Between the Moonbeams.
Between the Moonbeams.
Could it be that you are the summer rain caressing my skin
While drenching my soul
To ease the pain
My heart rises up to meet the dawn
Knowing your love runs through it
Like a river greeting the ocean
With a weary yawn -
In the knowledge that finally
It has somewhere to lie
I catch your smile with the lightness
Of a feather in...
Friday 22nd December 2023 10:42 pm
Mellifluous Waves.
Mellifluous Waves.
The roaring wind
Has taken it’s vengeance
Invading my body
And smashing the glass cage surrounding
My fragile heart
No beseeching
No reaching arms
Can save it now
My eyes swell as I see my heart
Being carried to the ocean
I yearn for it’s return
How can I save it now!
There it is!
Captured by the elements
Washed away...
Thursday 5th October 2023 9:41 pm
Time to Say Goodbye.
Whispers rustle
Through the leaves
Bird wings unsettle
Summer air
Laughter echoes
Back and forth
Between the trees
Anxious dogs
Bark their unease
The sun
Has lost it’s midday glare
The skies cry ~
A storm is nigh
I guess it’s time
To say goodbye.
C.K.23
Wednesday 6th September 2023 8:01 pm
All I Know.
As the sun rises
In the east
On this late August day
The land of greens and greys
and browns
Are washed once again
In that heavenly glow
Promising yet another day
Unknown ~
But this I know …
I know that luck has blessed
My soul
With the joy of life
Singing sweetly
As the birds in nest
I know that my heart
Shall rise
Along wi...
Monday 28th August 2023 11:17 pm
Seashells and Stars.
It may be the last time
But it is not forever …
When we take our last moonlit walk ~
Talking and laughing
While swaying our
Intertwined hands
We will arrive at the shoreline
And there we shall stand
Locked into each others eyes ~
I will catch a glint
Of my youth
In your smile
The wind will not
Come between us
As we lean in for our
Last kiss
...Sunday 20th August 2023 7:37 pm
The Antidote - Stalker 2.
Stalker 2.
Did I say you
Ruined my life?
Well, I guess you did
For a time …
But you see
You never really
Knew me
You just took advantage
Of the young
Insecure me
I didn’t realise
At the time
I had the antidote
To your poison
I won’t lie
What you did
Will
Stay with me
For life
Back to the antidote
I know you a...
Saturday 19th August 2023 11:27 pm
The Stalker.
The Stalker
I feel your breath on my neck
With every step
Your nails digging
Into my skin
You never go deep enough
To draw blood
That would show
Where you’ve been
Every corner
Every shadow
Every breath
You are there
In the dark of the night
You make it darker
Like a vampire
You like to suck
Blood
Blood ~
The sweet...
Friday 18th August 2023 9:49 pm
Cruel Wind.
It’s a cruel wind today
She threatens to steal the skin from my face
Her anger carves into my bones
And she screams at me
You are alone!
I want to run … I could sprint away!
But she catches me at every angle
She has a friend; an ally!
Cold, bitter rain
Lashing my broken body
Holding my feet in the mud
I cannot fight the wind
And the rain!
My shaking...
Sunday 13th August 2023 1:19 am
T A I N T E D.
Life was good
I had it all
Two point five
And ´er indoors
Worked
A good job
Lanzarote
Once a year
Nice front door
With shiny knobs
Watertight
And electric lights
Firm went bust
Rot set in
Found solace
In my all day
Drinking
Felt like a failure
Couldn’t face her
Walls closing in
Crushing
What was left
Of love
...
Saturday 5th August 2023 12:46 am
The Walk.
You weave your roots
Around my veins
Yet I don’t even know
Your name
We stand silently together
In the rain
Nature gave us both
A crown
Equal in weight
You shed yours
With the seasons
I wear mine
Unaware
Of any reason
Sssh … did you hear the
Bumble bee?
There is mud
Sticking
To our feet
How lucky that
We had this chance
...Wednesday 2nd August 2023 7:56 pm
Did You See Her?
They said she couldn’t
And so, she did!
She up and floated
Taking colours
From the rainbow
Leaving a starlit trail
So bright
Even the moon
Questioned
Her iridescent
Glow
She filled her world
With butterflies
Leaving a rose petal
Path behind her
Her world was replete
With beauty
No man
Woman
Or child
Could catch her
...
Tuesday 25th July 2023 1:37 am
Take Pity!
With limbs of lead
Parched throat
And feet of stone
I continue to wander
In search
Of home
Won’t you take pity
On my mortal soul!
Don’t you see
The eyes?
Those which reflect only
A resentful corpse
Treacle cobwebs
Have me trapped
And the widows
Show me no remorse!
Seek out this lowly
Lonely creature
Show a way to live!
One wh...
Friday 21st July 2023 9:20 pm
Joie de Vivre.
River waters run through their veins
With French Oak for backbones
And temperaments carved from the rock
They are not separate from the land
It is them and they are it
With the crow of the day they rise
To be greeted by a mellow sun
They toil the earth
Before being forced to disappear
Into the shade of the beech tree
Here they gather together
To feast on...
Wednesday 19th July 2023 10:34 pm
Drape Your Skin. Repost for an anniversary.
Drape your skin over my bones~
Feel as my limbs turn to stone
Weight my feet to slow them down ~
So that you may follow me.
Stitch your shady shadow over mine
Weave yourself ~ an invisible thread ~ throughout my beautiful tapestry
Unpick my silks and golden yarns
Replace them with your nylon strings;
A feeble attempt to clip my fledgling wings
Tattoo your na...
Tuesday 18th July 2023 11:31 pm
I Loved.
I loved
As though
There was no
Other reason
To live
I loved
Until I had no more
To give
You took
Until I no longer
Had the will
To live.
C.K.23
Saturday 15th July 2023 10:24 pm
I Love You!
We lay, sunlit
By the riverside
Allowing ourselves
Nowhere to hide
You all dappled
In leaf shadow …
Beautiful as the morning
Glow
I kissed your dimples
While you twinkled
With delight
And we dazzled
Each other
Under the moonlight
I love You!
Under the new moon
Tween the black
And the blue
You are my stars
The sun that b...
Sunday 9th July 2023 9:11 pm
I’m Drained.
I’m drained
Nothing left to give
No sense of self
Remains
I tried …
I tried my best
But now my shattered soul
Needs rest
I am leaving
There is no point
In grieving
I need to go before
I become no more
Than a shadow
Of my old self
I have worked too hard
Fought too many battles
To be left
On the shelf of fools
I gave my ...
Saturday 8th July 2023 9:10 pm
Day’s End.
The bamboo rustles
The pigeons coo coo
Trees are swaying
Storm clouds
Are feeling broody
Rose of Sharon is glowing
Traffic humming
Distant blues
This is the end
Of another busy day
What awaits us
Tomorrow …
Nobody knows.
Wednesday 5th July 2023 8:57 pm
Expectant.
This huge expanse of ocean
Holds expectancy
Like a pregnant woman
Anticipating
The imminent birth
Of her first born child
Intense sunlight
Warms my bones
I think …
No! I feel
That this is meant for me
I am a dolphin
Floating over the swell
Diving into the starlight
Only to rise
With the moon
This liminal space
Between my land
And yours;
Transports me
With an undeserv...
Monday 3rd July 2023 9:14 pm
St Julien.
The stars are falling
From the sky
They are floating
In your big brown eyes
I can cut the moon
In half and gift you the piece
For which I have
No need.
I mean it ~
I am not holding back
Anymore
Come with me
The open road is beckoning ~
It’s time to roll with our dreams;
St Julien loves you!
See how he wraps the bougainvillea
Thru you...
Saturday 1st July 2023 7:26 pm
I, You Implore!
My last poem for the month of June.
I stumbled into a poem
Rolled and rolled
Catching threads
Of a story
Watching
Waiting
For it to unfold
I picked apart it’s golden threads
Wrapped myself in it
Just like I was caught up
In a spiders web!
It told me of worlds
Where only the mystical
Live
I learned about heartbreak
And love
My ey...
Thursday 29th June 2023 9:16 pm
A Thousand Stars.
I found a cloak
Of a thousand stars
So I wrapped it around
All my old scars
I came across a moonbeam
And I sewed it into every seam
I fell into a rainbow
It coloured me in every hue
From ear to ear
And head to toe
A tree offered me
His crown
I wear it proudly
Whenever I feel down
I opened up my heart
And the sun came
Pouring in
I sa...
Wednesday 28th June 2023 5:58 pm
Lost and Lonely?
Lost and lonely
He is the only one
Truly unaware
Wandering the country lanes
Giving everyone a scare
Unable to respond to those
Who enquire for his welfare
It’s possible he didn’t
Even know that
They were there
Days rolled into weeks
Weeks stretched into months
And years
Everybody knows of him
But he just doesn’t care
I wonder where...
Tuesday 27th June 2023 10:48 pm
In the Middle.
In between pain
And bliss
There is a place
Called balance
Where nothing soars too high
And we do not fall too low
Contentment is what I cherish
Sat straight in the middle
Of I am enough
I have no need for anything more
I do not miss
What I haven’t got
I am wholly contented
With my lot.
C.K.23.
Tuesday 27th June 2023 2:36 pm
Roar.
Hear my howl
Feel my rush
Know my name
I am the one ...
The one
You can never tame
Brandish your sword
I’ll wave my feather
Deliver your storm
I’ll blow you away
Cover me in a layer of dust
My waters will turn you into rust
Your fog cannot smother
My wanderlust
My heart is the sun
My soul is the moon
My womb is the universe
From where you have come
My weapon is love
...
Monday 26th June 2023 11:05 am
I cut Myself.
Just to reassure those who may be concerned - this not a true representation of my own circumstances! It is based on my work experiences and conversations I have had with self harmers. There is no need to worry about me! 😌
I cut myself
Just so that you can see;
I want you to feel
The pain inside of me
Each open wound
Is an eulogy
To who I used to be
Your poison ooz...
Saturday 24th June 2023 9:40 pm
Ode to Love.
If I must die for love
So be it!
I will snuff out the moon
Take the stars from the sky
Flood the oceans
With fire
Let me smother the sunshine
With mist
The rest of the world
Can cease to exist
Moody Mountains will cry
Lonely Lakes will dry
Trees will bow down
In it’s midst
Love is the only reason
To live!
Diamonds and pearls
Preci...
Thursday 22nd June 2023 9:46 pm
Multiplications of Me and You.
One plus one
Makes me and you
Two plus one
Makes us three!
Three plus one
Makes me happier
Than ever before
Four plus one
How lucky are we
To be alive!
Five plus one
Equals six!
Six plus one
Tells me that
I am in heaven
Seven plus one
Reminds me
Of our first date
Eight plus one
How grateful I am
That you are mine
Nine ...
Wednesday 21st June 2023 7:39 pm
The Matriarch
Her hair is grey now
But her eyes are still blue
Every emotion is etched into her face
Her bones are aching
But she still moves with grace
She swaddles her wisdom
Around whoever might listen
Not all have time
But she does not mind
She knows she is there
For those who are searching
Her words have value
Weighed against time
She’s cried every ocea...
Tuesday 20th June 2023 9:11 pm
Nature Morte.
Nature Morte
The quietness after everyone left
Seemed to echo louder
Than any silence I had heard before
Even the fly in the room
Seemed to feel bad for daring to hum
I remember standing alone
I could feel every part of me
Acutely aware of the tiniest tIngle of life
Slight itch on the end of my nose
That darned ache in my big toe
The roar of traffic ...
Sunday 18th June 2023 7:09 pm
Dad.
Remembering dad on Father's Day.
It’s empty now
Sagging and tearing
At the seams
If I close my eyes
Just for a moment
I can see you
Pipe chugging away —
You
Half painted in the shadows
Sitting in your favorite
Armchair
You are telling me
To pull my socks up
I am not wearing any
But I start tugging at them anyway
You laugh
That s...
Sunday 18th June 2023 10:05 am
Title as you see fit
I can give you flowers
I can talk about my heartbreaks
I can milk it all
Until the cows come home
I can give you melodies
I can sing your favorite song
I can wallow in self pity
About how you left me
All alone
I can make you feel good
I can even feel
The way you think I should
But I want to be like Maya
A phoenix who proudly rose
From the de...
Friday 16th June 2023 10:07 pm
The Three of Us.
The three of us
The landscape may have changed
New generations of trees grow
in unnaturally uniformed rows
Those that stood as nature had intended
Long since ripped from their roots
Little boxes now litter the hills
Doorsteps littered in muddy boots
People live in these boxes
The workhouse has long since gone
And the people pull tight their faces
In an a...
Friday 16th June 2023 9:50 am
I Killed Myself.
I killed myself
Aged 7
But life refused to quit
I got my first best friend
When I turned 11
I killed myself at 16
Thought I could not go on
My world was full of darkness
So decided I was better off
Gone
Life insisted
So I persisted
Found the joy of music
Stood up to the knees
In mud
With the bass making my
Heart thud
I killed mysel...
Wednesday 14th June 2023 7:32 pm
Our Old House.
I saw our old house today
For the first time in years
And I will admit
That I shed a few tears
I think you might have too
If you could see what they’ve done!
The walls are all white
And there was nowhere
Comfy to sit
I miss our old house
All cosy and warm
With mis-matching
Curtains
A bit weathered
And torn
Remember the throws?
Scratchy...
Sunday 11th June 2023 10:18 pm
The Little Princess.
Sorry to bring the standard down but I wrote this for my grandchildren and it makes me laugh.
He had a rather disagreeable bump
On his nose
And curly, wurly
Turned up toes
His hair was quite lank
And my ...
How his steamy breath stank!
It’s quite possible
He’d eaten a skunk
And god only knows
What he’d drunk!
He wobbled a bit
When he walk...
Saturday 10th June 2023 10:17 pm
The Tortured Poet.
The tortured poet cries raindrops sweetened with hope
Waterfalls course through his veins
Eyes are blinded by beauty, and still lifes of death
Show him a bramble, he’ll return with a rose
Play him a tune, he’ll give you a symphony
Tell him you love him, he will transform
Into a firefly or maybe an eagle
He will show you worlds
Beyond fantasy
iridescence will ...
Friday 9th June 2023 7:33 pm
Bumbling Mess
Bumbling mess of uncertainty
That’s me!
Raised to believe I was useless
If you say something nice
I will curtsy
Rumbling in clouds of doubt
Trying my best not to shout
Keep my voice low
Try not to show
Who I am
Cos who I am
Will never be good enough
You hate marmite
So I’d like to be
Strawberry jam
Trying to sweeten the pill
Knowing th...
Thursday 8th June 2023 8:55 pm
Cotton Candy Man.
He’s cotton candy
Floating on the wind
With a heart sculpted
From tree trunks
And sand
Every clock in the land
Tells the time by him
For when his bones start to thaw
His body will rouse
To follow the seasons
On donkey and cart
With a hint from the breeze
Or a blink from the sun
The road calls his name
Cos it feels his unease
From st...
Wednesday 7th June 2023 8:26 pm
Fly High.
This is not the end
It’s just the beginning
What wasn’t meant
In this world
Is waiting in eternity
You have gone on ahead
Isn’t that just like you
Always in front
Never behind
I am not ready
It isn’t my time
Still I’m keeping you close
In my song and rhyme
I hear your message every day
On the telephone line
You keep repeating
How glad ...
Tuesday 6th June 2023 5:35 pm
Please Continue to Spew!
I'm Over the Whimsy!🤣
I thought about you today
And then I thought about myself
I contemplated your energy
And how it could take me
To heaven or hell
I quite like the idea of heaven
Where angels sing
In sweet melodic tunes
Because when I compare that
To a living hell
My heart shrinks
Under a melancholic spell
You are a leech
Hiding unde...
Sunday 4th June 2023 8:39 pm
Masterpiece.
I am in a whimsical mood today.
Masterpiece.
She dances on the silver moon
Which dingle dangles like a disco ball
In the deep black sky
Taking her companion from among the stars
She moves like a dolphin
Over ocean waves
The raging seas give her rythme
Melodies emanate from
Venus and mars
And heavenly bodies
Hold her in their gaze
The angels play harps
While the cherubs st...
Sunday 4th June 2023 6:47 pm
Don’t Cry for Me.
I wrote this after leaving hospital earlier this year. If it wasn’t for the amazing medical team that saved my life I wouldn’t be here to share my words with you. - I am so grateful.
This is me thinking about what I wanted to say to loved ones if things had gone the other way.
Don’t cry for me.
Don’t cry for me when I am gone
Try to smile when they play our song
Walk through the mead...
Friday 2nd June 2023 8:08 pm
Bigger.
I used to try and shrink myself
I wanted to be as small
As small could be
I used to weigh my value
On what you thought
Of me
I kept my voice low
Never speaking more
Than you considered necessary
I thought you
Were much bigger
I believed that you loved
Pathetic, little me
Until the day I closed the door
And walked all by myself
I wa...
Thursday 1st June 2023 8:53 pm
Circumspect
My current mood. 🙄
Circumspect.
Somewhere in my mind
There is a place where life is kind
It is my favourite place to be
For I think it’s where I feel most free
In my minds eye, birds fly
High
The sky is blue
And the people few
Flowers bloom
In the mountain dew
Lakes and waterfalls
Erase any thoughts of gloom
Daisies tickle at my toes
Scent of mimosa
Assaults my nose
A...
Tuesday 30th May 2023 9:35 pm
My Sweetest Inner Child. - repost with audio
This is a repost with audio because I have been told that my poetry works better with me speaking it!😂. I am new to recital so please be kind!😂
My sweetest inner child
Stay calm
Rest silent
Listen to your heart
Ignore the disturbance
This noise
Does not belong to you
Sweet child
The clatter resounds
Around you
Know it is not your place
To be held
In th...
Monday 29th May 2023 10:04 pm
Road to Nowhere?
I’m on the road to nowhere
And I ain’t in no hurry to get there
My bag is packed full
With all that I need
I’ve been walking for days
Maybe months
Even years
And I intend to continue
My journey with ease
It’s a dusty old road
Full of damn potholes
But at least
My shoes are well soled
The dust tickles my nose
The damned dust
Keeps making me sn...
Saturday 27th May 2023 7:52 pm
He Rolls.
He rolls with the times
But don’t bother asking
Cos he ain’t got nothing to spare
He’s just hitching a lift
On the long, lonely road to nowhere
The shiny new people
They all left without shame
Every road he walks down
Signposts her face in the rain
If only he could
Remember
Her name
Just out of reach
And with nothing to say
His life passes ...
Friday 26th May 2023 9:38 pm
Not Worthy of a Title.
❗️Trigger warning! This post contains references to childhood sexual abuse. ❗️
When you crawled into my bed
And abruptly woke me from my slumber
When your hands showed me places
That I had never seen
When you violated my innocence
With a contorted smile
Upon your distorted face
When you left me
Wet and wounded
You stole my innocence from me
When you looked at me
And said that i...
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 8:41 pm
Freedom.
I saw a request in another group for submissions on what does freedom mean to you? It got me thinking about freedom and subjectivity. Here is my conclusion (for now)
Freedom
A interesting philosophical debate
A word bandied
Somewhere between love
And hate
Freedom
Such a big word
Interpreted according
To where you are the world
Freedom
Idealogical, abs...
Monday 22nd May 2023 11:29 am
Never Enough.
She stole the corn from the fields
The blue from the sky
Took rosebuds for cheeks
Strawberry lips
The mountains for courage
And the rain for her tears
She sat with owl
Listened to all that he said
Her aura is moonlight
Rainbows and sun
Clear lakes hold her thoughts
With the oceans her muse
She is still the woman
Who was never enough.
C.K.23
Thursday 18th May 2023 7:15 pm
Friendship by The River.
Friendship by The River.
The sixth poem in The Tenter Hooks series.
I will never cease to be amazed by the strength of these women. No matter what is happening around them they somehow find it in themselves to laugh and support each other.
Life in a refuge is very up and down - one minute you are laughing the next you are sobbing. If it hadn’t been for the bonds made I am not sure how ...
Sunday 14th May 2023 12:27 pm
Thank you!
This is not a poem. This is a message from the heart.
A message to say thank you. Thank you to WOL and all it's members for the kindness you have shown. This is the first time that I have shared my life experiences with anyone other than a counsellor and I am truly grateful and humbled by the kindness you have shown.
It has taken a lot of energy to write the Tenter Hooks series and it's not ov...
Saturday 13th May 2023 9:18 pm
Kindness.
Sometimes I think
Unkindness comes from a deeper place
It comes from parts of us
That are hard to face
Sometimes I think
Unkind words
Are just feelings
That have been
Misplaced
Oftentimes I think
Unkind deeds
Are an attempt
To hide our
Needs
It’s almost like
A form of
Self-harm
A way of keeping people
At arms length
Wh...
Saturday 13th May 2023 6:08 pm
Twenty Four Hours Can Change a Life
Poem 5. A continuation of the Tenter Hooks series. Very often women flee their homes in a moment of crisis. They will leave with very few belongings and little to no money. This poem is about my first contact with the social security office less than 24 hrs after fleeing in fear for my life.
It’s a 20 minute walk to the office
The weather is foul
But there is no choice
If you wan...
Friday 12th May 2023 8:27 pm
Kind gestures and suspicious looks. (The First Morning)
Poem 4. Continuing the Tenter Hooks series of poems based on leaving an abusive relationship. This poem attempts to express some of the emotions experienced when you find yourself in a women's refuge.
There’s a wait for the bathroom
With babe in arms, scavenged toiletries and one clean towel
We wait our turn
Some take longer than others
We don’t say very much
Tentative smile...
Wednesday 10th May 2023 8:03 pm
Tenter Hooks Once More. (The First Night)
Tenter Hooks Once More.
(The first night)
The third in a series of poems attempting to capture the experience of leaving an abusive relationship. This poem is a reflection of my first night in a refuge.
It was a long night
In a strange place
In an uncomfortable bed
Not that the lumps in the mattress really mattered
Most of the night was spent on the edge
The baby wa...
Tuesday 9th May 2023 8:43 pm
Tenter hooks and Pitiful Looks. (The Refuge)
This is a continuation from my previous poem, Tenter Hooks and Telling Looks. This is a series of poems that will attempt to take the reader into the experience of domestic violence through the eyes of the survivor. The first poem attempted to convey (very briefly) the first attempt at leaving an abusive partner. My intention is follow my own personal experience of going through the system. This ...
Monday 8th May 2023 9:04 pm
Crown
Nature likes to crown the tallest and the best
And in return they give back so much more than they receive
Indeed without them
We simply couldn’t breath
There would be no place
For birds to rest
Or fruits for the bees
Nature’s crown is beautiful
In a variety of colours
From spring greens to autumn reds
She keeps the trees well dressed
Human crowns ...
Sunday 7th May 2023 8:42 pm
Preparing to Leave.
The children here are as old as the crumbling buildings
It’s as though they have absorbed the history that surrounds them
Or perhaps history has absorbed them?
How can one possibly be young
When you are born into a thousand generations still alive
And thriving?
Would it be absurd to imagine
That they crawl out from the walls?
Layer upon layer of familial fingerprints
...Friday 5th May 2023 8:24 pm
The Three Faces of Me.
The three faces of me
One for the world
A face for my loves
And the one I let nobody see
The first wears a smile
That vacates my eyes
Still it works for the most part
At guarding my heart
The next is the best
It’s my face at rest
It’s the face that never
Tells any lies
The third is more complex
It’s happy then sad
It’s the joy and the pain
...Thursday 4th May 2023 8:05 pm
As The Bell Tolls.
I didn’t want to be there as the evening embers fell
Still I came
Stood in the shadows
Watched
And listened as they rang the bells
As the bell tolls
So heads will roll
With fear in the eyes
And a guttural scream
From the throat left behind
Hands rose from the earth
Tied my feet to the ground
I wanted to scream
But the wind stole the sound
My ho...
Monday 1st May 2023 8:14 pm
Self Portrait.
Clare, the girl with gold ringlets and face made from porcelain
A pathetic young thing
Roses for cheeks
Eyes blue from the sky
A heart full of gold
Stories yet to unfold
The abandoned child
Caught up in darkness
The price paid by sin
The unspeakable one
She’s the girl with the curse
Her birthright is madness
She’s the daughter of Ann
She was bo...
Friday 28th April 2023 9:36 pm
Dolly Told Me.
Dolly told me
That my beauty was beyond compare
I was grateful that she liked my hair
I did think it odd
That she called me Jolene
When everyone knows
My name’s Irene
She begged me not to take her man
But I chose to take him
In my caravan
She said she could never love again
So how come I saw her
Making out with Stan!
She knew I could have
My ch...
Monday 24th April 2023 10:03 pm
Tenter hooks and Telling Looks.
With your hand around my throat
You declare your love for me
With a flame held to my eye
You tell me you would rather see me die
It will be your hand that takes my life
Rather than see me with another man
Your love for me drives you mad
And so I must travel
To the edge of madness with you
And never show that
It makes me sad
I drive you to distraction
M...
Sunday 23rd April 2023 9:13 pm
Mirror to my Soul.
Through the undulating glass
The darkness is disarmed
By flaming flickers
Of candlelight
The night cloak
Is snuffed out
The storm is raging
The Gods are mad
They send sharp shapes
Through the maudlin sky
Their fingers seem to point at me
I see my fear reflected
It’s forcing me to stare
Demanding unrelentingly
That I should take pity
On this ...
Thursday 20th April 2023 9:32 pm
Through a Child’s Eyes.
Through a child’s eyes
I saw her laid out
She looked like an angel
All peaceful
And innocent
It was as if
She had been newly born
And I thought to myself
With a child’s mind
This is death
Death is beautiful
It restores your faith
In human nature
Death is where
Finally you can be good
Her peaceful presence
Startled me
Made me ques...
Monday 17th April 2023 8:37 pm
I Want My Forever Back.
You took my heart
Like one takes a book
From the library
You never told me
I was on a return
I gave you my heart
Naively
Imagined forever
Without an end
What is this?
I’ve found a pile of library hearts
All with date stamps
Some even have fine notices attached
You didn’t even bother
To take them back
You just left them scattered;
Co...
Sunday 16th April 2023 6:20 pm
Chalk and Cheese
Not for you to tell us how to live
I care nothing for your faux wisdom
Such wise words fed to you on a silver spoon
To have walked in my shoes
Would be an insult for you
Were you crying tears
Or living in the wonder years?
As you were dressed in arrogance
Many were left in rags
And now you demand
That we live under your golden rules
I care nothing fo...
Wednesday 12th April 2023 8:46 pm
Sunny.
Did you know
That the moon paints the sky black at night,
Just so that she will shine brighter?
The stars are actually just remnants
Of paint spatters.
The moon has a sister
Called sunny.
And she’s a painter too!
Sunny’s favourite colour is blue
But she likes to paint in many different hues.
If the moon is low key;
Sunny is high
She much prefers a bri...
Monday 10th April 2023 12:38 pm
Tick With The Tock
It’s that time again
I know I am not alone
The records show
A history of millions
Each of whom
Have at some point
Felt the same
When exhaustion wreaks havoc
On old bones
Disillusion leads to further confusion
Grief has taken it’s toll
Poverty has left us to graze
In a sandy, rocky paddock
The body is weak
The mind broken
But the soul
The so...
Thursday 6th April 2023 10:54 am
Love
Love is not a place
It’s a space
It’s the door you leave open
It’s the things that you do
Without leaving a trace
Love, it’s a peculiar thing
You can’t touch it
It leaves no scent
But when you feel it
It feels heaven sent
It’s like the air that you breath
You won’t see it
But you’ll know
When it’s not there
Love, fundamental
Sometimes or...
Monday 3rd April 2023 9:49 pm
Is It True?
Should the poet
Fall out of love
With words
And the artist
Become colour blind
If the singer
Is suddenly
Struck dumb
And the author
Rendered numb
Surely
The stars
Would fall from the sky
Leaving the moon behind
To cry
The trees would grieve
Flowers would die
Missing a lullaby
For without Art
In all it’s forms
What is ...
Saturday 1st April 2023 10:16 am
I Knew the Sun would Shine.
They said I’d never make
A good poet
So I told them they could throw it
To the wind
For all I cared
I knew the sun would shine
On those who dared
And so I dared
To share
I gathered words
I wove them with emotion
Gently placed them
Into empty spaces
Sat back
And watched the wonder
On peoples faces
I took tears
And smiles
Grief
...
Wednesday 29th March 2023 8:30 pm
People Like Us
People like us
We weren’t born to win
Girl, don’t you know
We were conceived
In the womb of sin
I’d tell you a story
But it is hard to know
Where to begin
I don’t know
Where it ends
Perhaps it depends …
On what?
I can’t say
So let’s just live
For today
The pavements for us
Are not lined with gold
It’s not even promised
That we’ll grow...
Monday 27th March 2023 10:51 am
Indelible.
If I could find the words
I would put them down on paper
Yes, and there they would stay
Perhaps until the end of time
Someday
Maybe in a thousand years
If the earth hasn’t turned to ash
And my words on paper
Have survived
You will read them
And on that day
You will realise
Just what you mean
To me
Finally, you will understand
And you wil...
Tuesday 21st March 2023 8:35 pm
Stick it where the sun don’t Shine!😂
We don’t want an International Women’s Day
All we want is equal pay!
It would be great if we could walk the streets alone
Without the need to find comfort in our phones
How nice it would be
If we felt safe
Within the walls
Of our own homes!
We don’t need one day a year
What we need
Is to live each day of our lives
Free from fear!
We would quite ap...
Wednesday 8th March 2023 9:14 pm
Back Into The Grey
Dawn has barely broken
But he pulls his weary bones from the comfort of his bed
Finding his feet
As he rubs his aching head
Blurry eyed and tongue tied
He stumbles into the greyness
Of his life
Turning briefly to glimpse
His sleeping wife
As she groans and turns
Onto her side
A quick glance
Tells him there is no time
For romance
The ticking of t...
Thursday 2nd March 2023 8:50 pm
The Scent of Life
You have bathed in the ocean breeze
When life is good
It smells of freesias
Apples and pears
You waft into the room
With the scent of a life that is good
I try to remember that feeling
When life smelt of lemons
And pears
Your presence gives me hope
More than that
It makes me want to live
To dance
To breathe
But then you are gone
And I am ...
Saturday 4th February 2023 9:10 pm
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