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I Want The Days Of Peace And Love
I want the days of peace and silence,
The days of kind and good looks.
The days of supportive reliance,
The Days Without War hooks.
I don't want to see the people's fears,
I don't want to speak about money.
In the world of bloody ideas
You won't hear the word "honey".
I just want to keep silent.
I don't expect the answer,
I want to live on a ...
Wednesday 30th October 2024 2:42 pm
God`s Gift to Us.
God’s Gift to Us.
They say the world is God's gift to us.
And foolishly in our hands he trusts.
Can he not see as the world turns round.
We are destroying it and raising it to the ground.
Nature's beauty vanishing.
Dictators increasingly demanding.
Wars increasing.
Humanity decreasing.
Blood freely flowing.
Poverty ever growing.
Egos need for filling.
...
Saturday 26th October 2024 12:07 am
Faceless friend
Quick behind a keyboard a screen to protect him
Without a thought my reply did affect him
Why are you offended by my opinion he asked
He knew that I knew his words just a mask
Scars from llifetimes of many a broken promise
Plated served. . in the same breath taken from us
I feel you invisible brother faceless friend Pattern changes now resolving healing on the m...
Tuesday 22nd October 2024 12:10 am
God
At every corner of the world I turn,
I come across the stink and shape of death
And dodge the battered buildings to keep safe.
Yet still I hear the noisy men of war
Talk euphemistically of grades and gain,
Assuring us that all they want is peace.
Sad to relate, that treasured bird has flown;
From this time on, our God is on his own.
Saturday 12th October 2024 9:12 am
Echoes beneath the Shadow of Faith
The cooing of the dove grows fierce
Upon hearing that its land is no longer safe
Many have died without a trace
Many hearts have turned to ashes
The wind speaks to the dove,
"Do you not know, there is something that can wound without a cut?"
"Do you not know, there is something that can set hearts ablaze?"
"It has no form, yet it feels sharp.”
"It has no form, yet hearts struck by it fee...
Thursday 19th September 2024 6:54 am
England [Stop the Boots!]
…and did those boots in World War time,
Stamp around England’s pleasant land:
And were those Blackshirt fascist sods,
From Cable Street off-seen!
Never did we countenance a time,
When journalists would see th’ Old Bill!
At dawn, a-knocking on their doors,
For telling truth, with fear instilled!
We must not cease Evil to Fight,,
Nor must my pen sleep in my hand...
Monday 2nd September 2024 12:48 pm
Bullet Points
This just in
The faulty firing pin — from a fire arm
had become dislodged
effectively,
causing it to misfire
very briefly …
in acceptance of all responsibility
the city-state committee
has sent a representative
that will be answering questions
now… back to you
in other news
we have a sunny forecast
there’s a color shader
right there, on
this heat map
that has an infrared si...
Friday 23rd August 2024 3:57 pm
Summit
‘Look at the big picture,’
Cried the man in the suit.
So I took his advice
And ignored the sniper,
The stiff, the nightly raid,
The trivia of grief.
I turned to the summit,
Its polished chandeliers,
Its underarm hygiene,
Its on-tap refreshment,
(‘Still or sparkling, Madam?),
While, in the dregs of war,
The uninvited crouch
And hope the shells will miss.
Friday 21st June 2024 8:14 am
On The Train This Morning
On the train this morning
I sat alone, by the window
Where normally there’d be coffee, warm
and all the world’s news in my ear
Instead, I chose dry silence
I chose the undulating wildness
strobing past my view way
I chose high green hills
and glinting mirrored rivers
I chose lone trees, centuries old
strong against the elements
I chose lambs and sheep
moving in pairs or herds
I cho...
Monday 10th June 2024 11:09 am
God Didn't Know What to Say
People are cheaper, things are more expensive,
With a lack of spirituality, men are more offensive.
Ducky lips and selfie, a bare ass,
They forgot the beautiful word “lass”.
Passing by the poor people, watching mangy cats
Their faces remind me of dangerous rats.
His dad is a deputy, he studied in the States,
Now he is responsible for others' fates.
Someone is fi...
Sunday 2nd June 2024 8:03 am
The Gap
Don’t shoot!
Stop the violence,
Stop the killing.
Don’t waste your time with gods,
Or clerics on the greasy pole,
Or warped ideology
Which tells you what to think,
Or the cult of the madmen,
The travelling circus,
The usual suspects,
The old men in suits,
The gap –
Between the theory and the practice.
Be yourself;
Lay down your arms,
Reach out your hand...
Tuesday 5th March 2024 8:26 am
For Peace
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
Wednesday 28th February 2024 11:37 am
Mindfulness calling
There's a phone at my work
And you might think me a berk
But it calls me from a mindful zone
A place I like to visit alone
Ear to the top
As sounds fizzle and hop
It is a direct line
To feeling fine
I hear wind, birds, hussle and bustle
A universe unexplored in the rustle
Even in short bursts, it quenches my thirst
Distorting my mind toward what's first
...Tuesday 27th February 2024 5:47 pm
Timeless Chill
Granite grandeur draped in snow,
soft whisper falls, clear water flows.
No hand extends to measure time,
no cares ascend, no worries find.
For purpose fades into the still,
a tranquil peace here in the chill
What part of time and space am I?
So small beneath the endless sky,
a spec of dust, a grain of sand…
yet cradled in the Master’s hand.
Saturday 24th February 2024 7:40 pm
Dove
A viper slides its way beneath the grass;
The animals of prey are on the prowl.
The innocent and helpless stand no chance
Against the savage tastes of hawk and owl.
Upstairs, forbidden lovers take the plunge;
Their beads of sticky sweat adorn the bed.
She’s fast asleep while he boosts up his pack;
Outside waits a procession of the dead.
The hunters beat the heavin...
Monday 1st January 2024 8:59 am
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