Food on Friday ~ Aphrodite’s Herbalist
herbs demonstrate the earth’s nurturing love
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there is a love called the herbs
which knows seasons and extraction
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which chooses and uses through filtration
the pungent perfume of timed infusion
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aromatic alchemical warmed fluids
medicinal herbs mystical magical uses
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richly potent oils from maceration
concentrated to potions by decoction
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glistening alcoholic secret distillation
Aphrodisiac attention to her golden skin
sensual memories of myriad loves
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
sage is a psychotropic aphrodisiac
sensual women should beware
its dreams of desire
I’m Ready
I get knocked down and wrecked, I get up again
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time to get off my knees
things are never as bad as they seem
I’m ready to live my dreams
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the wreck at the end of the road?
or the start of a new journey?
Driving Rhyme
promiscuity is about sex, not about relationships
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I drove day and night
to get to her
neither sane nor right
I wrecked the car
for what, just a cheat
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
cheating on a good man is like
throwing away a diamond
and picking up a brick
Sports Car Poetry
drive her like it’s your last day
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long wide roads
soft top hard driving
toward the setting sun
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
any colour you like
as long as she’s white
Songs on Saturday ~ Harry Connick Jr.
so many want to change the one they first fell for
I’ve been lost, I’ve been alone, I’ve despaired, and I’ve drank. Now I know that there is someone out there for me, I never need to walk alone. I know that when I find her I’ll care for her for who she is, not for who I want her to be.
I never need to walk alone, unless that’s what Fate decrees.
And Fate had better watch out.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
she’s not the one
she never was
Arc Troubles
it wasn’t raining until Noah built the arc
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Noah though he could fix the arc
with just a phillips screwdriver
the geese disagreed
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with thanks to Paula Light for the phillips, thought, geese prompt
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Canada Geese, the golfers least favourite bird
Songs on Saturday ~ Writing’s On The Wall
the first draft is just me telling myself the story
Except the writing isn’t on the wall, or anywhere else for that matter. Now the poetry anthology Seascapes and Serenity Lost is finished and published on Amazon, I feel the need for a new project, a new book, perhaps a collection of short stories. Maybe I have a title Dreams of Desire, but no idea what the content is going to be. Or how about a Bond spoof ~ maybe not.
From the James Bond movie Spectre.
You can do the pose if you wish.
Different music for me.
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jack collier ~ jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Seascapes and Serenity Lost
poetry is nearer to reality than is the unadorned truth
Both the kindle and print versions of my poetry anthology Seascapes and Serenity Lost are now available on Amazon. Trust me, the 8 x 10 paperback edition will look fabulous on your coffee table.
I must pay tribute to Jan Olandese who did all the hard work of editing and formatting both editions.
The one review I think I’ve received thus far is pretty damn positive.
Some of the stuff I’ve written is more than brutally truthful.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the original photograph that appears on the book’s cover
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Paperback Writer
poetry is a equal mixture of English and angst
The printed version of my poetry anthology Seascapes and Serenity Lost should be available on Amazon within the next couple of hours. It’s a 10 by 8 inches, magazine-sized, paperback. So, I thought this old Beatles song would be rather fun.
There’s also a much cheaper kindle version of the book.
Of course the paperback will look great on your coffee table.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the picture is mine too
it’s all in a dream
Poetry Anthology
Seascapes and Serenity Lost
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You can probably learn more about me by reading some of my poetry anthology than you could ever learn from anything I ever posted on here ~ and I have promulgated some gritty and very personal stuff.
Anyhow, my anthology is now available on Amazon, in several important countries, including the US, UK, and points east. (For some good reasons, for the next few days the print copy is ‘author only’)
The words and pictures are all my own work, and there are a lot of photographs interleaved with the poetry.
I am also deeply indebted to Jan Olandese, who edited the whole thing.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
the shining sea
talks with me
