Epithalamion for Athena

  

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A lone voice whispers

I first saw you 

In a wild dream

Riding a white horse  

Dressed from head to toe

In racy red 

And racing green

In the lost lands  

Of The Great In-Between

While scrying  

The Tragic Darklands

Using Ayahuasca magic  

Hoping you wouldn't see

For you looked so serene  

It made my soul's lust levels

Scream out tragic prose

Which talented poets 

Could use

To write new gospels

For you looked like 

A midnight queen

Breaking through a dark lull

To look over your empires 

Shadows and green meadows  

But you saw me  

Looking

Seeing a reflection 

Of me

In your own handheld  

Obsidian 

Scrying mirror

And made my spirit 

Shiver

Oh  

My blood ran 

Like a wild river  

That day

For even though 

I knew then  

I loved you 

In a sacred way

My old love  

Called Life

In the land of the Living

Who are all men and women

Husbands and wives

Always whispered

Forgive her

For she needs more time

With me

For I'm like a wet teardrop

That she can't stop

I know what you've done

Though

You've put a spell on me

And it now follows me 

Around

Everywhere I go

Like a hollowed-out curse

As I walk under the sun  

I don't know why I always 

Run

When you appear  

In my silver scrying mirror

Since inside

When I scry away  

To wastelands

Where lost fools play

I always cry and think

Maybe  

On another day

When my old love leaves  

You can stay

I didn't mean to break 

Your heart 

And tear you apart

But Lifes 

Like a She-Devil  

Who I love

As I still live and breathe

And I know  

It doesn't care  

  

But when I saw you 

In a wild dream

As I stared  

Into 

The Great In-Between

Dressed in white lace 

And racing green

After our first meeting

Whilst  

Scrying  

Those Dark Lands  

Of gushing smoke

So you wouldn't see

You looked too beautiful 

To be real

I know that sounds so crazy  

But it made my soul's lust levels

Scream out a wild symphony  

But then you saw me

Smiling

In my Scrying Mirror  

And made my soul shiver

Oh, 

My poor blood ran 

Like a wild river

For now, I'm cursed to love you  

Even More

But my old love  

Who I adore

Life

Says forgive her

She needs more time  

With me  

For I'm like a wet teardrop  

That needs time to stop

I know what you've done  

For it follows me around  

Now

Like a hollowed-out curse  

As I walk under the sun

But The Bayou Queen says

On the sixth of December

You'll hold me  

As my old wife surrenders

So that date remember

For on the sixth of December  

You'll hold me

So that date remember

For she says

We'll then be together  

Forever

In all weathers

But until then  

Save our prophecy

Our Deuterogamy

So we can play

That eternal game

And fall in love  

On that holy day

When I can no longer find 

A sad reason

To run away  

(C)  

Copyright John Duffy

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Tulsa Dreaming

 

Memories

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The Voice of Diana

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(A lone voice whispers)

Pray to Argento 

The Eternal Seer

And she'll soon appear 

From the Constellations 

Her sacred Sphere

To summon Elpis

To spread love and peace

To all she encounters 

Who prays to hear  

For their salvation 

So 

Look to the faraway stars 

Look 

For she comes 

From God's Silver City

When called

Beyond 

The Great Beyond 

For your salvation

To end all your wars 

In all nations

For your hearts redemption 

So

Dance and

Feel her raw power 

Heal your scars

Bang Bang 

The Bass drums 

Bang the Remo Quadura 

At any given hour 

For The Goddess

Comes 

For your inspiration 

From the Great In-Between 

To save you

The masses 

Drifting through all weather's 

Summoned by the call of your soul's tambourine 

Like a white feather 

For reconciliation 

To release you 

Free from fear 

At this ungodly hour

At the brink of worldwide destruction 

So dance 

In your spirits salt circle 

 

Scream and shout 

Feel her magnetic power 

Play the drums 

Wildly 

So your soul can flower

For salvation 

Shake your inner 

Black Swamp Percussion Tambourine 

To celebrate her

Remember to ask for forgiveness 

As you dance 

Like a random river 

Scream like a banshee 

For all to see 

Gather up 

All the courage 

That you'll ever need 

And call out 

Praise be 

Praise be

And 

Sing  

For your forgiveness 

Sing for her 

Sing 

I need forgiveness 

Argento

Send me 

The Goddess 

Send me  

Elpis

To be my witness 

So I may acquiesce 

Send the goddess 

Hear me and say yes 

Blessed be 

Blessed be 

Argento 

Save me 

Blessed be

Send me Elpis 

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Elpis (Hope) was also an ancient Greek goddess; 

she saved mankind from all the evils of the world that had been unleashed by Pandora,

when she opened her jar and scattered its contents. 

A prayer for the Oppressed

 

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O Great Father 

Listen as I soar

Listen as I sing

Take me 

In your loving arms 

Cure me

From the powers of

Sin

Bring forth power 

To heal my body 

Mind and soul

O Great Father

Listen as I soar

Listen as I sing

Shine the light of Heaven

To embrace me

With your golden wings 

To pray

To stop wars

Save men

Women

And children

So their soul's bells

Can freely ring

O Great Father 

Listen as I soar

Listen as I sing

Enclose me 

In your loving arms  

Bring forth power 

To heal my body 

Mind and soul

O Great Father 

Let's stop death

By those 

On patrol

Let's save souls

From those 

In control

O Great Father

Let's give 

Freedom

The chance of 

Parole

O Great Father

Announce peace

With a drumroll

O Great Father

Forgive those

Whatever their roles

O Great Father

Bring Freedom 

Back

As the new 

Rock and Roll

O Great Father

For those lost

Already 

To pain and destruction 

Grant them 

Love and absolution

As we pray

To

Save some souls

With resolution

O Great Father 

Hallelujah 

O Great Father 

Hallelujah 

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

               

Sunday Whispers

You do realize 

You picked this life 

Before you were born

All the people you've met

Loved 

Hated

Family

Friends

Lovers

Situations

Hardships

Encountered

In whatever nation

When you signed your soul's timeline

Up high

Somewhere

In the Deep Divine

It may be a strange thing 

Knowing this

But consoling

All the same 

In a bizarre way

Souls

Some say

Need to face 

Trials and tribulations 

To soar higher

To be refined

So maybe

What you're presently 

Going through

Is a journey of love or pain

You

Yes

You

Have planned

To go through 

Again

So view challenges 

In a new way

Don't be daunted 

Or scared

Face them with courage

And fortitude 

For to not do so

This time around

Would be rude

Or you could crumble

And turn to dust

Only to ask 

For the same experience 

Again 

With your soul

Entombed in a new husk

So trust your instincts

And I hope and pray

This got you thinking 

That all you're enduring 

You've asked for

Even me 

Via this poetic review

To remind you

Keep going

You still have

So much to do 

© 

John Duffy

Are you under Poetic Possession

Are you under Poetic Possession?

Title:

The Poets Spirit Guide

(A manuscript found reads...)

By

Eyes, Touch, Paper or Phone

Let my words 

Melt hearts of stone

Through

Wind, fire, wave and sea

I see you

Can you feel my

Breath 

Like green wet moss

Creeping cross

Your warm skin

To set you free

Yet

Read me 

More

To open your

Minds door

To let me in

Long Midsummers light

In Dark skies

Earth warm

By new shadows 

Borne

Shall I linger

With you

Until the morn

Heat rising

Like legions of well drilled soldiers

Called to fight

In Caesars 

Battle of Pharsalus

Solstice soon

Whispers of new beginnings 

With me and you

Standing away from the

Barbarous

Blending light and dark colours 

Where old feelings fall

Like Winters Snow Drops

To be swept away

Like Dandelions 

In midnight air

So like twin roses

Entwined as one 

Entwined in a brief time

Of bliss

Shall I can call

Back Magic 

So we can taste

And kiss

Poetry 

Under Shadows 

Starlight free

In Gods mist 

So when time passes by

Like Moonlight

Angels

I'll answer your cry

To appear

At your side

So by 

Sacred Mothers Oath

Let all eyes

Touched or approached

By these pagan words on 

Paper 

Screen or

Phone

Let these words 

Melt hearts of stone

In 

Wind, Fire, Wave or Sea

For I see you

Need to be set free

So can you feel my

Breath yet

Creeping across

Like green moss

On warm wet skin

For by reading this

You've let me in

By wilful intent

To begin a new rebirth 

So mote it

Be

So mote it

Be

(C)

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Midellio Whispers

I still miss your bright white smile

Like beams of luminous glorious lights

Shooting from the deep depths

Of a faraway Heaven

Your warmth and guile

My manifestation of love

Given birth of creation 

Once 

By the Mighty Creator

Here on Earth

A glowing beacon to push back 

The hordes called Legion

Prowling like hyenas

In this darkness

Their arena

For you were

And always will be 

My daily taste of gladness

A philosopher who too 

Has tasted and seen 

The bottle of Wild Beast Wine 

Of Wild and Free

Madness

So I now call from this wild wood

This wild place where loveless things 

Stalk alone in uneven lines

Like a lone feral wolf pines

Throughout this paranormal neighbourhood 

For with you died

My spark of life

My ecstatic joyful Sun

My bringer of serenity and jest

So here in my cobwebbed-filled hut

As other prison cells 

In Desolation Row

Ring out

Like thunder

In a rising crescendo 

Of shrieks of pain and anguish

As we all 

Self-punish

Remember me before the last harvest

Light a candle 

In your mind's eyes

See our love

Beneath that undulating ocean of pain

Crashing like endless tides 

Maybe 

Again and again

So that I may still live

If only for a moment

For what I wouldn't give

Now

To breathe once more

To open and walkthrough

That old marital front door

If only for one hour

But as these loud voices  

Surrounding me get louder

And grow in power

As prison cups

Relentlessly bang

Like dark country drums

With sounds 

Like exploding gunpowder

As I look out for you

From my window

In my cave

Here in my own watchtower

For 

My thousand-named queen

My rare

 Middlemist Red flower

The broken piece of your soul waits

To be reunited 

To bring peace

When your presence 

In The Great In-Between

Opens his cell doors

So he can 

Scream no more

But walk home

Into the bright lights

With the only love 

He adores

Both striding 

Powerfully 

Hand in hand

To enter into

Evermore 

To be refined like silver

Escaping 

The Last Great River

Of the Reaping

And Rapture

Of the Prince 

Who is to come

To build Desolation Row

For all he captures

Remember me

Mon Ami

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

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Elham Speaks

 

(A lone voice whispers)

Hey you

My curious reading friend

One of the bright lights 

Not tempted or dimmed by consumerism

Big Tec and all it dumbs down 

As it slowly infects

Thanks for visiting me at Halloween

In 2023 again 

Did you know all Time is just like a slow-moving river

And you're all walking unconsciously upstream 

Through its wet ever-flowing waters 

Of glistening gold and silver

As it flows from the Great Lights

Many hidden fissures 

Walking upstream towards your own inevitable end

Wandering alongside all those you respect 

Adore or even hate

But if you're lucky

Like I think and know you are

You'll be forever surrounded by incredible extraordinary people 

Who'll all try to support and help you

Find the profound strength to empower and fire up your dreams 

Like a Drag car engine

And not fall 

As you try to walk upstream

Those from the Lands of the Living and those from in here  

Your ancestors like your much-loved forefathers or beloved mothers

Uncle's or Aunties

Sisters or brothers

All watching from just behind this Blue Portal

Here in the Great In-Between 

Who wants you to succeed in this

The oldest of great games

Playing your role in the grandest of Schemes

This is my new message that I send all the way from Jagaroo's Cove

Just for those like you

Who may need it

So they can live by a new code 

As they walk through those cold waters 

Which will for Eternity

Flow

I can only pray it helps you cope 

More than you'll ever comprehend 

It's simple really

If you're lonely

Neglected or feel rejected

Reach out to someone

Anyone

Or just talk it through 

In the light 

Never in the dark

For you're never alone before you ascend 

And someone will create a bridge 

To a new form of happiness

Through an act of inconceivable magic 

Some know as kindness

Some as The Laws of Attraction

But action in whatever name 

To help dispel those dark clouds brought about by one of life's eternal elementals

Mr Tragic

Tasked to collect walkers early for his master

The Grim Reaper

Just be courageous to talk as you walk

Until the next time 

Your forever friend

From within the long Shadows

Standing getting wet 

In the gold and silver river that never bends

Elham 

The Lost Angel 

Praying your soul is soon purified and cleansed

Through a small act of magic 

Whenever needed 

As you walk upstream 

To see the soul-lifting sights at the End

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

 

The Ministry of Ezra

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(A lone voice whispers)

   

This is to you 

My life's only pleasure

Now my life's sunsets are spent and sunk forever 

For at the end of all my once long rigorous days

I now stand lost and lonely 

In these dark woods

Of Reflection

Like a young Puck

In a tragic Midsummer's daydream that's all mine

One where my heart would beat on perpetual fire if it could

One with my ears filled with whispering spellbinding words

That no longer take me higher

With introspection

And when the ever-watchful Moon retires

I always watch from here

Behind this silver shimmering barrier 

Of The Great In-Between 

And think as the new Sun of the Living 

Rises

Are we all simply silent prayers blowing

Like soft tender snowflakes

In an endless night

Each carrying quiet songs filled with woe

Love and all human emotions that make us glow 

Skywards

Just to be lost in whirlwinds of Heavens glittering golden dust

Symphonies of hearts ablaze

And screaming for someone to just love and trust

And even though now my time living has expired

I still feel rapturous but always blue

As my now silent heart tries to sing love songs

For just you

I know as long as I still exist in here

As tall as the high nights and as long as the wide days 

I hope my God-given prayers

Will be answered with my souls cries to be rescued

For when the final sunset has gone and died

And this dark night 

I wander in

Stalks all the lands

Even your lands

When the low Angelic Drums 

Announcing The Book of Revelations 

Rumble

And the old black and white pianos start to scream and sing

Declaring openly the arrival of Seven Angels foretold

When the eerie white noise 

Between the Living and the Dead is no longer cold

And falls like a crimson stage curtain 

Once again 

I pray I'm certain 

Hopefully 

I’ll stand like a Tolkien King 

Proudly on the Tired Bridge of Broken Dreams 

With you as my newly returned queen

Living in a new scene

Beyond the barriers of The Great In-Between

Where my broken heart no longer cries out 

As we watch the Purging on Judgement Day

Of all the Immoral Fools

Tainted and marked with the many forms of its seductive disease 

Standing strong and happy like Megara and Hercules 

Until then

My love

I'll wait patiently for you

(C)

Copyright John Duffy