Remembering Us Written for National Poetry Day 2014 Remember the tide lapping at the shore How we walked on shingled beach War bomber fractured in the mudded flats Metal bones peeking at low tide Recall the estuary filled with birds calling You showed me the eddible weeds That grew there Warm salt, bitter Remember the […]
The orange mire That marks the blaze Glowing trees Dark at the centre Luminous around the edge Devastation with a heart of gold Embers twist and turn And float away Couriers for the blaze Devour, consume Cleanse the forest Dead wood gone Insect marauders restrained Soil charred, blackened Purified Nutrients induced New shoots appear Green […]
In a puddle patterns are repeating In the stars the patterns are completing Gravity in waves are meeting Patterns over awed and far too fleeting
Ripples flowing into chaos Returning wonders Reflecting back ghosts of self Cross cutting generations
Shiver, shiver On my own Lips blue Till you come home Shiver, shiver Cold bright hands Stark white Plane lands Shiver, shiver Trembling cold Stars bright We enfold
Dreams are running through my fingers Fearing capture, being spun into actuality Being changed into the real Changed into the comprehension of fools Into something they cannot escape A form they inhabit Something they are A thing that encapsulates Impressions of inspiration They dart away In a colour blur of taste A vibration of faint […]
The key to sucess Go for what you want Be determined Work hard But smart Persevere Not rigidly Be rigid and collide Breaking Be flexible and Flow around obstacles Flowing around Diverting It may take longer But you get there In the end
These little dreams shattered These little wishes die These little hopes dashed These little things I would have shared with you
Today I managed to lock me, one child and the house guest out of our house – however a) I was allotmenting it (which involved alot of weeding and the discovery that the red currents are ripe!) and b) an epic lunner (lunch/dinner) so it wasn’t too bad 😉 especially as I found Death by […]
Sing in a unison Sing in a discord Sing in a line Sing in a story Strum in such a pattern Strum in such a place Strum in such a style Strum in such a way Beat in your heart Beat in your feet Beat in your fire Beat in your night Boom in their […]