IainMcLean's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by IainMcLean  —  There are currently 3 poems total — keep up the great work!

Out-slept the Womb

Out-slept the Womb

Out-slept the womb, trancendent I,
Head resting on your belly sigh,
The crystal patchwork of my mind,
Attached to yours drinks from the vine,
My dreams beyond the clouding sky.

The first time that you smile belies,
You...

by Iain McLean

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In Conversation with Uninformed Bones

Hot veld and cold seas frame these ancestral scenes,
Ngurumo breathes in his African bloodline (and mine),
A dust laden, salty air swirls around his skull,
Flows down to his navel and back up through his lungs,
Never having stepped on a dead...

by Iain Mclean

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Memory

One had a pretty face,
and two or three had charm,
but charm and face were in...

by W. B Yeats

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added 2 years ago
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