Time is but a slow wheel


A brief interlude into the throes of eternity


So know we'll meet again

Just on the other side


To carry on loving each other 

In a new ride


Within a serene place

In The Great In-Between


Where Angels pass you smiling dressed in long cloaks of bright silver


Golden sleeves and halo's of white 


In luscious fields of emerald green


For there is no more day or night


So wipe away those wet tears


I see on your beautiful face

Through this

My scrying mirror 


For I'm not alone


Alexandria and William

My spirit guides

Are always with me


To welcome me home

Now I have no fear


And all that old pain which once plagued me


Has finally disappeared 

And I'm no longer visually impaired


For I can see such astonishing things on the electromagnetic spectrum


That humans can never see


Things walking around you all

Unheard 


I guess I must have been once good and not totally impure


For Jesus to have wiped my slate clean 


When he gave me this new visiting card

To speak to you 


So take your time coming 

Enjoy what's left of your life


For I'll always be waiting

Within the swirling grey smoke you'll see 


When you first arrive

Clears


For something may seem worse than some first feared


But I'll be there to hold your hand once again and wipe away your happy tears


But until then


Cling on to my memories

Those special ones you still hold dear


And I promise with the Lord as my witness 


I'll wait patiently until you too appear


My beloved Gabriella

That beautiful young woman 


Who I first met 

Thirty years ago


Standing outside Billy's Bar

Dressed in white and blue


On 856 River Avenue 


Enjoying the hot sun

In the Bronx


Somewhere in New York 

On 10451


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The Midnight Visitor. Underneath the Crying Moon.

 (A lone voice whispers)


I stood over her luscious form

Bathed by the cool glare of the Crying moon as 


The Ancient Mother pretended to sleep but watched as she slept


Listened to her slow breathing and


Watched her twin mountains

Rise and fall underneath her white silken sheets


I knew

She did not know that I was there


For

She slept so innocently and soundly


That mysterious lover of mine

With the long crow black hair


Slowly I eased back the silken modesty protector


Gorged my hungry eyes on her sensual body

And witnessed once more


How

She was so beautiful under Mother Moon

The Ancient One


As she laid bathed in the pastel moonlight


Naked as the day she was born

And stepped into the light


I knew why I waited so long

To touch her


Fear she’d run

But courage was with me that night


Tentatively

I leaned over her majestic mountain peaks


And ran my soft tongue across her luscious lips

For a sweet taste of her soul


Her eyes

Even though closed


Fluttered and she muttered something so low 

It was hardly audible


It was then

I knew

In that instant


I could cross

The hidden boundaries between us


From my world to hers in the physical 


Because tonight everything was metaphysical


For with Mother Moons pagan blessings

Anything now was possible


I reached down and drew a heart shape

Upon her soft cheek


 Then bent low and introduced

 My luscious lips


To her mountain peaks as

Her breathing increased in tempo


I knew what I had to do


Before

The Ancient One

Bade me go 


I ran my hard fingertips from the soft nape


Of her seductive neck to her ankle and back again and


As a faint aroma of

Almonds

Appeared from nowhere


As I looked down at her

My living breathing book


Filled with so many

Stories music and poetry


I silently thanked the Almighty

For answering all my nightly prayers


Running my tongue over my lips

As lightly as I could


I tasted ambrosia

So delicious


It made me feel so

Eager and amorous


I kept my eyes upon her face

My warrior princess with the long crow black hair


As I trailed my index finger as light as a feather across her hips


A groan of pleasure escaped her throat and crimson red lips


I marked her forehead in the sign of the cross

With wax from my white candle

I always carry


The Joining of Spirits potion

Given to me by Her


Who lives in a mysterious hut

Hidden from all


But the true seekers

Across the Pacific’s many deep oceans


I smiled in the darkness of the room 

As I knew when she awoke


I would be with her forevermore

No longer dreaming for this is now real


I reached down and held her hand and

Drew


The sign of the cross in wax

On her soft skin


As I kissed her hard


I tasted sweet heaven and knowing that my Mark connected us deeper still


I knew she would always return

To me


In the longing hours

Even going against her own will


I watched her breathe me in deeply

As I seduced her mouth and

With a deep sigh


She started to cry

Don’t go 


She whispered in my ear as

Her eyes suddenly opened


But Mother Moon had called me home

From that bedroom



And all I could do was savor Her taste

Her ambrosia


Knowing I would return and all

Her curves and desires


I will be granted the time I

Need

To truly consume


That was yesterday

I just left her with a simple line


I WILL RETURN


Copyright John Duffy 


Questions for the inquisitive mind