Cabinet of Curiosities

By Richard Mullen

From Richard Mullen comes a collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and poignant poems, sprung from the experience of a lifetime.

 

This collection will guide you through the material and spiritual aspects of the human being and the knowledge that everything changes and nothing stays the same. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scarlet Leaf Publishing House
• Release date: Jan 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201894818

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CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

BY

Richard Mullen

Scarlet Leaf

2022

© 2022 by RICHARD MULLEN

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, with the exception of a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a newspaper, magazine or journal.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WATERCOLOR

CATEGORY SIX

THE MAIN ALTAR

OPTICAL ALLUSION

TAHITIAN TATTOO

DNA BARCODING

PARABOLIC

SANTA’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

POSTHUMAN BEING

DISAMBIGUATION

BIOMORPH FORMAT

GNOMON

ASTRAL DOME

HISTORIATED CAPITAL

TOP OF THE EVENING

QUIT TALKING AND START CHALKING

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESIGN

SCREEN TIME

A STEP IN THE SAME DIRECTION

TRANSYLVANIA TODAY

THE DEPARTURE OF THE HUNTERS

GHOSTLY PURSUIT

STATESIDE

MUSICAL CHAIRS

MEDIEVAL RAINBOW

SUPERNET

BUILDING MATERIAL

PAPER NAUTILUS

FORTY-EIGHT CONTIGUOUS STATES

WHOOSH

MNO 6

PHONE THROWING

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

VARNISHED SURFACE

SFUMATO

RECYCLED CENTER

GREEN THUMB AWARD

FROST ON THE PUNKIN

KNOWLEDGEABLE AND RESONANT

RUSTY INDICATION

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN

IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS

CURRENT FILTER

OIL ON OAKEN PANEL

UP-TO-THE-MINUTE

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE TRAPPED LIKE AN AIR BUBBLE IN ICE

BEFORE AND AFTER

UPSIDE UP

TICK, ANOTHER NICK

WITCH HAZEL

URBAN LOOKOUT

EROTEMA

INNER HEBRIDES

CHALK

A BERMUDA TRIANGLE

INTO THE WINDUP

GAUGAN BETA

THERE IS NO QUESTION

CLARE, THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION

PARIETAL ART

3 MILES AN HOUR

A SPEAKING ANIMAL

AS I SUSPECTED

SEAL OF APPROVAL

ONE GIANT LEAP

A. M. D. G.

VOWEL SOUNDS

SALMAGUNDI

THE BIG HILL ON CONTENTION LANE

PENNY ARCADE

SUPER

BLUE-CHIP CLIENTELE

SHORT SUPPLY

RUN INTO THE GROUND

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT

CONSTELLATION

QUIDDITY

I

I AND A SHADOW

GREEN MARATHON

POET’S BIOGRAPHY

WATERCOLOR

Caught by the madding currents, immaterial, the day drifts off toward the open fields of endeavor to merge with other days receding 

At a pace unnoticed, slow and fast, until dissolving into a distant woodland only to reappear later at unplanned moments

Of recollection. A curving wall of personal memories leads into the museum, framed with dispassion as associated feelings have moved

On, dried slowly on an opaque surface hardened by time into a tableau familiar yet foreign. Modeled on an other’s lifetime

With discernible patterns of light and shadow, tracing without texture, a suggestive tinge of implications in pale, faded colors.

CATEGORY SIX

I CAN’T REMEMBER WHERE I heard it, but I know it’s true. It could be. Code names are used to cloud her thoughts. Until 

The card expires, she will be free to choose the sky for the day. Deliver them from images displayed around the world

Without end. Once upon the silence, hand puppets were believed to be entertaining. Much has changed as quickly

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