Robert Balfour is a published poet in literary journals in the USA, Australia and South Africa. He believes that the balance between creative and scholarly work is complimentary and important.
No Consent Poetry Journal by Robert J. Balfour and Vanessa Lynn Neophytou
I never meant to cause you sorrow, I never meant to cause you pain, so I wrote this...
Continue ReadingA voice down the line wraps itself loosely around my finger. Perhaps it’s a murmur...
Continue ReadingMy Father the Just, John the black Help and I the Mute Son (upon us be peace) load...
Continue ReadingBolts of Java print lithe with dancers lie down in your room. Our frenzied passions...
Continue ReadingAct 3: Dido and Aeneas: Henry Purcell: dd. 1695) By Robert Balfour An old man is thin,...
Continue ReadingThe famous poet said the moon was a tired image; tired of its milky opalescence;...
Continue ReadingI am a woman He came home drunk as usual. He came home drunk and as usual smelt of perfume...
Continue ReadingHeavy April moon: stick trees devastate a season, and brittle leaves smash feebly...
Continue ReadingChanced were we in that space laid waste: despite desire despair drained away its hope....
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