Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

musings (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Marla Joy on Lions Land.
2 hours ago

Greg Freeman on Dominoes
2 hours ago

M.C. Newberry on Combe Gibbet
3 hours ago

Ian Whiteley on Citizens
3 hours ago

M.C. Newberry on Sashaying to Byzantium
3 hours ago

M.C. Newberry on IT AIN'T ME, BABE
3 hours ago

Auracle on Festive FM
5 hours ago

Tim Higbee on Grandfather
6 hours ago

TobaniNataiella on She Says Goodbye
7 hours ago

R A Porter on Sashaying to Byzantium
9 hours ago

profile image

Contact via WOL logo

The Mortal Shore

by Dave Dunn

 

Does it really matter if I survive the day or not?
Would the planet lose some balance if I were to be shot?
The tiny changes that might follow when I do depart,
are not sufficient for most to note the silencing of my heart,
 
But yet I say to all who care to look around and see,
the value of every life on earth is just the same to me, 
though some deserve a gre...

Read and leave comments (0)

Thursday 24th March 2011 1:23 am

Musings

The Borders Of Mankind

by Dave Dunn

 

The borders of mankind are not those we see drawn on maps
but simply the limits of our travel and any accompanying mishaps.
For many centuries that has meant the globe we have spread across
but now other planets we do seek to venture onto without loss
 
As mankind seeks a better way to travel on through space,
perhaps he will then remember we are all one human race...

Read and leave comments (0)

Thursday 6th January 2011 9:42 pm

Musings

The World Grew Younger

by Dave Dunn

 

I've never aged,
'twas the world that grew younger,
look close inside,
you can see my mind hunger,
for new joys to see
and a fresh course to set,
there's just so much 
to be learnt at home on the net.

©Rhumour
November 21st 2010

Read and leave comments (2)

Monday 22nd November 2010 12:13 pm

musings

Sage & Onion

by Dave Dunn

 

How I wish the whole world was so sage
as to put aside all mistrust and rage,
instead arrive at some common ground
where solutions to our woes could be found

The endless cut and thrust of lies
has seen so very many folks demise
but who has stopped to analize
what profit ever came with all those cries?

The useless waste of modern man is plain
...

Read and leave comments (2)

Sunday 31st October 2010 2:09 pm

musings

Hard Work

by Dave Dunn

 

It's hard work racing rats,
but even worse with flying bats
and while we're in the rhyming mode
best not overlook our domestic cats.
 
For while some beasts are keen to please 
and try their best to bend their knees
there's many more that will resist 
and in their own ways say 'do desist'
 
Why is it some domesticate with ease
while others at th...

Read and leave comments (0)

Monday 4th October 2010 10:23 pm

Musings

Is There A Ghost Of A Chance?

by Dave Dunn

 

Is There A Ghost Of A Chance?
 
Do ghosts dream of what might have been,
do they ever wish to haunt another place?
Are there other ghost species like cats and dogs,
or is haunting left solely to the human race?
 
I would like to know if the dolphins and whales
that are killed with so little compunction,
can manage to spook the killers they met
and t...

Read and leave comments (2)

Thursday 23rd September 2010 11:04 am

Musings

Free Thoughts....

by Dave Dunn

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...

Read and leave comments (0)

Wednesday 4th August 2010 6:59 pm

Musings

Those Days...

by Dave Dunn

 

On those good days - I can smile without a pang
On those good days - I recall all those I rang
On those good days - my heart soars with the lark
On those good days - when I wander to the park

And on those good days, if some pain comes to my mind,
I can hold back the angst all the better because you are so kind.

On those bad days - I will reach to fi...

Read and leave comments (1)

Friday 16th July 2010 2:35 pm

musings

Poetic Imagery

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (1)

Thursday 15th July 2010 8:35 am

Musings

Dead End

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (3)

Saturday 22nd May 2010 6:19 pm

Musings

Stillness

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (1)

Tuesday 18th May 2010 10:58 pm

Musings

Bell

by Dave Dunn

 

 Bell 
Tell me
It is time to rise


Bring me back to wakened state
Early enough to contemplate
All that must be done this day
Try to balance work and play


Signals we use to define our time and place
Something in common throughout this human race
Our need to define the way we run our lives
Without such disciplines would ...

Read and leave comments (0)

Monday 3rd May 2010 8:23 am

Musings

What's In Store

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (1)

Monday 12th April 2010 8:35 pm

Musings

Sometimes....

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (0)

Monday 29th March 2010 5:40 pm

Musings

The Embryos of Notions...

by Dave Dunn

 

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...

Read and leave comments (0)

Sunday 21st March 2010 8:21 pm

musings

Brand New View

by Dave Dunn

Brand New View

For thee I pick an orchid
Full blooming in soft sun
Behold its splendid pastel shade
Its beauty hard for tongue
To capture in a moment
For words are way too young
Compared to natures beauty
All language has but just begun

Behold any small crystal
That sparkles in the light
Or try in brief to describe
A swallow in mid flight
Though poetry and story
...

Read and leave comments (10)

Sunday 12th July 2009 4:28 pm

Audio   musings

Archive

  • 2009 - 2011 (16)

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message