Deceptively strong snowdrops a
Sign of life in barren, windblown scape.
Climate more caring, sunny stranger in the sky.
Brighter, calmer skies bring with them a feeling of
Liberty.
Poetry
Saturday, 23 February 2013
These 5 rooms
A symbol of freedom to
Make it my own,
To come and go,
To have company as & when.
4 walls, 2 floors and a roof
Containing stressless, happy, loving
Clutter and vitality.
Make it my own,
To come and go,
To have company as & when.
4 walls, 2 floors and a roof
Containing stressless, happy, loving
Clutter and vitality.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Love's as Old as Time
1.
He wasn’t the first and
He wasn’t the first and
Neither
were the Pagans to
Celebrate
the power of human love.
Since the
commencement of time we have
Fought,
suffered and died for the joy of this
Abstract
connection between two souls, mortal or not.
Though
Valentines famous note has been commercialised tenfold,
We must not
forget the inherent enchantment the day is all about.
2.
2.
Slanging
matches,
Poisoned
glares,
Sulking
silences,
More grunts
than groans.
But to last
over 50 golden years there
Must be
something special underneath.
Endless Love Songs
A simple
phrase or melody can
Bring back
a star-struck night or lover’s afternoon.
Evocative
words like hearts and souls,
Eternity
and love-making can
Raise the
libido or
Molten the
heart,
The ears an
unlikely route to amour.
Fate or Wait?
So many
times the stars are studied to
Find what
is held in the future of life.
Is infinity
mapped out or do we plot our own plans?
Maybe a
mixture of choice, chance and chosen.
Monday, 13 February 2012
A Selection of New Poems
Haltwhistle Burn.
Through natural beauty forged over millennia
we walk as a family for the moment as
so many have tread the rough stone and mud
and as ancient observers will see us again.
River gushing wild as hearts, sun spots through
leafy covering like the sparkle of life and
fresh smell matching children's vitality.
Bridges and fences are man-made imposters that
emphasise nature's power to carve intricate patterns
in rocky boundaries like the path of life.
In summer, alive with flowers reproducing.and lush greenery.
The same place in winter so barren, unforgiving but life will renew.
Looking up at thowering hills where at top can see forever,
down at rolling shadows and all that is.
The Sea
In and out, in and out
calm or choppy, waves never stop
view for miles to horizon thats
out there somewhere.
Flows between two headlands with
small islands inbetween apart by not much.
Tide lapping sandy shore clean, ebbing and flowing.
Children's squeals drowning out the swish of waves.
Recipe for Love
5 flowing ounces of friendship
A cupful of chemistry
A sprinkle of compromise
2 cupfuls of chatter
A handful of humour
Parental tasks
You've got to be ...
Carer
Provider
Friend
Playmate
Teacher
Advisor
Role model
Disciplinarian
Giver and receiver of affection
and more.
No one gets it right all the time
but if you try they'll soon forgive.
Salt n Pepper
Although the years will pass and sprinkle salt,
Signs of oldness on the outside,
The accompanying sprinkle of pepper keeps
A spring in the step and a smile in the minds,
Keeps the heart lively and lets life continue to sparkle.
A world without mobiles
Unimagineable that only a few short years ago we
Didnt have a clever piece of plastic attached surgically,
As necessary now almost as breath.
Unimageinable not being able to use at any given second.
If taken now the loss would be unbearable but
If had never known would have continued happily without
As do the very young and very old.
Romance in Heaven
Do you get to get jiggy
In the upstairs city?
What of those who've grown astray,
Do they reconcile or get to stay away?
A world with love must surely
Continue up above.
Our world of contrast
One with: wars
pollution
injustice
But also: Love
Beauty
Smiles
Note that 1st is man-made while
latter is not.
Things Money can't buy
A loving cuddle
Children's chuckles
A friend being kind
Knowing you're on someones mind
Sunshine after rain
Lover calling your name
Buzz of a bargain
Private joke shared again and again.
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