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A Dark Thought in a Green Shade
A Dark Thought in a Green Shade Somewhere in the newly planted earth, a god sits at his bench, creating and curating each little...

Richard Mather


Discourse in the Garden: A Short Drama
Discourse in the Garden: A Short Drama An olive grove. Night. The sound of approaching footsteps. SOCRATES: ‘Swounds! A dark day for strong flowers and cool breezes. Can you deny it? PLATO: Are you spreching to me, sir? SOCRATES: I am, almost certainly. [Sits beside PLATO.] Call me I am. PLATO: Ha! Welcome. Call me anything you like. I’ll deny it later. SOCRATES: Ho! I’ve only lived the one life. Where next? Should I go on? PLATO: Always going on. Even when you’re half dead.

Richard Mather


A Marvellous Garden
A Marvellous Garden the garden is a luscious lover crushed wine on lips the dark-eyed junco's throat full of whistles and trills the...

Richard Mather


When He Planted in the Earth
When He planted in the earth a tree of life, a tree of death (the latter with a curse of woe) did God say that this was good? And when He...

Richard Mather


Backyard Sketch
the air is raspberry sweet
it swarms with wings

Richard Mather
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