William Cook is from NZ. BA Hons in English Literature. Published poetry in Canta, Zephyr, Poetry NZ (20) , Southern Ocean Review, Indite Circle; short stories published in Remark issue 34 June '05 and Mindfire Renewed June '05. Currently working on an noir-crime novel & a collection of short stories.
Website: www.williamcook.net, features poetry, prose and graphic art.
I hate to hear dogs barking
it reminds me of the humans
that put them there behind the fences
of boring little houses
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immortality is bullshit
the only thing that lives forever
is the night
love is bullshit
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What lies outside the heart and soul is restrictive decision
that leads an arterial bypass past life’s true intentions.
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A table spread in a tomb, dinner for the dead
the dead! Why did you pay a visit to my eyes last night?
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