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Stir My Soul: The Downside of Upness
©2018, Olan L. Smith
A timely creation in this dual reality
A universe where up is down,
And we trudge the downside of upness.
Hah, do you use your finger along the holy river
To stir the animus, while the psyche swirls
Around like a great whirlpool. Will you stir
The river counter-clockwise, and will your voice
Reverse the tide at full moon so you can flip
The world upside right. I await your strength
To unwrap the inverted ―stir my soul.
(I dedicate this poem to
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Poems from the Quill, by Olan L. Smith
شِعر"Poems from the Quill" is where I place current works that don't fall into other collections. It is here you will find obscure poems that range from constraint to free-verse. I began this collection as a contest entry, years ago, for what was then t...
