Archive for the 'Poems' Category

The Little Book of Spoogy Extracts

Friday, May 7th, 2021

A few years back I launched The Little Book of Spoogy Poetry – I did this twice the first was for the ebook and the second time for the actual physical book. Here is my daughter reading parts of the collection. The book was initially written for her only and then I added a few […]

Sincerity

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

You think that because I pour my feelings on to the page, that I can not really feel. You think that shallow self aggrandisement leads me to this. You think that in sharing my pathos is divided. You think wrong of me, misunderstand the need to express to self, these hidden bits. You misquote how […]

Monster Fight

Saturday, April 17th, 2021

The fighting monsters dance As if life long partners Graceful, instep – aggression Lost in the fluidity Of movement Monsters together After all only a monster Can ever truly fight a monster Now they are locked In an eternal embrace.

The Killing Beds

Sunday, April 11th, 2021

How many ghosts wonder these halls How many souls lost Echos of the now And remembrance of the before Locked in the fabric Matted to the core How many iterations Of tragic moments flow How many yous How many mes How many us-es That were or could never be? Dark turbulences Caught knotting it all […]

Iron Butterflies

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

If I am gone Iron butterflies will adorn my grave Do not mourn freedom to run Without pain Soaring through a world Of coloured warmth Existence’s tunes thrumming a cord To climb out of this life Through a gate of light Becoming iron Swimming in liquid sun The butterflies wings Beating out ordered chaos My […]

Rome

Monday, March 29th, 2021

The images of the city where obscured Distorted, kind of hidden But the pieces where there The arches and cafes Gun turrets and cigerette smoke All the Romes that had ever been Over lain and synched A slight misalignment Gave delicious snapshots On occassions the warm twilight shifted Showing the city as it could be […]

The Homeless Moon

Sunday, March 21st, 2021

Writing from Art The Wilson Gallery Cheltenham March 2017 The street loomed in the silver light Or rather it lurched as it luminesced Moon beams reflected a muted rainbow Just at the edge of perception A reflexion of it’s own subtle glory Hung distorted in the river’s ripples A lonely figure wrapped in trench coat […]

The Woodyard

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Writing from Art – a visit to the Wilson March 2017 Red tiles, over red brick Some more orange, others dirty brown The roof top sagging Under weight of baked clay Keeping assorted timber dry It warped and yearned Until men built of muscle came Sweat slicked Even in cold grey months They move and […]

The Order of Things

Saturday, March 6th, 2021

Written in response to the exhibition in The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham March 2017. Jagged drinks for the eye Landscapes of texture Dripping, sagging, oozing Peaking up frozen Wavelets Diminished into regularity Repeat, retrieve, remake Copies not exact Learning a scatter Of new from old Forms reborn Syntax looms in loops Half formed Floating on and […]

Writing Time!

Sunday, February 28th, 2021

Brains switched on Axons firing Knowledge stores – ACTIVATED Commence writing!