NurViktoria Ellen Poems

PEAK SOUL

Suddenly the price for my soul has sky-rocketed
far beyond my innocent expectations
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Country Living

Dead in the heart
of the countryside
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Greek Offerings
I know just how those Greeks must feel -
When I went down and out
and asked for no more than a cup of tea
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BEWARE THE MUSES’ KISSING

When, after aeons of neglect, the muses get in touch, their kiss
To resurrect is a curse as much as bliss.
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NOW – OR NEVER

This time
poetry won’t do. To get rid of this passion
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REQUIEM
She died on Sunday while
the Sun was eclipsed in Northern China and I
was contemplating suicide
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WALK LIKE A MAN

You say you love me to excess, but
you don’t walk on air
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When we are together

Do we cast shadows
or are we but spheres
without reflection without
footprints?
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EMIGRANTS

With tales of an unexpected
country where spirit is individual still
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SIREN SONG
As you sit on top of the world
overlooking Mount’s Bay,
sun-swept and worshipping
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