A Circle of Mirrors by Rupert M Loydell

Cantilever

spidercast and webworm

a glimmer of love

     from another planet

i fall as flowers do

into a path of sleep

     a pool of dream

          a sudden heaven

     see the flesh fly

     see the flesh fall

          (sudden heaven)

Angel of Sin

touch me like you do

          buried alive

     inside

my pillow-lined prison

          nocturnal

          blessings

another day done

Being Watched

moonlight sleeps

     new faces emerge

     monochrome heart

life's black & white machine

     fire     moon     flower

          (sweet mother unguent

                 through the fog)

     whispered

     animal imagination

          the rarest of birds

Communique #4

happy     hopeful     alive

     let go

         lover     (go)

blade is a body

     flutter storm within

          what can you do?

    (know where you stand)

          starstruck harmonium

               chant spinning out

love is a patient

in the land of doubt

nothing to nowhere

     (and the rest)

Back to Where We Came From

a remix without

the original being heard

     a secondhand start

          time taken in lieu

     innocence and inexperience

          becoming indivisible

     slowly moving away

my view of everything

inside and out the window

(The Disappearance of Love)

Final Communique

inland sea

     dark sky and ancient stars

i try to remember

     splice meaning

from electric silence

          adieu

     say goodbye to everyone

     on the outside of heaven

Bio

Rupert M. Loydell is Senior Lecturer in the School of Writing and Journalism at Falmouth University. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, essays, anthologies and collaborative writing including Dear Mary (Shearsman, 2017), The Return of the Man Who Has Everything (Shearsman, 2015), Esophagus Writ (with Daniel Y Harris, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2014), Encouraging Signs: Interviews, Essays and Conversations, (Shearsman 2013), Ballads of the Alone (Shearsman, 2013) and Wildlife (Shearsman, 2011) He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Stride and a Contributing Editor to International Times. He is the International Editor of X-Peri.