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I am at a loss to write
There are times I sit with pen in hand,
staring into the blank heart of the unmarked page,
as if it were a pond and I—a boy with no fish to show.
Words won’t come, as stubborn as a mule,
having wandered off to some far corner of the farm.
I am left with the rustle of the wind,
the idle chatter of the keyboard ticking time away.
Yes, in an old-world style I toy with rhymes,
abab or some...
Friday 3rd May 2024 7:30 pm
Twixt Pen and Eye
I, poet, may write of love
and in that moment feel
a meaning clear:
yet my soul knows love
my hand will never pen
You, reader, read that word
and think to know my mind
I say you cannot know the love
my heart placed behind that word, only
your sense of the love you thought you saw
The poet can never truly speak
and have his reader k...
Sunday 23rd July 2023 4:20 pm
Can You Just Not
For YOU it's fine
You can talk all the time
To this person and that
The old man and his cat
The farmer and his lama
You're good with the drama
These are the conventions
The inventions
Of a society that shrieks
That you're 'bleat-
ing'
If you write.
They are SO full of spite-
fulness.
With their complaints,
Your character they'll taint
'Your writing i...
Friday 11th November 2022 9:50 pm
Lost In Translation
From the spirit to the soul
From the soul to the heart
From the heart to the brain
From the brain to the throat
From the throat to the mouth
From one mouth to the next
From one language to another
Through the experiences
The perceptions
The assumptions
And the emotions of each listener
Changing
The original message
Is ever and forever
Lost in translation
And only if only
...
Sunday 3rd January 2021 2:55 am
You Never Knew
you think you know a guy
years, months, weeks,
day in and day out
conversations exchanged
how things were left unsaid
how we chose or chose not to be
how we hide behind the way we speak
how we say or don’t say
the things we mean
you think you know a guy
and suddenly he’s a stranger
you never knew his thoughts,
never knew the things he’s done,
nev...
Monday 12th October 2020 4:15 am
Communication
Two people
who know what they want
and express how they feel
don't fight.
There's just no point in arguing about feelings.
You don't choose your feelings
so you can't be judged for having them.
So why keeping them from others?
Express yourself!
It helps people understand.
It's called communication.
Thursday 3rd September 2020 8:54 pm
Dumb and dumber
We used to chat
On a green screen
In the pre teens
On 3310
As it was
Back then
SMS texting friends
Was the
big trend
So relieved
To read
1 Message Received
During break
Used to
Play snake
Sunday 20th October 2019 11:08 pm
Communication
I’m not speaking to you today
But I get the feeling you’ve not noticed
I didn’t touch you in bed last night
But you went to sleep just the same
And this morning there’s no change
You look at me and don’t realise
That I’m not speaking to you today
Why can’t you remember why?
Saturday 19th October 2019 8:41 am
Silent Light
Hello silence, my old friend.
It's good to embrace you
once again.
No flashing phones.
No clashing tones.
No distracting memes.
No broken dreams.
Just breathing in gratitude,
marinating the moment,
exhaling ego,
connecting to the prophet within.
Listening, learning, loving,
awakened
by the naked light you bring.
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https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4
Image by Gerd Altmann...
Sunday 15th September 2019 11:48 pm
disconnected
I rung to ask if you are okay
but really
I wanted you to know that I am not
you tell me you are doing fine, then say you trust I am
but really
you want me to lie to you, to say all is forgiven
yes, I can read between your lines
but really
I pretend I believe you, and I say goodbye
I sit still, holding the phone and wondering
what went wrong
Friday 28th June 2019 6:15 pm
Danse Macabre
Too much was lost in silence
too long the time that winds
between our words of love and passion
with communion only in our minds
Too much assumed in union
of our two souls' mute desires
but I did not see her inmost needs
or hear how quietly pain suspires
I should have peeped inside
while she nightly dreamed in peace
to glimpse her mind's apparel
as it dan...
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 2:14 pm
A Promise to You (Z)(11/01/2017)
A promise to you,
if you are willing.
You and I are worth it
No, that's not right
We are ALL worth it
We are all worth the work
and with that work divided
the load is lighter
I would love to meet her
I would love to love her
To see what you see in her
Because I know it's pure and right for you
She is wonderful
I know she is already
There's one thing w...
Monday 20th November 2017 10:12 pm
The messages
What words have passed
What said
What read
What meaning cast?
What recall flows
What thought
What tort
What grievance shows?
What edge is crossed
What line
What sign
What friendship lost?
What nightmare grown
What meme
What seam
What darkness sown?
What text is read
What hyped
What typed
What despair fed?
What lov...
Wednesday 18th October 2017 2:22 pm
Wax-Covered Communication
I tried to save you from the world,
but I was too slow.
I tried to put up walls for you.
In places you didn't even know.
But now I'm sitting by myself,
while you're out there on your own.
Wax-covered communication.
On the telephone.
I tried to save the world from you.
The light says to go.
I hope you crash into the wall,
that I built to help you grow.
I am surrounded by my boys.
...
Friday 14th October 2016 6:09 am
Hedging Bets
"Um... (sigh)...I feel, and this is just how I feel, but sometimes it just seems that...and I don't know if this is more about me than you but...it just seems that... (clammy)...do you think that....it might.....we might....I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but I...uh, I...I may be way off the mark, you know....well, I hope you know....I wouldn't say anything if I didn't care....if I wasn't passion...
Tuesday 8th July 2014 11:09 pm
Modern love
He loves me
in a modern way. He texts me
almost every day. He posts his thoughts
on facebook pages and finds
my crazy cats outrageous. I think
there is a lot we share; Music, films,
the open air. Maybe he'll make
my life complete. I wonder
if we'll ever meet?
Thursday 1st November 2012 7:11 pm
The Communications Trilogy Pt:3 Telephone
Hello friends
It's been a long time coming but Pt:3 of The Communications Trilogy is finally upon us. This time concentrating on the dreaded audio device of menace, the telephone.
I've been fairly productive recently so I will be uploading a couple more Poems in quick succession, please take the time to have a look and as always feedback is welcomed.
Telephone
Lost...
Tuesday 14th August 2012 1:06 pm
The Communications Trilogy Pt:2 Telegram
Hello again
The time has come to upload part two of my Communications Trilogy. This time the subject of my misery is the dreaded letter. A source of comfort and hope to some and a source of pain and anguish for others. As you may have guessed from part 1 I'm writing from the perspective of the pain and anguish people.
I hope you enjoy it.
Telegram
Click! Clack!
The le...
Tuesday 10th July 2012 1:34 pm
A Reimagining
Sonnets are meant to be about romance
and love.
You know? All that's good.
But why should form be contained,
can one not make love to the page
in their own expression?
I can,
and will.
Imagination like a dodgems car,
wild yet bumpy.
And I guess that's what love is,
you can try to steer in the right direction
but there will always be obstacl...
Sunday 15th April 2012 6:49 pm
cable laying
Communication of the deepest kind
across the depths of undulating oceans.
Marconi knew.
He wanted words to spread.
Isthmuses and continents are linked.
Communication.
I didn’t understand until we met
at Poldhu Cove and visited the monument,
our pilgrimage.
With your usual grace, you touched the panel.
Fingertip to bronze,
communicat...
Monday 2nd May 2011 7:35 am
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