Mark Heathcote
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A wealth derived from riches alone…A Poem by Mark HeathcoteMoney can make you rich beyond compare Its vault needs guarding the little it does share. A wealth derived from riches alone Can be .. |
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What we have we simply forgetA Poem by Mark HeathcoteWhat is there to shelve but our memories? At first we fill a dozen albums a year… Seems easy; like teaching knowledge at Emory's.. |
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Sticky molasses…A Poem by Mark HeathcoteI went from longing to antenatal classes This was after a period of exquisite lust We never made the bed. Never learnt or found ti.. |
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Break out my pills...A Poem by Mark HeathcoteTake out my dentures Break out my pills... Take off my spectacles Plump-up my pillows. Break my string of pearls And cur.. |
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A bullet or a rocking chairA Poem by Mark HeathcoteI have a bullet or a rocking chair A young skeleton or a fairy crown Which one do I stick around for? One is imaginary: The other is a du.. |
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How many crushed cicada insects once were we?A Poem by Mark HeathcoteIf a stone sinks From where was it raised? If the salts in the sea Came from you and me How many grains of sand once were we? .. |
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I am forever spun dizzyingly around…A Poem by Mark HeathcoteThe day opens its wings, a bird for you Diamonded in wet; morning dew The night sparkles like a dark rum for you Sequined; in cloudless, .. |
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What is loneliness to me?A Poem by Mark HeathcoteWhat is loneliness to me? Who was born lonelier? Who was lonelier born - than I? …Lonelier than a bedtime story, Never told: Because it t.. |
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Visions above my bedspread…A Poem by Mark HeathcoteLet the wind take control of the tiller Let blathers change the idle weather Who am I to see those hungry dead? Mount visions above my bedspre.. |
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I have a mandate to see me throughA Poem by Mark HeathcoteI have a heart to share in I can’t replicate But I can always stick like glue Because there’s no other like you I can .. |