The Journal

 

Have you got a journal? 

A poem about catharsis and healing through self-spiritual destruction. 

A sanctuary that exists to take on the heavy, messy, and painful parts of the human experience so that people can start fresh.

Title. 

The Journal

Some look to me for things they no longer see

Some look to me for things they no longer feel

Some tear me inside and out until they are worn out

But you know

It's why I was sent

To help them rebuild

By getting all their hidden pain out

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy

The Preacher

 

(A lone voice whispers) 

If my light

I with you share

Don't try to tear me down with preaching

For that my child

Would be unfair

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy

This stanza speaks directly to the human experience of setting boundaries. 

It serves as a reminder that offering kindness or sharing your life with someone is not an invitation for them to judge, try to control, or correct you.

Life

 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Like a viral wind

We flow around everything

Until the wind stops

(575) 

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy

Senryū focuses on human nature, everyday life, and relationships.

Structurally, a senryū consists of three unrhymed lines following a 5-7-5 syllable structure (17 total syllables).

The Taylor

 

Are you a Taylor too? 

A poem accepting that controversy and misinterpretation are permanent conditions of living as an artist.

The symbolism of the Apple serves as a powerful biblical allusion. 

The green apple symbolises purity, temptation, and the origin of human consciousness.

To "bruise" the apple implies that the art possesses a raw, disruptive truth capable of altering innocence itself, striking a blow against rigid moral perfection. 

Title.

The Taylor. 

(A lone voice whispers) 

I'll forever stand accused of so many wild things. 

And all its indelible noises.

But I'll keep stringing words together like one of the world's greatest tailors.

To create poetry, writing, music and art so seductive - it would leave Eve's green apple bruised.

That sometimes I think about what some say. 

On a Midsummer Night Day. 

Encouraging someone is never overused. 

So, I'll bravely stand accused and abused. 

With whatever I create. 

Right out of the blue. 

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy. 

Channelling Kurt Cobain

 

Channeling Kurt Cobain" serves as a melancholic homage to the legacy of Kurt Cobain, the iconic frontman of Nirvana. 

The lyrics are deeply introspective and filled with references to Cobain's life, music, and struggles. 

The Eulogy Song

 

The Eulogy Song (feat. John Duffy) is a reflective and comforting musical piece focused on themes of peace, faith, and transition. 

The song serves as a message of reassurance for loved ones, encouraging them not to grieve but to find solace in the singer's journey.

What song would you pick? 

The Divine Spark

 The Divine Spark (feat. Clinton R. Johnson & Darren Curtis) is a poetic and musical composition that explores the metaphorical concept of a "divine spark" gifted to individuals at birth. 

Doloris Affertor (L)

 

Doloris Affertor (L) 

Bringer of Sorrow

(A lone voice whispers) 

I am the silent whisper on dried, wet lips. 

The tidal wave to sink millions of lonely ships. 

A reckless wonderer from places unimaginable. 

Sent to create tension through therapeutic rehabilitation. 

In any given nation. 

My name is simply: Emotion. 

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

E

 And so we disappear

Like lanterns in a midnight sky

Never to be seen again

The Illumination of the soul

As a person, you must know

Deep down 

You're part of one of the most spiritually 

Illuminating 

Literary movements there has ever been

A gift sent to you for self-expression from The Great In-Between 

A means to pull down old towers with new or old siege hooks

Open closed doors

By maybe writing a blog or book 

To walk through anthills and moors

Of poetic stanzas

To find who you really are 

As you pause and really look

For above all things

Magic in poetry is real

A form of rebellion from the mundane

A resolution 

A Bonanza 

To push back boundaries in a form of grassroots resistance 

To power and social control

 

To be able to purge the destructive nature of humanity and the need to share its beauty

To those watching on patrol 

As they go 

For you are so gifted

So never be afraid to share your Illumination of the soul

For someone somewhere

Always needs to be lifted

(C)

Copyright John Duffy