Mark Heathcote : Writing

Sacrificial cloud

Sacrificial cloud

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


You cradled the world in a tear You holdout a flask and catch it. But there’s nobody else in there. You’re just unw..
Embryonic wings fulfilled…

Embryonic wings fulfilled…

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


A genderless solace wishes to beat within us Like monomorphic pupae, embryonic. Wings still, forming joyously cocooned Never knowin..
Joy jumps heart to heart

Joy jumps heart to heart

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Joy jumps heart to heart From heart to heart like a grasshopper. But all I need do is but hover over zenith green-tips of dew. All I need do' is but d..
The lotus is a flower cut from desire

The lotus is a flower cut from desire

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


A Flower Cut From Desire The louts is a flower cut from desireWhatever her hue her petals attire She is the goddess..
Beyond this eternal cliché with me!

Beyond this eternal cliché with me!

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


I have the problem of having a single life Without you I have the problem of having a single night With you ..
Gravitate in my love

Gravitate in my love

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Gravitate that love like a hole-in-one golf ball Bring it down on target from heaven! Above! Gravitate that love like a hooped ba..
A thousand air miles before I arrive

A thousand air miles before I arrive

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


I have a thousand air miles before I arrive Before I touch down I have a suitcase with as little as you please When I touch down ..
Deserts that have never cried

Deserts that have never cried

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Tears well-up, wet my pillow Like tulip petals they fall So I press dreams - flowers In a book unread Gigolo, what can answe..
Baby I should question why I love you

Baby I should question why I love you

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Baby I should question why I love you Cause you don’t tease me Even when you please me Baby I should question why I lov..
Take me my green iguana into your heart

Take me my green iguana into your heart

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Take me like a spent blossom tree O wind your roots around me Dress me with your hands Let us mingle together in these grasslands..