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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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- Ad-Man - 3 Word Wednesday
- The Laughing God - Reprise
- Stolen Gold, Mage - Reprise
- Edward Hopper Proposes
- Natural Order
- Arrogant Men
- Round Three
- Invitatory
- Liberal Prayer
- Life Patterns
- Payback Is Hell
- We Thought We Would Marry
- Breaking Dawn
- Progress
- Pioneer Spirit
- Still Life
- Mind Watch
- At The Table
- Resurrection
- An Irish Blessing
- Éire go Brách - 3WW
- Padre Pio - Perfect Vision
- Crossing The Street
- Yet Another Lame Attempt - A Magpie Tale
- Melissa Live - Bring Me Some Water
- With My Long Rodent Teeth - Reprise
- The Garden - Reprise and Revised
- My Discomfort - 3WW (The Hangover)
- The Dancer
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