{"id":2728,"date":"2016-04-11T02:50:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=2728"},"modified":"2016-04-11T02:50:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T02:50:48","slug":"jason-constantine-ford-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/jason-constantine-ford-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Constantine Ford, April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bird Above the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It passes through the air of summer heat<\/span><\/p>\n

With a vast array of colors complete<\/span><\/p>\n

Ranging from blue, red, yellow and green.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No eyes can count the flaps from each wing<\/span><\/p>\n

As its\u2019 swift movements are strokes that bring<\/span><\/p>\n

It closer to the touch of clouds serene.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Within the atmosphere where it flies,<\/span><\/p>\n

It is freed from the gaze of human eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

As it is reaching a range of mountains tall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From great heights above the mortal world,<\/span><\/p>\n

A single bird\u2019s vision is now unfurled<\/span><\/p>\n

As other forms of life are becoming small.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A White Dove<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In early hours of a morning just begun,<\/p>\n

A form of freedom reigns without a single speck.<\/span><\/p>\n

From out of clouds, a dove appears below the sun<\/span><\/p>\n

Transcending worthless values creatures wreck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although shadows of vice are spread across the land,<\/span><\/p>\n

A single dove remains immune to what is bland<\/span><\/p>\n

Or what is false as she is passing through<\/span><\/p>\n

The air of human lies as fading residue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not a single word of hate can penetrate<\/span><\/p>\n

The flight of wings resisting falsity<\/span><\/p>\n

As she aligns herself with values straight<\/span><\/p>\n

Across a path imbued with clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n

High above the world, she avoids the stain<\/span><\/p>\n

Of lies which plague the creatures who are vain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Constantine Ford is from Perth, in Australia. He works as an employee at a book shop. He has over a hundred publications of poetry and fiction in various poetry and literary magazines, ezines and journals from around the world such as the Cortland Review, the Criterion: An International Journal in English, the Muse: an International Journal of Poetry, Bewildering Stories, and Poetry Magazine.<\/strong> The major influences on his style of poetry are William Blake, Edgar Alan Poe and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Jason\u2019s main influences for short stories are Bram Stroker and Phillip K. Dick. For correspondence, contact Jason at jasonconstantinford@gmail.com .<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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