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Jonathan Shayfer
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WATCHER
Strange scene at the river;
a phantom cloud and halo of light,
a dark humanoid form floats into view.
Watching, just watching...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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THE PEOPLE ON THE HILL
They came from far and wide at dusk,
strung out desperado's and lazy dreamers,
burned out wreckage and rainbow walkers...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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TAWNY
To wit, to woo,
to fight, to split,
rupture of raptors,
annulments of owls,
a tawny dissolution.
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Jonathan Shayfer
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SWINGS
Humans in freefall, round and round in endless cycles. Joyful, exuberant and free - but still in chains.
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Jonathan Shayfer
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SOLACE
When the vastness of the sea swallows you up
and clouds are consumed by the horizon and solitaire's the only game in town.
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Jonathan Shayfer
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SENTIENT
I look into deep primeval eyes and discern a remote intelligence, a glimmer of compassion, even possibilities for...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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RELIC
Shattered rusty remnant
of a bygone era. The unrelenting wind remembers the maverick smile of Dillinger, the forlorn fate of Bonnie and Clyd
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Jonathan Shayfer
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PURPLE
Through the cascade,
a father tenderly holds his son in watery oblivion
and aquatic semblance,
strangely anchored by purple balloons.
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Jonathan Shayfer
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NO HURRY...
Peregrines cut the air with spitfire wings, Cheetahs leave the earth, fleet of foot, While the snail goes placidly amidst the noise...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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JESTER IN THE CLOUDS
A celestial sky of rolling cloud; a scarlet jingled-belled jester grins slyly
at a white canvas tent sprouting a cross. Is this a dream?
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Jonathan Shayfer
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IN SPIRIT
Somebody saw my parents on a bridge
where they first met and courted. They were quietly gazing at the river. But that can't be right...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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HESTER
Paws that terrorise mice and sparrows, Paws in catfights, battles lost and won...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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HENNA
Strange creatures, hens, with those piercing unresponsive eyes,
that frilly scarlet crown
and stabbing dinosaur feet...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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GRAMPS AND ME
And I remember as a wee child, enraptured by the magic of the sea, the hands and smiling weather-beaten face
of a time long past...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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ENDURANCE
Kingdoms rise then fall,
monuments to man's grandiose schemes, now no more than skeletal ruins. But she endures...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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CORFE
Jagged and stark and hard, like so many dragon's teeth; impotent fury and...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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CAT NAP
A slavering memory of wildebeest in flight, Hyenas shriek in Tanzanian night. Midday nap under Serengeti trees, Roar of triumph as...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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BRIDGE HOUSE
Give me your tired, your whining Poms, your coughing masses yearning to be warm. Send us your tempest tossed, hold the course steady...
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Jonathan Shayfer
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ARMOURED
Even armour piercing bullets couldn't tear reptilian shield from prehistoric aeons and the sheer power of time.
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