On the living dead

 

Published in Oxymorons and poets (2022) – a Wingless Dreamer anthology that has been available through Amazon (the link to

the listing is embedded in the image below) – this work developed from a little multi-lingual wordplay (the original prompts

were written first in Chinese, Sanskrit, Latin and Old Norse before the English text was settled through a process of creative

self-translation).

 

 

       

 

 

 

On the living dead

 
 To live or to exist

is to have life and existence,

to make a living and provide food,

to be flexible and adaptable.


Unpleasant people

and corpses

may be wretched, stupid, dangerous

and cause death.


To die is a form of inactivity

associated with

the deadly, fatality and killing …

it is absolute,

it can be bloody and

it is persistent.


Euphemisms

such as ‘solitude’, ‘retirement’ and ‘a mystery’

veil its swiftness, speed and velocity …

the malicious lash

known as ‘dead’

(even ‘rigid’, ‘vain’ or ‘useless’).


The living die.


Those enliven the spirit of the dead.

 

 

 

This work also appears in Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring (2023) where it is published with specially designed illustrations

(the color variant accompanies the literary work and the grayscale variant is shown separately [both are displayed below]).

 

 

Lífin

Lives

Colored variant

  

Lífin

Lives

Grayscale variant

 

To purchase a copy of Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring (2023) through Amazon, click on the hyperlink embedded in the

image below.

 

 

 

To purchase a copy, click on the

hyperlink embedded in the image

above and order through Amazon.

  

Arete: Enlightening Poetry and Coloring is a coloring book

for adults with a twist. It presents timeless, relevant and

entertaining poetic commentaries with over 40 specially

designed illustrations prepared by the author using

text-to-image AI programs informed by the poetry.

 

Color variants of the designs appear with the poetry and

grayscale variants are shown separately. Intended to

provide an immersive and interactive meditative

experience, the collection will nourish the mind and

soul.

 

Beginner and advanced colorists alike will find the range

of illustrations satisfy, challenge and extend their skills –

and provide ample opportunity to reflect on the matters

explored in both the text and images.

 

The poetry shown includes a portion of the author’s works

that were first published in online and traditional print

anthologies and magazines including: POETiCA REViEW;

Impspired; New Note Poetry; The Antonym; Written Tales;

Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts; Wingless Dreamer

anthologies (My Glorious Quill, Garden of poets, Still, I rise,

Let’s begin again, Oxymorons and poets, Midsummer’s Eve,

War scars in my heart,  Mother, a title just above queen,

Ink the Universe, The Black Haven, Summer Fireflies,

Paranormal Whispers and Sea and Seashore); MindFull,

New World Writing; Red Door Magazine; A Poem A Day;

Mercury Retrograde; Family; and Soul.

 

 

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Last modified: 12/18/22