Table of Contents 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.

Table of Contents

Poems are listed in the order in which they appear in the printed book. Poems listed as being first published online first appeared either on zenvirus.com or on hughcook.blogspot.com. For an alphabetical listing of both topics and titles, click ALPHABETICAL

Short Poems

BIRTH: a child is born. Who? Me! First published online 2005.
BIRTH ON PLANET GRAVITY: a child is born. Who? My daughter! First published online 2004.
BREASTFEEDING: breastfeeding. For which there is a price. First published online 2004.
CHERRY BLOSSOM, APRIL 2OO3: a very short poem about cherry blossom. This poem was written in Japan during the cherry blossom season at a time when the Iraq war was dominating the TV screens. First published online 2003.
THE FISH: an extremely short fish poem. First published in CRACCUM in 1979.
ODYSSEUS ON DELOS: a ritual on the sacred island of Delos. First published online 2003.
POWER CUT: and the lights go out. First published online 2004.
SUNFLOWER: a very brief love poem. First published in CRACCUM 1979.
VIGIL INVOLUNTARY: insomnia. First published in CRACCUM in 1978.
TELLOS: insomina. First published in TE MAARAMA, a literary magazine put out in 1975 by the Auckland University Students Association.
SLEEPING NAKED ALONE: insomnia. First published online 2004.
WIDE WINDOWS: cheerfully awake in the morning. First published in CRACCUM in 1976.
SPHINX CHILD: cat poem. First published in OUTRIGGER 1980.
KAFKA COUNTRY: summer. First published in TE MAARAMA, 1975.
MONSOON: monsoon; illicit relationship. First published in CRACCUM 1976.
THE QUALITY OF GLASS IS LIGHT: intimacy. First published online 2002.
THE FACE FEARFUL: hypochondria. First published in CRACCUM 1976.
FIREWORKS: emotional distress. First published online 2002.
NINE STEPS TO CALIFORNIA: short surreal prose poem. First published online 2003.
NIGHTMARE: exactly that, a nightmare. First published online 2003.
LIF IN THE DEGENERATE WEST: a look at life as it used to be in the degenerate West, before the rise of the Caliphate. First published online 2005.
CLOCKS: poem on the nature of clocks. First published online 2005.
VAN GOUGH. First published online 1979.
SEIZE THE DAY: carpe diem. First published online 2005.
CHOCOLATE: eating chocolate. First published online 2005.
CORAL ISLANDS. First published online 2004.
INSPIRATION. An early version of this poem was published in a New Zealand magazine called NZ HOME JOURNAL, probably in 1973.
RED: remembered accidents. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007.
BLUE: eyesight damage. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007.
GREEN: grass; sunbathing. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection.
VIOLET: violet light, evolution, twilight. First published in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection 2007.

School Poems

SOMEWHERE FAR FROM THE SEA: school bus. First published in CRACCUM, 1976.
DISSECTION: AN OPOSSUM: first published in Craccum, 1977.
SODIUM THIOSULPHATE: crystal formation. First published in KORERU, 1978.
CICADA SUN: adolescence, high school, surfing. First published in LANDFALL, 1976.
City Poems

RETURN TO THE CITY: loneliness. First published in CRACCUM, 1979.
TOWARD TEN O'CLOCK: night in the city. First published in CHAFF, 1976.
DREAMS OF LOTHLORIEN: autumn, influenza. First published in CRACCUM, 1977.
GRAFTON IN SPRING: spring, being in love. First published in CITY NEWS, 1975.
I REMEMBER: memories, atomic bomb tests, cold war, nuclear war, France, Paris, London, sex, travel, overseas experience, OE, foreign travel. First published in CRACCUM, 1986.
LILITH: prostitute (low end of the market). First published online 2004.
TEST PATTERN: watching television, dying insect, urban life. First published in CRACCUM, 1979.
THE ERASURE OF CERTAINTY: globalization, modern life, time pressure, dreams. First published online 2003.
THIS WORKING LIFE: asleep, dreaming, sleeping on trains. First published online, 2003.
THRENODY: widower. First published in CRACCUM, 1977.

Nature Poems

WATERFALL: first published online 2003.
WHITE WATER: river, canoeing, kayaking, camping. First published online 2004.
SURF SEA: surfing. First published in KORERU, 1978.

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