Grains Of Sand
Peer amid the Pyramids
Can you count the grains of sand?
There are more than enough there
to build pathways to a new land.
Cement them all together then
and let's do the same with man,
make the effort to bring strength
and peace that all can understand.
For in the end there will be a need
for peace if mankind is to survive,
as only without these conflicts can
we hope...
Friday 31st December 2010 5:12 pm
The World Grew Younger
Monday 22nd November 2010 12:13 pm
Brimming
Sunday 21st November 2010 7:30 pm
Sage & Onion
Sunday 31st October 2010 2:09 pm
Smoke A Joint...
Saturday 16th October 2010 2:10 pm
By & By
Friday 15th October 2010 4:46 am
As it is Johns 70th today, here is my tribute poem
Saturday 9th October 2010 2:01 pm
Hard Work
Monday 4th October 2010 10:23 pm
Through Differing Prayers
Tuesday 28th September 2010 6:47 pm
Riff Raff
Sunday 26th September 2010 10:04 am
Dreams Of Great Men
Friday 24th September 2010 3:03 pm
Is There A Ghost Of A Chance?
Thursday 23rd September 2010 11:04 am
Gaia's Harmony
Monday 20th September 2010 9:39 pm
VE Day Party
Sunday 19th September 2010 6:09 pm
How To Mend A Broken Heart
you must seek out the hidden spark,
that which lingers still within,
though it's light may now be dim...
And when you at last discover it,
be sure to protect and cherish it
with gentle warmth and actions kind
until it glows brightly in your mind.
Then strengthened with that pleasing glow,
onwards once again you may then go,
...
Wednesday 15th September 2010 7:04 pm
Nine Eleven Tribute
Nine Eleven Tribute
No words of mine or others can change what went before
We can but stand in silence and remember them once more
Though years roll by without restraint and some images fade
The sights we saw upon that day are indelibly engraved
So hear a plea around the world to end all senseless feu...
Thursday 9th September 2010 7:16 pm
Future Archaeology
Perceptions of a ragged space,
all that was left by the human race,
there's not a lot left to see at all,
as their carelessness was seldom small.
Let's dig around
in that frazzled ground,
for that's where there's bound to be,
some signs of dodgy chemistry
or maybe just a little radiation,
the sort that killed another nation,
though they sai...
Saturday 28th August 2010 11:37 am
Striking Out
Friday 27th August 2010 9:22 pm
Like Petals In The Wind
Sunday 22nd August 2010 12:18 am
Wishing Well
Friday 20th August 2010 4:20 pm
Rebel With A Cause (v2)
I am a rebel against torture
I am a rebel against pain
I seek an end to hunger
I seek an end to the shame
The shame that comes from knowing
all those children dying without water
all those children dying without names
all those children dying from war
Why do men play their vicious games
why do those men pretend to serve God
when all they want is power ...
Wednesday 11th August 2010 6:08 am
Sweet Nothings...
...
Monday 9th August 2010 4:43 pm
Isle de Menture
Isle de Menture
On that hidden island where we long to be,
nestled as it is in a pure warm azure sea,
where there are no sharks to flee away from,
just young dolphins leaping out for our fun,
afore blowing bubble rings to toss around
underneath the waves that bring that pleasing sound.
The moon is never hidden on the nights it comes to shine
and rainfall will only glisten...
Monday 9th August 2010 5:19 am
In Shining White I Mean To End This Day
Friday 6th August 2010 5:47 pm
Nornesaynce
Friday 6th August 2010 4:34 am
Free Thoughts....
Free Thoughts
Images such as seldom seen
Make me wonder - do I dream?
Forgive my thoughts for wandering
I'm in a quandary, but still keen
I'm in a quandary, pray do say
If you can point me on my way
To visions that may make my day
That may distract me - so I pray
I prey upon my past designs
My memories of delightful finds
The blend of fact and fantasy
That leave su...
Wednesday 4th August 2010 6:59 pm
In Darker Days We Gather
Saturday 31st July 2010 11:44 pm
A Certain Lady
There's a certain wistful aspect to her gentle grace
A fair haired lovely with elegance embedded in her face
Clear eyed and full lipped with cheekbones well defined
And just to top that outer view is the beauty of her mind
Such a combination must be more than many men can bear
So much for them to live up to - may they hope they can ensnare
A lady filled wit...
Thursday 29th July 2010 5:14 pm
Banjo On The Wall
Banjo On The Wall
Back home in my birthplace,
that legendary city of steel,
my paternal grandparents
taught me much of what is real
Values that they set before me
some five decades back it will be
included many of those I still hold dear,
and always will do, year after year.
Among the many hobbies that then filled out their time,
they bred British bulldogs & had ce...
Friday 23rd July 2010 7:42 pm
Tripod Tilly
Friday 16th July 2010 11:47 pm
Those Days...
Friday 16th July 2010 2:35 pm
Poetic Imagery
Poetic Imagery
Lost in the wondrous mists of our poetry
Words glazed to protect their depth and mystery
Passions concealed until you glimpse an aside
Dig deep and find where they were buried inside
Along the washed beaches of island shores
Could these be in the Pacific or perchance the Azores
No clues at this moment will I offer to you
Preferring you reach inside and...
Thursday 15th July 2010 8:35 am
Mess Time
Thursday 15th July 2010 12:39 am
Doctor Who Could Save Us
Doctor Who Could Save Us
Foraging through the future,
burrowing amongst the past,
the good Doctor travels oh so far,
but still cannot say how fast.
Companions he has often had,
but none can stay for ever,
as his life will be so very long,
so they could not stay together.
But fascination can be had
...
Monday 5th July 2010 11:40 am
Dolphins Of The Cove
Monday 28th June 2010 11:09 am
New Rules Of Sobriety
Heh there, Mr Politician man
isn't it time you took the stand
stood and told us all the truth,
no spin, no tints, just forsooth.
All these years we've heard the rest
and though you might find us a pest,
recall now if you will,
just who it is that pays your bill.
Now exactly where did all that money go,
and what do we now have left to show,
the economics...
Tuesday 22nd June 2010 6:40 pm
Last Generation
Saturday 19th June 2010 8:20 pm
Lora's Woe
Lora's Woe
On the far side of broken pride,
clinging to scraps of humble pie,
the one thing she had left to hide,
Lora crumbled a little, by and by
Why was there no light of reason that night,
her vision blurred through splashing tears,
a future so uncertain as to give her fright,
as Lora looked for comfort in the recent years
The draw of those memories sucked her in...
Wednesday 9th June 2010 3:25 pm
War Losses
I feel maudlin today, from all the news of war,
such a waste of human craft we simply can't ignore.
Who counts the cost in real terms, without any disguise
we all know the lists of lives lost, hide so many cries.
For every man who lost his life, so many more were shattered,
with missing limbs and broken dreams amongst the debris splattered,
all around those hated IEDs ...
Wednesday 2nd June 2010 7:32 pm
Hippocampus and Friend
Hippocampus and Friend
Side saddled on the flame horned sea horse
Fingering those delicate antlers as with remorse
A fairy mermaid lingered most lovingly
Thinking she should never leave him lonely
Hippocampus coronatus we know him by
A name so regal that we may wonder why
His status is not celebrated so much more
From Japanese coasts to every Pacific shore
Yello...
Sunday 30th May 2010 11:52 pm
Pop Zoo
Pop Zoo
These days we have the Gorillaz, bringing music to the Pop Zoo,
A long time after The Beatles did, what only they could do.
Down the years we've seen so many bands, such as The Animals,
I expect you can name many others, that I simply cannot recall,
but I reme...
Friday 28th May 2010 10:01 am
Dead End
This world will out survive us,
of that you can be sure.
it's seen so many species lost,
so we will be just one more.
Many are the meteors,
that have come and left their mark,
dealing death blows to the dinosaurs,
recreated for us in Jurassic park.
Damage caused by nature,
killed even more than man,
for yes, we've seen off the dodo
and many of us unde...
Saturday 22nd May 2010 6:19 pm
The Angry Man
Thursday 20th May 2010 12:02 pm
Stillness
Stillness
I feel that heavy stillness
It has come to me before
Something new has happened
Who will be next at my door
Will the phone ring in a minute
How I wish I could be sure
~~~
Night calls in the nineties never bore good news
Some made in the noughties just brought in the blues
~~~
Still that sense is lingering
Why should it seem so mean
I rack my m...
Tuesday 18th May 2010 10:58 pm
Let's
Let's
Let's push the boat out darlin'
Let's take it for a sail
I wish that we could honey
But I think we'd need a pail
For it has got some holes now
And repairs are bound to fail
Let's take the car out for a spin
Let's drive down to the shore
I wish that we could my love
But it won't run any more
For it has got some rust now
And would fall apart for sure
...
Saturday 15th May 2010 5:21 pm
The Seas Of Angst & Hope
Quietly our hearts cry behind closed and bolted doors when love departs,
while the tears that sting so deeply cascade down inside our very souls.
Oh that we could mop dry the floods that drown our hope and trust,
and thus squeeze the angst away to drain into the far distant seas
where they might sink into the darkest depths, ne'er to be seen again.
How many such floods ha...
Thursday 13th May 2010 6:52 pm
Revolutionary Recipe Books
Thursday 13th May 2010 6:39 am
Bell
Monday 3rd May 2010 8:23 am
There Was
There was a time when I was young
and still depended on my mum,
when days were warm and time was free
and events were kept fond in my memory
The days we spent upon the sand,
with crabs in buckets, spade in hand,
or out with nets on bikes across the field,
to go and see what the brook could yield.
There was a time when I left home,
for I was old enough to roam,
...
Saturday 1st May 2010 1:13 pm
Para Dice
Para Dice
It's oh so nice in Para dice
Where your numbers are bound to show
Take my word and we'll take you there
Hurry up now - it's your time to go
Such are the empty promises,
We hear them all the time
Deceitful forms of marketing
Should they not have been made a crime
Some form of holiday making
A prize you won out of the blue
Special deals you just cant pass ...
Saturday 24th April 2010 9:55 am
Stave Off
Stave Off
Stave off that anger,
that throbbing red mist,
frustration stays with you,
until you've made up and kissed.
So many have moments,
that seek to explode,
some trifling comment,
not meant so to goad.
A short pause will often
let balance back to restore,
some harmony before one leaves
and shatters the door...
©Rhumour
April 16th...
Friday 23rd April 2010 11:40 pm
Island Nations
Today our air was strangely quiet,
great streams of grey dust up in the sky,
no planes allowed to fly for fear that,
their engines would soon be clogged and die.
And if the spouting volcano carries on,
for many more days to come,
will Iceland get all the blame,
from those that miss trips to the sun.
...
Thursday 15th April 2010 5:18 pm
And If...
And if that last time was the last to be,
still I carry you ever onwards with me,
to hold and to cherish as never was known,
you with the laughter and kisses soft blown.
And if the last time is still many years hence,
We will keep that last time in a fadeless scent,
bottled in memories that sit so firm and true,
with warm touches and moist lips never to go blue.
...
Wednesday 14th April 2010 12:39 am
Too Many
Too many to love
Too many are hurt
Faceless people of this world
Trying to live in little but dirt
Oh yes there is hunger and poverty here
But still far too many find money for beer
Enough to make them so harsh and so cruel
...
Tuesday 13th April 2010 3:19 pm
What's In Store
The cats are now in,
the fish have been fed,
time to climb the stairs once more
and slip on into bed.
This day has passed in lazy ways,
though I pottered to the bakers in a sunny haze,
far more time was spent with keyboard strokes
than in exercise that is good for folks.
No matter as I feel no guilt,
no great transgressions or mess with milk,
I'll tune in to the ra...
Monday 12th April 2010 8:35 pm
Spring Eternal
Spring Eternal
On the up, off the downs,
it's always nice to leave the towns
stride across the heath and dale
let the sun remove the pale
of winter that has left us now
Spring in the air, spring in our step
if I stumble some, support me pet,
for summers many came before
and equal winters left joints sore
enough to raise a creak and groan
Yet s...
Friday 9th April 2010 7:44 am
Sometimes....
Sometimes.......
Some times I think, sometimes I dream
Of future times that may be less mean
When peeps can tell the truth all day
Not hide behind some smoke screen play
If all the world had listened well
When John imagined and did tell
Everyone that they could help change
The world from war to peace ain't...
Monday 29th March 2010 5:40 pm
The Embryos of Notions...
The embryos of notions,
can sometimes grow too fast,
leaving me clutching at ther tails,
thinking "Am I in this cast?"
My assembly line of word play,
is in need of extra speed,
do I have to bring in micros
or is it nanos that I now need.
My stumbling fingers used to cope
so much better than they can now
but all the while my grey cells
churn out phrase...
Sunday 21st March 2010 8:21 pm
Elusive Old Friend
Friday 19th March 2010 10:21 pm
Capture
Oh this need to capture,
all the thoughts that come to mind,
catalogue and present them,
be they harsh memories, or kind.
For all have their own value,
to pass on to those that follow,
thoughts on events they may too ponder,
with some fondness or some sorrow.
Hesitate and they are gone again,
who knows when they may return,
some I feel the outlines of a...
Thursday 18th March 2010 3:31 pm
Uncovered
Uncovered
Tombstones stacked against a wall
graves uncovered - they're moving all.
Hallowed ground this used to be,
But the church has gone and so will we.
Yet we linger in this misty vale,
a silent chatter, though we may yet wail,
as more earth moves aside to reveal,
the bones that time has yet to steal.
And when all our stark unclad bones are shown,
Where will the...
Monday 15th March 2010 10:09 pm
Release of the Chameleon
Saturday 13th March 2010 1:25 am
Feather Power
Wednesday 3rd March 2010 9:28 pm
Ebb & Flo
Wednesday 3rd March 2010 4:16 pm
Not Long
A little 'Kennings' poem - no prizes for guessing the subject on this one ;)
Monday 1st March 2010 10:36 pm
Bitter Pills
The air grew chill as she sapped my will
with the heat of her words and manner
though it was all on the phone and I was alone
still my skin became redder and redder
With the heat of her words and her manner
My skin went quite taught and all was for naught
as no pause would allow me to reply
so I soaked up the rage which took such an age
till my mind all but...
Monday 1st March 2010 1:20 am
Grey Magic
Sunday 28th February 2010 12:19 am
Man Still Ponders
My friend has asked for an explanation
for something that caused him some vexation
the subject that has caused him such distress
was female logic and I must stress
that none beyond the womans realm
can provide answer why when at the helm
they choose to take the route they do
that will always puzzle folk like me and you.
less moods, less ho...
Saturday 27th February 2010 10:04 am
Blue Planet
Come with us, let the power of love command,
come with us, let all join from every land,
come with us, let all hate fall from your heart
come with us, let us all make that new start.
no more angst is needed and no more sleepless nights,
bring a fresh view to proceedings, share evenly and true,
not just a share of harvests, but a shar...
Thursday 25th February 2010 5:24 pm
This Life will Pass Swiftly
Friday 12th February 2010 11:16 am
Hellections
Here in the UK it won't be long before we have to elect a new government - so here is a 'tongue in cheek' poem regarding that....
Hellections
Hellections are coming,
it won't be very long,
before our politicians try
to persuade us with their songs.
A time of tension for them
an irritant for so many,
with all those party broadcasts,
we might wish that there ...
Monday 8th February 2010 4:26 pm
Palestine...
Sunday 7th February 2010 6:12 pm
Roses Are Red
Rose are red as their thorns make you bleed
Violets are blue in the chill of the breeze
But people can bring much warmth to your life
If they simply smile sweetly and abandon all strife
September 21st 2008
Wednesday 3rd February 2010 9:07 am
Poetry In Motion
Gather them all together
pack those verses tight
place them in the boxes
make sure they're labelled right
For poetry in motion
can have meanings more than one
we've lived here seven years and more
but soon we'll be moving on
So many things to sort through
the trappings of our lives
odd tools there in that drawer
including pocket knives
All of them have meanings
that others cannot see
and may yet find them...
Monday 4th January 2010 5:42 pm
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