This is an excerpt from my Tall Man Chronicles poetry collection;
War
Tall man stands alone
One
and two
eventually three
The names that man give to its foul deeds
Tall man forgotten but not gone
Mourns for the time when a brother
was a man, neighbour and friend
Now in a back yard
His knowledge
His peaceful eyes
A secret buried long ago
War is the great false prophet
Seductively promising
tithes of gold
Civilisations never too old to learn
and grow
Yet enlightenment from mechanised slavery seems so very far away
War
“Cark”, “Cark”
The crow’s sardonic refrain
Indifferent to man’s great folly
Vanity leading to oblivion,
sweet,
desolate,
empty,
barren oblivion
Will it arrive before all the pain
Copyright John de Gruyther 2014
The World Outside the Window 
Wonderful words. Powerful and evocative images, John. I so enjoyed this 🙂
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Thanks Rachael, means a lot..
This is the project I am aiming to finish this year. The poems in the collection will tell the life of the tree tall man and also chart the existence, past, present and future of our planet. I am planning to take my own photographs and self-publish the book for around December time. That’s the plan anyway but as you know things can change 🙂
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🙂
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