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
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