Christopher Brownsword

RAISE THE SIEGE

Awaken under sky inlaid not drift there
...........skin as projection raised by centrifugal
forces coil stark: flecked off shrine
..........her patterns distinguish through nerve

smashed and usurping to reign at breach
......................transmogrifies within this serried husk,
...........infest minus occupancy as into
.....................sacrifice of omen. Periphery held yet
.......................................................only measures defeated;

I fold crest devouring where access route beyond
the secretions, more frail amplitude
......................towards void. Seasons grotesquely wither

............................................did light with calm.





THE RAPTURE OF SHADOW AND ENERGY

Shall fragrance blistering wide at centre
into propagation, my hands reach beyond ancient
...........................................light swollen over day since

mantle: she far through birch had
...........................................so as were cleave summit, our

.................................................................radial grace.









Christopher Brownsword's first full-length collection of poetry 'Icarus was Right!' was published by Shearsman Books in 2010. A limited handbound edition of new poetry titled 'The Eternally Sucking Gorge of the Void' and loosely based on the eight-circuit model of consciousness as developed by Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson is available now from Frequency 13 (contact feq13@gmail.com for details).