C.W. Blackburn

the news

it’s always the same old thing—the faces are different, but the masks never change.

the latest crisis. another conflict. the looming threat of destruction. tomorrow’s commentary on yesterday’s war. 

the noise keeps increasing as the tensions mount. some say silence is the pandemic, some say it’s the cure. the magpie sits in a solitary tree, and laughs…

the deep aroma
of the coffee
i bought for a stranger—
another small victory
in love’s rebellion

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About the Author

C.W. Blackburn is a mystic poet who lives in Bournemouth, a seaside town on the south coast of England. He has authored five collections of poetry, and his work has also been published in Kindred Spirit, Presence, Ribbons, and Dreich.

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