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In Gratitude
We’ve known each other all our lives.
You’ve been there for me day and night,
every minute, every hour,
without me even trying.
I have taken you for granted, all the time,
and I am sorry.
I only know I need you when you’re running short,
shallow, caught or less.
I’ve seen you lend yourself
to other chests, to fading days,
dying lights. Heard you roar,
...Thursday 8th August 2024 2:12 pm
The Uncertain Journey
All along the railed paths from Regents Park to Notting Hill,
we feel the gaze of those long passed whose sightless eyes are on us
Still.
Through the Parks of Royal note St James up to Marble Arch,
we tread the lawns as lowly folk and take our pause as Soldiers
March.
Beneath broad streets unpaved of gold from Camden Town to Bethnal Green,
we transi...
Thursday 18th July 2024 1:35 pm
Thank you
These dunes have been draped with flesh,
some on summer days surrendering to lovers
some under the gun by blood brothers.
The days between then and now are in the sand,
each footprint, each drop of joy and blood still here.
Children rush the shoreline chased by foamy waves.
We built monuments and carved men’s names
where beautiful children share happy games.
Beyon...
Tuesday 4th June 2024 8:35 am
Lest we Forget
So I sit alone, cold on a bench, world's away from my comrades, that lie dead in the trench.
These hands that saw violence, these eyes growing dark, this world bathed in silence, a new journey to embark.
We did it for kings, we followed the crown, we rushed from the boats, I saw many drown.
They pinned a shiny medal, right there on my chest, and I heard the bell toll as we laid them to rest.
...
Sunday 14th April 2024 6:51 pm
JANE
Gracious as her title
God Blessed the earth with this noble warrior by name
Like oxygen to survive she is vital
Unique lady unlike any other
For Jane we are blessed Bright mother
Her heart dances and sings
Fine cut like a diamond
As golden as her rings
This lady is flamboyant as true as her beauty
She oozes style
Eyes sparkling like stars I see her soul in her smile
She cares and loves
...
Wednesday 26th April 2023 2:40 pm
Glass is full
Give the glass another glance.
Is the glass half full . I ask every day. Was it ever full. Or am I looking askance.
What is the running all about. Days turn to years. The running looks like a stationary dance.
Life says stop running. Appreciate my beauty. Like you used to do once.
Break the shackles. Look at the glass. It was always full. Give yourself one more chance.
For, in life...
Sunday 10th July 2022 8:45 pm
LIFELONG PANDEMIC ⚠️
Lockdown silence
No sirens less police
Less street violence
Growing Nature clear sky's less pollution
One year later vaccine..Solution
And we're back again noises are louder
Pubs are open Alcohol white powder
Fights with knives,battered citizens not just wives
Schools back ..crowded street
Complaining teachers email repeat
Back to normal yeah...
Friday 23rd April 2021 2:13 pm
Praise The Dreamers
Give Praise to the world,
To all those who'd been here before
Who made this world so much more
Than it had been.
For each tiny change,
If it took years, months or days,
Was all part of the way
From nothing to everything,
So let's Give Praise to the world,
To all those who'd been here before
And maybe do one thing more
Because we share their dream
To make this world a better pla...
Saturday 20th March 2021 7:45 am
Silk
Silk
Our Post people have connected us,
Through toil and love and loss,
Carrier Pigeons, magical storks
Delivering life to waiting Mums
Telegram boys of Shakespeare plays
Connecting lovers lost,
War-winning, code breaking messages
Relics of a past,
Suddenly more important,
Suddenly at all costs,
Suddenly irreplaceable,
Through the middle of this mess
In the middle of our chaos...
Thursday 18th March 2021 7:48 pm
Shadow Dancing
In the shadow of sleeping Kings,
soldiers, and poets,
comes another battlefield day,
man against man, invisible wars,
hell’s fury unleashed among trees.
Yet, upon the rocky shore,
angels dance and sing,
reminding us there is something more
than misery.
Beauty glints among broken things.
Hope is on the horizon.
So on these solemn days,
let us find something...
Friday 27th November 2020 1:50 am
The Healing of Ancient Wounds
She wondered into his place of work
because she thought she was loosing her head
When approached by him she lost herself,
her wits and her heart instead
She found her will to try,
emotions she had lost,
physical urges she thought she had shed
The sight and sound of him,
the insight he shared,
her soul he fed
Cautiously she indulged,
dependency has only ever bro...
Monday 14th September 2020 10:11 pm
MY SAVIOUR, MY SAVANT (An ode to my paid weekly "friend")
I lost all control
Crossed the threshold
My tears too excruciating to hold
I prayed earnestly to be released from the pyre
I saw you and I continued to burn
Only now, I burned also with desire
Curiosity peaked
Fervent interest realized
The voodoo you do, mesmerized
Divinity revealed?
Oh, what power you weild!
Desperately I yearn to yeild
Yo...
Tuesday 8th September 2020 5:46 am
Rush Hour Treat...
Emotional turmoil
Tranquility sporadic
The future unknown yet frightful
A familiar face in the crowd
So warm, inviting and sweet...
Everything makes sense again
Hope is reignited
Fear, is once again
For the time being
Obsolete...
( " PSYCOBABBLING" )
Friday 4th September 2020 6:00 am
Deceit tells us: what they have is better than ours
Deceit tells us: what they have is better than ours
So now we wrestle with discontent
Forever seeking,
Wanting,
Desiring something that was never our own
Blessings become blurred
When seen through the lens of another
Our sight diminishes
With each gaze and long lusting look
That will never be
Enough.
Scrolling through standards not set in stone
Daydrea...
Thursday 13th August 2020 11:57 am
Gratitude
I won't ever let a sun to set in the horizon: GRATITUDE
to
the Almighty,
who didn't let me fly with an evil bird,
the nature,
to set me an example of sacrifice and care,
the dad,
to teach me a lot in no words,
the mom,
to make me a reality in the world,
the teachers,
to shape a pot out of a wet clay dust,
the blood-bonds,
to make my any anguish to rest,
the ...
Friday 12th June 2020 6:57 am
When i think of you
When I think of you
And all you have done
My heart is full of joy
That it pours out
When I think about where I was
And where I am now
My mouth is full of songs
No man can hold me down
When I think of your love
That liquid love
My eyes are full of tears
A fountain that won’t dry out
When I think of your peace
That garrisons my heart
All my fears fade away
Like a distant memory
Friday 10th April 2020 5:49 am
To all you writers and poets out there
To all you writers and poets out there.
Thank you for your words of courage,
words of truth,
words of encouragement
and nourishment.
Thank you for your solidarity,
for lifting us up.
Thank you for breaking ground,
cutting the edge,
standing on that soapbox
with daring and drive,
having the nerve to shout out
what many ...
Saturday 30th June 2018 12:15 pm
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