Short poems in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.

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Index of Short Poems

BIRTH: a child is born.
BIRTH ON PLANET GRAVITY: my daughter is born.
BREASTFEEDING: breastfeeding. For which there is a price.
CHERRY BLOSSOM, APRIL 2OO3: written in a time of war.
THE FISH: extremely short fish poem.
ODYSSEUS ON DELOS: Delos, Odysseus. A ritual on the sacred island of Delos.
POWER CUT: and the lights go out.
SUNFLOWER: a very brief love poem.
VIGIL INVOLUNTARY: insomnia.
TELLOS: insomina.
SLEEPING NAKED ALONE: insomnia.
WIDE WINDOWS: cheerfully awake in the morning.
SPHINX CHILD: cat poem.
KAFKA COUNTRY: summer.
MONSOON: monsoon; illicit relationship.
THE QUALITY OF GLASS IS LIGHT: intimacy.
THE FACE FEARFUL: hypochondria.
FIREWORKS: emotional distress.
NINE STEPS TO CALIFORNIA: short surreal prose poem.
NIGHTMARE: exactly that, a nightmare.
LIF IN THE DEGENERATE WEST: a look at life as it used to be in the degenerate West, before the rise of the Caliphate.
CLOCKS: poem on the nature of clocks.
VAN GOUGH
. • SEIZE THE DAY: carpe diem.
CHOCOLATE: eating chocolate.
CORAL ISLANDS
INSPIRATION
RED: remembered accidents, remembered blood.
BLUE: eyesight damage.
GREEN: grass; sunbathing.
VIOLET: violet light, evolution, twilight.

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