Dorothy Featherstone Porter Poems

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1.
The Hampstead Heath Toad

It was one of those
beautiful
English summer nights
when levitating
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2.
Trouble

‘Jill'
I challenge the mirror
‘how much guts have you got?'
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3.
Starfish

Goebbels was right.

You can be told
to hate anything.
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4.
Exuberance with bloody hands

What do the Minoans teach us -
exuberance with bloody hands?

The wind the Goddess brings
is both wonderful and vicious
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5.
The Emerald Leopard

You're lost if you steer.

How did you get here?

Leopard, that smell in the air.
Leopard, that spoor at your feet.
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6.
Hot Date

Pine trees
come most alive
dripping with resin
in a fire
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7.
As Cunning As Serpente

You can cradle
this snake's head
for only so long
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8.
Snake Story

Death adder,
will I ever learn
when to step on you?
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9.
Black Smoker

trench
it's your grandfather's word
not yours
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10.
Europa

No wonder you love
Europa.

You will never crack
the crust
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