Trespassing in Dionysia
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enter the
dream tides
of nectar
and brine
where crumbling
seascapes
give way to banqueting air
imparting sacred pyres
for the libation rites
once there reach
the city of Dionysia
time to celebrate
drunken prophesies
'the myths of the ages'
all around poets and
playwrights, the
servants of Dionysus
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here
sparse images
movements and sounds
capture the senses
like the subtlest plot
and the gods
speak or do they test?
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unlock the deadbolt dream
trespass in Dionysia
witness the death rites
Notes for a Blues Man
In memory of Robert Johnson
six string
head on
neck
play
your soul
taking
anecdote
with a
black man's
fingers
and decide
at the
crossroads
an album
of
blue notes
for an old
traveller
or a
discarded
lover
waiting
to buy
back his
soul...
© Mark Pirie
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