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Spine Fire (Instructions For Survivors Of Kundalini)

Breath
harsh at first
let the serpent
rise, cool, uncoil;
it’s been sleeping
for light-years,
patient as Satan.

Breath
slow like
oceans rolling,
feel
the mad hug of truth
unlearn your world,
speak 
obscene conclusions
where time is 
and time is not.

Reality in its lowest case becomes
capitalised by the experience,
and a starving blob of star-meat
is finally fed
by the energies nobody
believes exists yet is
stable as magnets.

Breath,
feed the monsters
with faith,
break the ghosts that broke you,
drown
doubts of calm.
  
Love till 
there’s no-one left
to kill.

◄ The Ghosts We Haunt

Tectonic ►

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keith jeffries

Thu 14th Feb 2019 19:41

Thanks Kaelan, a good answer. Keep posting as I enjoy your work. It has an originality about it. Thanks Keith

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kealan coady

Wed 13th Feb 2019 12:55

Hi Keith, thank you for taking the time to read and comment, it really is appreciated. And in terms of style, it changes from one piece to the next and yeah I suppose you could call it semi-surreal as it is sometimes auto-writing but i do edit so it's not purely surreal.
A lot of the time, the subject dictates the style and poetry has been around so long now that I think its the role of modern writers to experiment as much as possible to try discover those rare hidden nuggets thst haven't been conveyed yet.
If there's any even left.
Thanks again.

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keith jeffries

Wed 13th Feb 2019 12:48

Kaelan,

Your poetry intrigues me as you seem to use an impressionist or surrealist style. I am captivated by the language. How would you describe your work? It is highly charged and very attractive.

Thank you

Keith

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