Sheena Blackhall Poems

Madelina's more than two sharp eyes,
The shadows set in the cheek bones
Her hair's like seaweed
Swept by the tides of life
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1.Chanticleer’s Comb

Chanticleer’s comb is fiery red
Sixteen wives he takes to bed
Sixteen wives, each one with egg
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Sandalwood, myrtle, cypresses,
Sweet gum, laurel & olive groves
Oleander & dates and pines
Cross winged falcons & turtle doves
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When I walk on the sea, my stride is longer than Norway

Cruisers, tankers, frigates
Sail under my legs, tiny as tuna
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1.Tug of War
Dog, snapping at foam
Waves chasing its leaping paws
Sea’s wet tug of war
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1. Marilyn Munro's Fur

It swung from her back like a promise -
Presidents, gangsters, hunted it in packs;
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Love’s a bubble, a burp in the hookah-pipe of life
Ephemeral as cuckoo spit on a thistle.

Inside this nebulous sphere, would you Adam and Eve it,
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1. Winter Fox

Out of a siding, the studious urban fox
Trots off in the furious rain
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1.The Witch

Her knife, like a scarlet beak, clipped the apple's side
Her restless dragon bared its teeth at the pot
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Four inches up the bath the water sits
Three towels laid out,
One on the floor in case her feet should slip.
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