D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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I Read You
Is this just "our way" of doing this? Is that why I like it so much? Most of the old rules have dissolved The new rules are too young to be convincing
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Sabbatical
This was probably a foolish mistake There are books to read and papers to grade Real pleasure comes to those who give, not take
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Basic Block
We are always seeking alterations Of face and form; of wardrobe, diet, character Of debts and dreams and daring demands Of habits and customs and traces of yesterday
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Iron Pyrite
Those who feel aggrieved Mistake rashness for courage Vengeance for justice
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Use Value
You called him a bridge During his grey funeral You use selves like things
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Palm Reader
You revealed each roof As a coarse palm, made to hold The cold truth of snow
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Queue, Anon
Soon, celestial spheres will form a bright line Sorting themselves, single file Such signs and portents are said to be semantically dense
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Majority Rule
Old democracy The only way to redeem Thee is persuasion
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Wrung Out
After the bedlam of the circus ends Forensic analysis must begin Upon fleecing the rubes, our life depends Did we, to each face, bring a happy grin?
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Blue Monday
Monday, familiar and contemptible Quick to anger and slow to understand You are as proud as you are ignoble Your flesh is common and your costume grand
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Ghost Reader
Represent your elegant, dying wife Leaving her traitorous body behind Temporarily, for another life Thanks to a novel, legible but blind
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
The Bloody Ladder. Top Story - January 2025.
We really must stop worrying about upward mobility And start questioning the height of the bloody ladder Isn't a certain consensus on this score quite firm?
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets