Poetry Blogs (2020, Po)
WOL and a coffee
WOL and a coffee
This morning reading poetry
Like I often like to do
To start my day off gently
I could be reading you
If you post on WOL
Where often I begin
To see whose posted stuff
I often just drop in
It might something funny
It might something sad
It might be something great
It might be something bad
It might be something current
I...
Friday 5th June 2020 11:36 am
Clouded Judgement
Clouded Judgement
I wandered lonely as a cloud
In sky’s so clear and blue
I wonder what people see, me, or is it you.
Wonderful azure serene and blue
stretching on forevermore...
Or a tiny cloud that’s Oh! so small
and gone within the hour.
Po
Sunday 24th May 2020 7:26 pm
Let me out!
Let me out!
Since I’ve been in ‘lockdown’
it’s been sixteen weeks so far
I invented an imaginary friend
I collected her from the station
in my imaginary car.
We chatted on our journey
back to her new home
She asked where I lived
I told her it was Rome.
I live in Norwich really.
Rome sounded much more posh
"Oh! do you know the Pope"?
see en...
Thursday 21st May 2020 7:39 am
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
This poem was inspired by a previous one...
https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=102521
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
I wonder if the Reaper likes a cup of tea
He could join us at my tea party
I’ll invite him along to see
He could sample my tasty layer cake
and my posh conserves
maybe he’ll be nice to me
And I'd give him his just deserts
...Tuesday 19th May 2020 8:29 am
‘Without so much as a by your leave’
‘Without so much as a by your leave’
I called for death, but death just passed me by
and as he did he looked me in the eye
“I don’t have time to stop and chat”
with that, he waived his scythe, and that was that.
No interest in me he had, just left me feeling alone and sad
to ponder on my fate and plight as he drifted off into the night
Come back, come back I earnestl...
Monday 18th May 2020 10:46 pm
Oh! Death where is your sting?
Oh! Death where is your sting?
I have no fear of death
It’s death who doth fear me
For I am invincible
The Reaper can foresee
The day he comes to rip my soul
from this mortal coil
His efforts will all fall in vain
then again he will recall
Oh! dear death you have no hold
no fear in me resides,
you’ll return again, alone,
I’ll be not by your side
...Thursday 14th May 2020 3:47 pm
Signum crucis
‘Signum crucis’ Sign of the Cross times.
The pews are all empty, cassock hanging back of the door
The bible covers closed, no congregation to read it for
No hymns being sung, the cloisters deathly quite
Yet my minds in turmoil, my Soul’s running riot
The bells are all silent, no sermons proclaimed
No prayers being prayed, no candles aflame
Standing at the graves...
Thursday 7th May 2020 9:34 pm
‘Signum crucis’ Sign of the Cross times.
The pews are all empty, cassock hanging back of the door
The bible covers closed, no congregation to read it for
No hymns being sung, the cloisters deathly quite
Yet my minds in turmoil, my Soul’s running riot
The bells are all silent, no sermons proclaimed
No prayers being prayed, no candles aflame
Standing at the graves...
Thursday 7th May 2020 9:30 pm
Unmarked grave.
Unmarked grave
I will write to you on another side of death that is waiting for many
Laying in a box with eyes covered by pennies
For to pay the ferryman as she transverses’ the Styx
She lies now prostrate' our benevolent testatrix
Charon bends his blades with sweat on his brow
No more tomorrows, gone is her now.
Only her past, to dissolve assuredly through time
Only bones now remain.....
Tuesday 5th May 2020 6:46 am
Hades
Hades
So in time-honored tradition, the poet writes his lines of verse
The rhymes seem to elude him the more he seeks the further from the rhythm he falls
deeper, deeper into an abyss that consumes all light, and the darkness envelopes him.
Hope dissipates with each beat of his slowing heart. The air is thick with a dank all-pervasive stench.
His lungs constrict and contract unable ...
Monday 4th May 2020 11:18 pm
May the forth be with you. by Poda
May the forth be with you.
By Poda
Today is May 4th
Some call this day ‘Starwars’ day.
It does not need much imagination to see why this is... If, that is you have ever seen any of the ‘Starwars’ films. Of which by now there are many.
If so, you will have heard the phrase “May the force be with you” said many a time to many a character in many situations in every single one o...
Monday 4th May 2020 7:52 am
A poem for Jon
Once again I have written a PM to an old friend here at WOL
my reply to him sums up I feel what so many must be feeling at this time.
I know he will not mind me posting this on my Blog.
He has been and still is a constant support to myself and many others here.
So a poem to my friend Jon...
Jon, Jon my old friend I made you cry!
Tears of laughter... that's the...
Sunday 3rd May 2020 11:14 am
Tracks of my tears
Tracks of my tears
Upon the window
once so clear
I awoke to find
translucence there
With the sinking moon
on natures scale
the fulcrum pivots
a sun so pale
To melt my random
patterned vale
the frost had crafted
with such detail
Till dissolving
almost out of sight
a drying tear track
now marks its plight
This no metaphor
...Friday 1st May 2020 6:00 pm
The old man in the doorway
The following poem was inspired by my friend Abdul's wonderful recent poem...
"Prayer for the safety of the old man"
The Old Man in the doorway
I was that old man who stood at the door
When people passed by they would look at the floor
Or maybe the ceiling to avert their gaze
Less to make eye contact would cause them malaise
As if like a leper, contagious was...
Saturday 25th April 2020 11:25 pm
New Dawn
New Dawn
I pray here on my own all alone
I’m praying for peace for us all
I’m praying for guidance please lend a hand
but as I listen in meditation deep
my thoughts are drowning the words that I seek
Help me to hear with Samuel's ear
I sense you draw near as we speak
a tear starts to fall I know you're hearing my call
and can see all my pain as I weep
The tears t...
Friday 24th April 2020 9:49 pm
Six pack
My bottoms sadly sagging
my belly's almost flat
without my daily pinta
drawn from the vat.
I've got withdrawal symptoms
like I've never had before
Because Corona virus
has got me locked down here indoors.
Po... Not my normal six pack!
Thursday 23rd April 2020 9:15 pm
See told you d.
She is so light-footed
she is so swift of mind
as a dancing partner
She is fabulous I find
I have two feet
both of them are left
they never do what I want them to
at dancing I'm bereft
I don't have the rhythm
Like my poetry never rhymes
I am useless at that as well
at wit, I’m also blind
I can’t see the point
in writing stuff in rhymes
I can’t even think of a word
to write at the en...
Thursday 23rd April 2020 7:37 am
More tea vicar?
More tea vicar?
I am as mad as a Hatter like that character of ‘Lewis Carroll’
I’m having a party, dressed in his apparel
I’m inviting some friends, to come and join in
We’ll be drinking tea, and there are songs we can sing
There will be yummy cakes to eat of all different kinds
and tales to tell to entertain our mind’s
There’ll be joy and laughter, and Oh! so much f...
Sunday 19th April 2020 11:43 pm
Times of yore
Inspired by 'Jason's wonderful poem "Birdsong".
Which I was reading whilst the news was on the background reporting on 'domestic abuse' cases rising., as a result of COVID 19 quarantine’s rules.
Times Of Yore
Unison sings in this birdsong poem
to remind us of 'times of yore'
when the only chatter coming down the line
was the repetition of that old jackdaw.
Or t...
Monday 6th April 2020 8:02 am
A poem for Moon.girl
Walking towards the light
What a waste. What a shame.
Lost and gone before you came.
The spot light dims no shadow cast
behind illumed face or darkened arse.
The curtain falls, the audience leave
disappointed and deceived
Your name in lights bulbs all blown
Dark forever. Not a fate condoned
Your loss because another rises
fame assured, because of your tantalizes
Walking casts a ...
Saturday 4th April 2020 3:45 pm
Ramping it up
Ramp it up ramp it up, the UK’s ramping up
Now it’s all about the Covid checkout
Come on, ramp it up!
It’s the latest Buzz-word used so extensively
at every opportune moment, daily on TV.
Ramping it up, that’s what we're doing...
If you can believe, half of what the PM’s saying
Who could disagree?
A sterling job we all commend
Our fabulous Nation Health
...Friday 3rd April 2020 10:25 am
Cue the manic laughter!
Cue the manic laughter
Following on from my previous blog* there is more I'd like to say
when it comes to Global culls there must be a better way.
Many theorize that ‘Covid virus’ is part of a deadly plan
reducing the population, killing women, children, man.
Well there is a flaw in this plan if you think this through
whilst we’re locked in quarantine, we know what many wil...
Tuesday 31st March 2020 9:12 am
Baby Boom
The latest scientific research seems to point to the fact that if your parents did not have any children you are 99% likely to not have any either.
In nine months time a baby boom ( I know its a tautology )
will be resounding across the world
During all of this captivity, much sexual action will unfurl
Boys and girls will be popping up like there is no tomorrow
Bringing lots of...
Monday 30th March 2020 10:42 am
bleat bleat bleat
bleat bleat bleat
i have to say I find it strange
when folk get angry, become estranged
it’s not as if its a big surprise
to see the death toil daily rise
if now you can not find a bed
or medical care and end up dead
it's not as if you were not warned
this pandemic virus spawned.
flatten the curve being chanted
politicians platitudinously daily chanted
...Saturday 28th March 2020 8:05 am
Another Victim
Another victim
.
Tearing though the sinues in my skull
sucking all the air from my lungs
Gasping for breath.
I could feel my very soul departing with each exhalation
Drowning in a vacuum of hopeless turbulence and despair.
As I stepped out upon heavens stair.
Nothing... Nothing now of me remained
Except, engraved upon felsic intrusive igneous granet
‘C...
Friday 27th March 2020 8:05 pm
Ovid on the Covid
Ovid on the Covid
In Augustus times Ovid wrote
many a poem about sore throats
He was truly inspirationally to a lad like me
I searched the library for this cononical poet
For yes he was one, if you did’nt know it.
I feel like Ovid myself now... banished in exhile
because of my ‘carmen et error’.
How I enjoy his elegiac meter and erotic themes.
I am re...
Friday 27th March 2020 7:36 am
Two Steps Away
As some of you are aware I work in a ‘key field’
If any of you watched ‘Murder 24/7’ on the television earlier this month you will have seen how we can track people very accurately via several different methods... very accurately to within a few feet, and within seconds, in real-time!
‘Hypothetically’ potentially if you are having a BBQ and there are more than two of you we could add your n...
Wednesday 25th March 2020 9:24 am
Far Cough
People must not cough near you
they must cough far away
If you hear someone coming
Tell them to...
FAR COUGH !
Po. 24/03/2020
Tuesday 24th March 2020 9:34 am
Closed minds
Closed minds
My hands reach out to touch you
To break a binding spell
That grips you oh! So tightly
How far my friend you've fell
So insidious and commanding, compelling you to obey
Implanting words inside your mind, the things you're meant to say.
Thinking these thoughts are yours… because this is how you think
Your eyes opened wide., and yet so easily hoodwink...
Sunday 22nd March 2020 8:32 pm
Masking the problem!
Good morning Doctor, I have a nasty cough
Can you sign this chit, so I don’t get laid off.
How long have you it had it, I’m duty-bound to ask
and, since you are here, take off that silly mask.
I am just being responsible as we all should do
Unlike you, you silly arse, you haven't got a clue
Where is your face mask to protect you from the goo
I can’t f’n get one, because o...
Friday 20th March 2020 11:21 am
Dying for your touch
Dying for your touch
The music saddens her heart, her eyes well tears of sorrow
that leave indelible tracks upon her cheeks so pure
Her red lips tremble as her body quivers.
Last night, last night she dreamed once more
About that man upon that distant shore
Never again will she feel his tender embrace
Or the warmth of his breath as he kisses her face
Their tw...
Thursday 19th March 2020 11:26 pm
Cheapskate
Cheapskate
So home from work another day over
switching on my laptop
First stop, WOL... It looks like a hostile take-over
Every comment on the right
my name is there to see
I spent a while commenting,
‘Poemagraphic’... that is me
I read a lot of other’s poems
some are rather good
so I leave a comment,
Cos. I think I should
If you find I’ve wr...
Tuesday 17th March 2020 10:58 pm
A man in Grief
A Man in Grief
It must be very difficult
To be a man in grief,
Since "men don't cry" and "men are strong"
No tears can bring relief.
It must be very difficult
To stand up to the test
And field calls and visitors
So she can get some rest.
They always ask if she's all right
And what she's going through,
But seldom take his hand and ask,
"My friend, but how are you?"
He hears h...
Sunday 15th March 2020 9:18 pm
Mindlessness’
Mindlessness’
My mind sitting passively in a pensive mood state
feeling receptive, thoughts to relate.
Calling to a sphere outside of my vision
no fear in the least the slightest derision
When soon into focus comes ethereal plains
where the muse can transfuse some spiritual gains
Wondering if that wondrous thought of inference
is a figment of my mind or ...
Thursday 12th March 2020 10:32 am
Apotheosis
Apotheosis
Apotheosis is a way of seeing
all things as they appear to God
Can avoid within a universe of being,
hiving energy in comprehending
the infinite – not stifle pansophy?
Apotheosis is a way of seeing
energy – without creating or destroying,
without mundane perceptions – as, purely
a void, within a universe of being
all life must be repudiated; cleansi...
Tuesday 10th March 2020 10:52 pm
LGBT
...Mr. Kotula is a fervent Catholic who believes he is fighting in a noble cause, saving his region - where he says 75 percent of people are regular church-goers - from a rising tide of Western moral corruption and secularisation. He says he is acting “for the sake of my grandchildren”.
(...The visceral reaction of the establishment itself belies the fear among the Catholic church of increasin...
Thursday 5th March 2020 8:50 pm
The UNDERWOOD. Page 9. Chapter 3
The UNDERWOOD. Page 9. Chapter 3
The story continues. “The Journey to the Summit"
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‘The Astrology Orchard’
A forest falls upon my gaze, ethereal voices break the haze
obscured by ancient mists of time like an all-immersive pantomime
Lines of trees standing tall and straight block our passage with no gate.
“H...
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 8:31 pm
Visions Convergence
Preamble to: The UNDERWOOD. Page 9. Chapter 3
The story continues. “The Journey to the Summit"
Coming soon!
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Visions Convergence
Many taboo places in our heads say never go
Without rhyme or reason, it seemed we'd reached a high plateau
We can see distant horizons, far vistas come into view
We long to reach ...
Sunday 19th January 2020 10:39 pm
Visions convergence
Visions convergence
There are certain taboo places my head and heart says never go
Sometimes without rhyme or reason, it seemed I’d reached a high plateau
Where I can see distant horizons, far vistas come into view
I longed to reach up further, higher my heart says, adieu
I clambered all the way, to reach this lofty summit
My head is feeling dizzy, my heart begins to ...
Monday 13th January 2020 7:27 pm
You are in the spotlight
You are in the spotlight
A poem can be like a miniature book
It’s title the cover, to entice you to look
You can’t judge a book merely by its cover
You have to read on to truly discover
What treasures or dross are on each page
Like watching actors play their part on a stage
As the plot thickens a spotlight so bright
Highlights the victims terrible plight
A...
Friday 10th January 2020 11:12 pm
That fateful day
That fateful day
I hear you coming up the stairs
The cause of all my hopes... and fears!
I know for certain what’s in store
My life ripped apart... and what for?
So many times, black and blue
Because the abuse, caused by you.
Sometimes scars left, never fade
Every mark you’ve ever made
Broken ribs, broken nose
God how many? Cos. Only God knows
Mostly...
Monday 6th January 2020 8:14 pm
Dying for your touch
Dying for your touch
The music saddens her heart, her eyes well tears of sorrow
that leave indelible tracks upon her cheeks so pure
Her red lips tremble, as her body quivers.
Last night, last night she dreamed once more
About that man upon that distant shore
Never again will she feel his tender embrace
Or the warmth of his breath as he kisses her face
Their t...
Sunday 5th January 2020 11:35 pm
KREED KAFER R.I.P.
KREED KAFER R.I.P.
A faker, a forger, a liar was he
Making my religion, look a mockery
I saw through him in an instant
It was blatantly obvious to see
The truth in plain sight, who was this man Kreed
This deceivers lies, all his followers believed
The self-deluded imposter, keep many a fan fooled
Even after his fame waned, and his popularity cooled
“Never...
Saturday 4th January 2020 11:52 pm
Washed up upon our shore
Washed up upon the shore
My winter solstice sabbatical, is now almost at an end
Come next Monday morning, more evil will I portend
For I am a silent witness, eradicating evil doing
Chasing down the demons, bring about their undoing
Casting out foul followers, of the darkest lord
From our local coastlines, from countries far abroad
The innocents that suffer, in small ...
Friday 3rd January 2020 1:18 pm
A message to a friend
After typing this pm below I thought I would post it here for all to read
It is NOT poetry, it is just what I firmly believe to be the truth...
Hi ******** yes
We forget how grand it is.
WE also ******* do not always comprehend how much a single press upon a key can destroy a person and indeed now a whole nation.... Fuck maybe even the whole of humanity's existence.
With the p...
Thursday 2nd January 2020 12:20 pm
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