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The View From The Northern Wall
Some years ago my poetry took on a mythic flavor and I became a character in my own poems, a mage, "the man of the Northern Wall". This apellation is not completely fictional. My middle name is Noordwal, a Dutch term for north wall, though in current Dutch it mainly means north bank as in riverbank. I was told that an ancestor, a Portugese Jew escaping the Inquisition, settled in a small Dutch town and took this name from where he settled, near the north wall of the town. I have thought for a long time that -wal meant wall, think my mother told me that. A linguist might say that my usage is no longer common, is an older usage, but then the Inquisition happened in Portugal a few centuries ago, right around the time the Moors lost control of the Iberian Peninsula and the Jews lost the modest protection given them by Islam. Now I write as this mage, my poetry persona.
About Me
- christopher
- Oregon City, Oregon
- Mechanical designer for industry, now retired, once a Bay Area Hippie, went undercover in 1972, I've been writing poetry for years. Contact: 3topper45@gmail.com
Over The Wall
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Autistic Kid2 weeks ago
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chopping water and hauling wood2 months ago
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O6 years ago
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Bye for now7 years ago
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Your narcissistic flower8 years ago
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2011
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January
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- Heart Moon
- My Strange Presence, The Crane's Eye - Reprise
- The Curvature Of Nature - Reprise
- Taking Winged Shape - Reprise
- On Retreat
- In The Garage - Three Word Wednesday
- Not Yet Ready - Reprise
- Writer's Block - Reprise
- I'm In My Own Way, I & II - Reprise
- Finding The Balance - Reprise
- Having Servants
- Shape Shifting - Three Word Wednesday
- Caring For Each Other, Northern Goddess-Reprise
- Asking Permission - Reprise
- The Raven - A Reprise
- Thinks He's A Poet
- Weaver's Work
- Someone's Got To - Reprise
- A Bad Day - Three Word Wednesday
- The Tender Spots - Agnes Martin
- The Enigma, Old Business - Reprise
- Fields of Gold
- A Fool's Grin On My Face
- A Hermetic Moment
- The Triangle - Three Word Wednesday
- Fatigue
- Searching For Love
- Bed Habits
- Wishing It Would Come Again
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January
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Beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeletelove you too.
xo
erin
Wow that concert must have been a soul banquet. I can see myself feeding, full, flushed. I love that song. Have not heard this version. Thank you for sharing.
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