paul.marsden1968

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paul.marsden1968
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I am married to Elena and have three grown up children. I love to read - American short stories, biographies, philosophy, French poetry. I enjoy gardening to feel dirt in my hands and take deep breaths after heavy rain. I am addicted to writing poetry, short stories, aphorisms and non-fiction narratives. I hope to be out hill walking again after ill-health throughout 2023 but now looking forwards not backwards. I have worked in many different industries banking, telecommunications, security management, animal charity but mostly construction. For all the terrible news I am optimist that humanity will find a way thrive with respect to rights for all lives and life itself.

  October 2023     6 months ago

Submitted Poems 2 total

Happiness

Happiness
Zest of winning gooooal!
Freedom in empty gaol.
Dopamine drop of recovered coin.
Hopping sand under sole.
Russssh of bouncing boogie.
Payday’s bank numbers.
Pat of good turn.
Pride in child’s painting.
Lover’s look wanting me.
...

by Paul. W. B. Marsden

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Colour of Pain

Blood rabbit runs down leg, burrowing beneath sole.
Sky bite bruises back, howling arch into roll.
Berry juice drilling loose ankle, hip, knee, live trine,
Tangle bramble on running tracks, entwining spine.
Angry sunset melts pelvis into puréed...

by Paul W. B. Marsden

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This poem tells a story and the riff on AI and I am is something fresh.

6 months ago

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