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Hysterical Women (No.2 of 8-no make that 6!)
Acknowledment to Branwell -
his poem on cliches bump-started my grey matter into action:
"just get something on page - anything, I thought...."
Poor Anne of the Thousand Days,
wouldn’t stick to King Henry like glue,
the second of eight old clichés,
that fat git she just would not woo,
to his will, feisty Anne wouldn’t bend,
well, all the world’s a stage,
cut a long ...
Tuesday 22nd October 2024 8:33 am
Wachefeld [song version]
Wachefeld
Let’s start at the beginning
In a land of ice and snow
Where a brave band of armoured warriors
Set sail with sword and bow
To forge a new life far way
And settle in a land
Where the gods had promised riches
For each and every man
We sailed the mighty North Sea
And by the grace of Odin’s beard
Landed safe in England
Where our kinsmen were ri...
Saturday 28th September 2024 11:45 am
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
World History
One struggles beneath the ever-bearing hand of tyranny.
One rises up in revolution, wanting to be free.
One gives his life a soldier so the rest might live in peace.
One celebrates in freedom as they cheer throughout the streets.
One starts his life from nothing but is free to make his way.
One has more than his father at the ending of the day.
One worked for very ...
Saturday 16th March 2024 11:00 am
Jezebel
Dim lit, damp and distant corner
torn from dream of vapor’s fold.
Slow descent to worlds divided,
nothing hot and nothing cold.
Long ago this soul forgotten,
cast off in the ides of youth.
Un-forgiven deeds left hiding
beneath the stone of burden’s proof
Wait to see if fate redeems her.
Wait to hear if time repeals.
Sentence passed down just to mar her.
W...
Sunday 11th February 2024 1:53 am
history in the making
a wise history is a wise,
decision in the making
a wise decision is a wise,
point of decision
in the making is in the making,
of a wise sense
history is a sense of history
a galaxy is a decision in the making
a galaxy is history in the making
a wise sense is a wise sense of history
a galaxy is a wise sense of history
history is a fact of history
history is a wise fact
a wise fact i...
Saturday 27th January 2024 7:38 pm
Time Travellers - 1775
Tread gently beneath the fragile fanlight
With its curving carved ribs
framing rippling glass
Glance up to the Venetian arch with its Canaletto morning sky
And the uncoiled mahogany staircase
Treads echoing to the creak and clatter of murmurous ghosts
Peel the plaster skin from the wall
Withies within, woven by dead fingers
Stiff reeds droop with the stilled pro...
Sunday 7th January 2024 3:32 pm
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