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Grey
Hello and welcome to my new poetry blog, some of you who know me may be surprised by my writing and those who don't know me at all I hope you enjoy it.
Quite an old one this but as this is my first entry I thought I would start as I mean to go on.
Grey
As the grey old man slips his niche
He discovers the heavenly pleasures of the world
Also he finds that dogs on ...
Monday 28th November 2011 6:56 pm
My Lifeboat
The whirlpools of loneliness
were pulling me down,
you were my lifeboat.
With all my effort,
I forced myself
to push towards you.
Your kisses, your smiles
your touch saved me
from my lonely life.
Tuesday 22nd November 2011 11:15 pm
on lundy
Lundy was a distant man.
Aloof.
Towering.
A misty man.
Severe.
I thought
“Poor man
he’s been battered by the ocean
since time
began.”
Lundy kept his shroud in place
I could not see his face
his granite nose and chin.
He would not let me in.
Three light houses had he.
I thought
“Silly Lundy!”
Because the first...
Friday 13th May 2011 8:55 am
Aloneness
Have you ever felt the icecold
gales of aloneness?
I do not mean
lone lee ness
which is something altogether
different –
simperingly subjective
and even desirable
(artistically considered).
I do not mean
dejected
forsaken, forlorn,
deserted or desolate,
neglected or torn;
for those words are shallow
compared to "alone".
I mean aloneness –
some subterra...
Thursday 28th April 2011 5:55 pm
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