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Sam Temple Apr 2015
I
Squat, under a Viney-Maple,
    bursting with orange…
        the Fall Chanterelle.

        **II

Pine needles mound;
    perfect little rolling hills
         cover the forest floor,
Chanterelles are coming!

        III
Her eyes shine bright,
     the excitement of the hunt.
          Chanterelles!

        IV
Five buttons in the bottom of the bucket…

        V
Quick movement out of the corner
    of my eye;
       squirrels like Chanterelles too.

        VI
Buzzing becomes the only reality
   as another bees nest has been disturbed…
    There are many perils
        involved with Chanterelles.

        VII
Closed eyes bring forth
   images of fields,
     orange and extended,
        as there are more Chanterelles in this patch
            than anyone has ever seen.
A cold sweat follows.

        VIII
A blackbird sits high
   on a Fir limb,
      lookin’ like a muthafucker in the club,
          below him, a Chanterelle.

        IX
The scrambled eggs smell divine
     when one cooks them with a fresh Fall Chanterelle.

        X
I throw a steak knife
    with a barbeque brush duct taped
      to the handle
          into an old bucket I drilled holes in the bottom of
                and toss it into the back of my 1984 Nissan 4x4.
                          Today I find Chanterelles.

        XI
The smell of musk fills the air.
     A giant pile of bear ****
          next to a Chanterelle.

        XII
Three sets of tracks lead into the undergrowth,
     cut butts jut up from the floor,
         someone already found
               these Chanterelles.

        XIII
Stopping by a dear friends,
    I leave with them my treasure…
      three pounds of fresh
        Fall Chanterelles.
Mateuš Conrad Jul 2016
d'harga'h! urn! and sung clemency with the sign of the cross - Mr. Longinus - a baptism awaits...

in the Turkish shop buying my beers -
politics talk, gone Razza - Tahir -
talk of politics - deciphered a word:
Erdoğan (Erdoghan, Edrogrzan,
what was it - macabre radish to taste -
niechmaj sto Vlad'a reka na tle kiwnieniem  raz!
i krok poza 'sztem! bogiem byka wybryk
szto?! - the crowds descended, and the kestrels
and the pigeons, and the swans,
and the migratory storks, and the seagulls -
for the Winged-Hussar Polonaise.
fluff of the wings -
                                   the Mongol stench
reinterpreted - i rather be picking
ethnic mushrooms - kropki polka -
and koniewki - łopieniek & canary -
grünling in German, gąska zielonka - Pan Kleks -
or Chanterelle Mushroom - pepper shakerz -
kurki, tzn. te słynne grzyby.
the deviating *kurka
- or chickpea foetal
variant of fungus - or alias chick.
each time they pithy my assertion to claim the
ethnic brothel of Europe that Poland is for
the noble families - each time they undermine
the worker testifying the ****-worthy ****
prior sleep - pride settles in -
and a long forgotten assertive builds up
to architectural proportions -
it just ends up being a game of throwing
copper coins into Scotland, potatoes into Ireland...
and dinosaur bones into Wales...
and post-colonial subjects into England, lazily
packed with the labels **** and Hindu;
Karzimierz Dębski could have said: it was never
supposed to come to this; shame that it did;
the safety option was exacted.
Mateuš Conrad Aug 2018
unlike some psychadelic advocacy
concerning chimps...

   how about "hunting"
for chanterelle or honigpilz
  and then pickling them?

no good?
     well... my idea of an evolved
chimp, or taking psychedelics...
wrapping a leather belt,
over your eyes...
    beckoning the absolute night...

that the simple,
silk, or cotton blindfold of
the Versailles court, simply can't,
replicate...
   no latex... no condoms...
leather belt,
   prior to a boxing glove
hiding the knuckles in
st. Andrew's X...
    but then... over the eyes...
leather...
    
and yet... people ingest
psychedelics...
  yet... do not feel inclined to
pay secular respect of:
NOT HAVING TO *******
WRITE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE!

having read what was or wasn't
said?
         let them pass the needle...
i'm pirate ******* happy
with a bottle of *****...
             no... my psychedelic
experience?
    wrapping a leather belt on
my head and over my eyes...
   now...
oh my, oh my my my...
     i'm starting to see the lost
excess of colo(u)r!
          i'm seeing it!
   i must have been a Daltonist
all along!
              given:
how can you actually add...
to the given colours?
      
i've seen one sadist give an LSD
tab to a cat...
        
     i'd love to give such an example
of a "human"...
   the mad cow disease virus...
just to see him break-dance,
and find himself...
   with a few broken extensions,
should he survive...

my idea of psychedelic drugs?
a leather belt,
  strapped to my head,
heavily over my eyes...
     preventing me to blink...
given...
that i see the world in colour...
my absolute psychedelic
experiment?
                pitch-black,
and then...
         a return to: alice in wonderland
eyesight.
Alan McClure Apr 2016
I suppose it was
an act of mercy.
"Put him
with the other Earthlings!"
Dragged
down strip-lit corridors
a million miles
from home.

At last
they cast me
in a gloomy cell
with a woodlouse,
a guava
and a chanterelle mushroom.

I appreciated the thought,
but we had little in common
and an awkward silence reigned.
Sam Temple Jan 2016
i took a drive up to the mountains
stopped near a dense part of the forest
casting my eyes over the forest floor I noticed the ferns
and even as I sat in the pouring rain
looking around for elusive Chanterelles
i felt at peace and at home

not an hour ago I had left my home
and here I was deep in the mountains
never one to be deterred by the rain
i stepped out amongst the ferns
becoming part of the forest
i spotted my first Chanterelles

oh! how I love to pick chanterelles
on the floor of the thick, dark forest
lost in a valley of ferns
with just of touch of cool Oregon rain
no thoughts for the worries of my home
just me, communing with the mountains

from before I could walk I played in these mountains
remembering my youth and vast forests
tucking behind my ear the frawn of a fern
tasting the nutty peppered flavor of fresh Chanterelles
truly, this was my real home
an Oregonian child at peace in the rain

brought back to the present by a large drop of rain
i thought about my family at home
and their connection to these same mountains
and while they did not love Chanterelles
they very much enjoyed playing among the ferns
in this special part of the forest

few things hold a place in my heart like this forest
or the beautiful orange grow of a new Chanterelle
i breathe in deep my home away from home
enjoying each and every drop of falling rain
looking across the range of mountains
sprinkled with soft and gentle ferns

i left my home in search of chanterelles
but was captivated by the mountains and made whole by the rain
in the societal forest, I am but a fern
vega Feb 2018
a severed midnight
taking the calls of a thousand
dreaming souls, fading

i wonder if the rain will wash us away

drifting into a somnolent embrace
against clashing tides of aegan
until i have sand between my fingers
breathing in the hawthorn blossoms

reaching again until it falls
and stops crying beneath my feet

just close your eyes and softly
rest amid sounds of synaptic crickets and
faint traces of chanterelle
between your slightly-open mouth

waiting to hold onto forbidden auguries
coalitions of sweeter reveries
i couldn't find behind your eyelids

and then, perhaps, after a million years under
the stars, i'll open my eyes to revelations

the light sleeps on. where can we be alone to watch them?
Clair de lune sentimental.

A travers la folle risée
Que Saint-Marc renvoie au Lido,
Une gamme monte en fusée,
Comme au clair de lune un jet d'eau...

A l'air qui jase d'un ton bouffe
Et secoue au vent ses grelots,
Un regret, ramier qu'on étouffe,
Par instant mêle ses sanglots.

Au ****, dans la brume sonore,
Comme un rêve presque effacé,
J'ai revu, pâle et triste encore,
Mon vieil amour de l'an passé.

Mon âme en pleurs s'est souvenue
De l'avril, où, guettant au bois
La violette à sa venue,
Sous l'herbe nous mêlions nos doigts...

Cette note de chanterelle,
Vibrant comme l'harmonica,
C'est la voix enfantine et grêle,
Flèche d'argent qui me piqua.

Le son en est si faux, si tendre,
Si moqueur, si doux, si cruel,
Si froid, si brûlant, qu'à l'entendre
On ressent un plaisir mortel,

Et que mon coeur, comme la voûte
Dont l'eau pleure dans un bassin,
Laisse tomber goutte par goutte
Ses larmes rouges dans mon sein.

Jovial et mélancolique,
Ah ! vieux thème du carnaval,
Où le rire aux larmes réplique,
Que ton charme m'a fait de mal !
LE SÉNAT.

Vibrez, trombone et chanterelle !
Les oiseaux chantent dans les nids.
La joie est chose naturelle.
Que Magnan danse la trénis
Et Saint-Arnaud la pastourelle !

LES CAVES DE LILLE.

Miserere !
Miserere !

LE CONSEIL D'ÉTAT.

Des lampions dans les charmilles !
Des lampions dans les buissons !
Mêlez vous, sabres et mantilles !
Chantez en choeur, les beaux garçons !
Dansez en rond, les belles filles !

xxLES GRENIERS DE ROUEN.

Miserere !
Miserere !

LE CORPS LÉGISLATIF.

Jouissons ! l'amour nous réclame.
Chacun, pour devenir meilleur,
Cueille son miel, nourrit son âme,
L'abeille aux lèvres de la fleur,
Le sage aux lèvres de la femme !

xBRUXELLES, LONDRES,BELLE-ISLE, JERSEY.

Miserere !
Miserere !

L'HÔTEL DE VILLE.

L'empire se met aux croisées
Rions, jouons, soupons, dînons.
Des pétards aux Champs-Elysées !
A l'oncle il fallait des canons,
Il faut au neveu des fusées.

LES PONTONS.

Miserere !
Miserere !

L'ARMÉE.

Pas de scrupules ! pas de morgue !
A genoux ! un bedeau paraît.
Le tambour obéit à l'orgue.
Notre ardeur sort du cabaret,
Et notre gloire est à la morgue.

LAMBESSA.

Miserere !
Miserere !

LA MAGISTRATURE.

Mangeons, buvons, tout le conseille !
Heureux l'ami du raisin mûr,
Qui toujours, riant sous sa treille,
Trouve une grappe sur son mur
Et dans sa cave une bouteille !

CAYENNE.

Miserere !
Miserere !

LES ÉVÊQUES.

Jupiter l'ordonne, on révère
Le succès, sur le trône assis.
Trinquons ! Le prêtre peu sévère
Vide son âme de soucis
Et de vin vieux emplit son verre !

LE CIMETIÈRE MONTMARTRE.

Miserere !
Miserere !

Jersey, le 7 avril.
ymmiJ Apr 2019
terror in falling limbs, crashing
forests of decayed life, growing
a chanterelle, golden, bursts free
ymmiJ Sep 2019
treasure hunt
chanterelle pay streak
fungal gold
Do I ride that wave
Am I prism cut
Some bend of puce grey
A splintered chanterelle ray
I dunno Bobbio
All those online tests sure sayso
But I have yet to be
Neuromanced and diagnosed
So who can really sayso
You I suppose
Tell me
Is the ghost of your
Daddio all arodeo
In his brothers grave
At the thought of you
Is he rather glad
To be dead instead
Under that eternal flame
I got a degree
I got a PhD
I got a job
(for now)
I pay my taxes
All the papers sayso
Anyhow
Is this a poem
How the **** would I know

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