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    Unchained Poetry
    Unchained Poetry
    Unchained Poetry
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    Unchained Poetry

    By Leigh Templeton

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    A collection of poetry designed to take the reader on a wry journey into the dark underbelly of the human psyche. Provocative at times, these poems express the inner angst of a soul searching for its truth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeigh Templeton
    Release dateNov 12, 2012
    ISBN9781301131846
    Unchained Poetry
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    Leigh Templeton

    Leigh Templeton has a background in the advertising world, which included working in the advertising department of several local newspapers in Durban, South Africa and various advertising agencies. During her stint in the advertising world, she found herself watching the machinations of her colleagues and so began the lines of her poetry. She has also owned and run a book shop dedicated to the spiritual aspects of life. Several of her poems have been published in Botsotso Magazine and Books & Leisure. She lives with her youngest daughter in Cape Town, South Africa.

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      Unchained Poetry - Leigh Templeton

      Say my name!

      His heated staccato breath

      beats its hot whispered

      rhythm into her ear,

      a flash of silver coldness

      draws a new vein

      on the tapestry of pink flesh,

      releasing

      broken images in its mirrored lens

      of the bearers

      portfolio

      rapid –

      jagged –

      all haphazard.

      Her eyes lose their lustre

      as he thrusts

      his final (call),

      this is the very image

      that her soul will recall.

      Avoirdupois

      In a world

      where consumerism

      resorts to

      psychological warfare,

      the ultimate

      desire to increase

      ownership

      – branded

      as labels

      re-creates

      this parallel

      dimension of

      urban robotic

      paganistic expression

      ‘piece meal relief’

      the gods

      modernised

      re-designed

      updated

      zeus – refashioned,

      reproductions

      of mass

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