Seven poems by Peter J. King

 

 

Dr Peter J. King, Lecturer in Philosophy, Pembroke College, Oxford OX1 1DW
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Forever by Peter J. King

As it is very difficult to read because of the size of the writing, I’ll write out just the words:

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∞

by

Peter J. King

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2.

henna or

antiope

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full well

or

deeper

or

3.

she is a

fool

who

births

a prophet

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zeus

and

…clouded justice

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now

down

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4.

twenty

seven

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mars’

beast

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satan

develops a taste

for serpent

for ever

 

Paranomia: Suites by Peter J. King

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Peter J. King (b. 1956; Boston, Lincolnshire) was active on the London poetry scene in the 1970s, running Tapocketa Press, and co-founding words worth magazine.  In 1980 he took up philosophy, and is lecturer in philosophy at Pembroke College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.  Returning intermittently to poetry, including translation from Modern Greek with Andrea Christofidou, he began seriously writing poetry again in 2013, including translation from German, and has been published in journals such as Tears in the Fence, Dream Catcher, New Walk, The Stare’s Nest, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Three Drops from a Cauldron, and streetcake.

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