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THRONE
As I close my eyes
"Just a second"I say as I resist
I see shapes black circles
Moving circles
I look closer it's a tunnel
Time to float through ,here goes
I'm on a tube slide free and fast
Still dark tho ,I'm free at last
Up and down I turn corners
I almost feel a cool breeze as I move deep
Light I float now ..free fall steep
Wait for the light ...I see th...
Friday 6th August 2021 11:52 am
Dividing The Land
How far does it extend this piece of the planet we buy?
Is it to the earth’s core or as far as we can see in the sky?
Guardians of this earth, here to give and share.
How can we own the land, the sky or the air?
Revering nature by giving more back than we take.
Really any other way of living, could only be called fake.
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Sunday 25th July 2021 2:01 pm
There Is Art In This City
The big wheel is apparently not a wheel, but an eye.
Boxes of people suspended in air and time, up in the sky.
The panorama stretches out before them, a city laid bare.
A few million souls living, they look like ants down there.
Which way to serve them best?
North…South…East or perhaps West?
Culture awaits in this. metropolis, but is anything real?
Find a place to go, chi...
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 3:36 pm
Wisdom Of The Tree
He has lived longer than you or I
Standing tall amongst his forest of friends
What makes this tree so special?
Why are so many compelled to visit this exact tree?
Leave offerings in his branches
Bury gifts between his roots…
Wisdom Tree gives freely of his counsel
Wisdom Tree communicates clearly
For those with ears open enough to hear
Humanity drawn to ask favours from ...
Sunday 23rd May 2021 5:24 pm
After Salvador
I had seen him on tv in bygone times
Finding his art entrancing in my childhood
He seemed a little mad and I liked that
Wanting to understand
My mother became my oracle of knowledge
She also worked herself as an artist
Teaching me together with discussions aplenty
I came to know him a little
Fast forward into the noughties
Persistence of Memory seen small as life at...
Thursday 29th April 2021 7:18 am
Praise The Dreamers
Give Praise to the world,
To all those who'd been here before
Who made this world so much more
Than it had been.
For each tiny change,
If it took years, months or days,
Was all part of the way
From nothing to everything,
So let's Give Praise to the world,
To all those who'd been here before
And maybe do one thing more
Because we share their dream
To make this world a better pla...
Saturday 20th March 2021 7:45 am
Strong Enough
There are places I’ve been so low
Places I would not want to go
But there’s one thing it taught me to know
And that’s how to climb
There are times I have felt so weak
Times I forgot how to move, how to speak
But there’s one thing it taught me to see
The power of my mind.
I don’t think I’m stronger than I might have been,
But I’m surely strong enough.
I’ve come so far through so many ...
Friday 19th March 2021 10:52 am
Summer Rain
To walk in the cleansing summer rain
Nirvana for humans and parched ground
Pine trees, roses, the damp earth
And a thousand other scents
All at once brought alive
Teasing senses with their beauty
Thoroughly soaking wet and caring not
Simple joys of being alive…
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Thursday 18th March 2021 5:21 pm
The Only Words I Know
Alternative Title : Ordinary Song
These words I sing
Are nothing special
Just like me
But they’ve a passion
And a beauty
And an urge to fly free.
These words that you hear
They’re not worth listening to
I fear
But I’ll sing them
Give them wings and
Let them go where they please.
These words, so alone
They may not find a good home
But they exist
And they persist
And they’...
Thursday 18th March 2021 1:30 am
Nuclear
Is it because we live in a nuclear family
That we can conscience this nuclear world
As if somehow all those other people
are less significant
being them.
What if I did not know my mother or father
Did not know my aunt or uncle
What if they could be any one of the billions and billions
of people anywhere in this world
And maybe my ancestors have returned again
In Burma or Sudan or Ne...
Wednesday 17th March 2021 8:37 am
I, The Universe
The universe doesn't care about anything, because it doesn't mind about anything.
It doesn't care what it is, because it cannot see what it is, or be seen by anything.
Outside the universe is no eye or mind or mirror, no rules or responsibilities.
And inside the universe nothing matters at all,
Because everything is part of the universe
and none of it has to stay the same
and none of it has ...
Tuesday 16th March 2021 12:50 am
Spring Clean
I've got to spring clean my brain
dust off the memories
It's time to rearrange
and tidy up the mantlepiece
I'll puff up the pillows
and air out the blankets
Find new places to sit and reminisce.
I'll throw a few things out
that I'm not going to need again
I've got way too much
of sadness and pain anyway
I'd better get started
There's so much to do
Spring cleaning's way over due
I...
Monday 15th March 2021 12:29 am
Take Stock
If there was a shop selling skeins
Of all the emotions people need,
All at different prices to reflect
The value these things usually collect...
Then Joy and Laughter would be prized,
There'd be lots in stock to entice
Customers into the store
Of that we can be sure.
And Hope and Ambition, in various conditions,
All to be there for those who need,
Amongst the store of many other thin...
Saturday 13th March 2021 3:43 am
Close The Door
Close the door to all the pain
It will not help you.
Shut out all the rage
It will exhaust you.
Think your thoughts again
But try not to descend
Into turmoil.
Because you've so much to do
To ease your mind.
And how you'll do it
To decide.
And if you're going to begin
You can only do it
One thought at a time.
Friday 12th March 2021 5:34 am
A Perfect Day Is Not Impossible
I want to wake up in a cosy moment
Near the start of a brand new day.
I want to have the time to see what happens
I don’t want to get up straight away.
I want to feel as if I’ve got the energy
For whatever I think lies ahead
Or not be sure and not care either
I want to know I’ll manage anything.
I want to set off on a cool adventure
I want to go to somewhere I haven’t been.
I want to...
Thursday 11th March 2021 12:49 am
The Perfect Fit
The sun doesn't know that I'm different
The sun doesn't notice I'm here
The air doesn't know that I'm special
The air doesn't care that I'm there
The moon glows on me just the same
The moon doesn't care who I am
And time has never stopped for anyone
Since time began.
No, my dust won't be any different
Than dust has ever been
My bones won't seem more magnificent
Than bones have ever se...
Wednesday 10th March 2021 1:58 am
It Is OK
If where you are is terrible
Only think of where you want to be
If what surrounds you is awful
Only think of what you want to see
If emotions are painful
Only think of what you want to feel
It is OK to step into fantasy
And make it real.
Tuesday 9th March 2021 8:56 am
As Yet Untold
The story of my life is not mine to tell,
For it does not matter
What I thought that I might be
And how can I remember
With total accuracy
Anything from the past?
The story of my life is not mine to tell,
For I am so wound around
Other people's lives
And how have I the right
To expose them to the light
And to the world?
The story of my life is not mine to tell,
For it hasn't ended
...
Monday 8th March 2021 1:55 am
Alphabet Soup
Alphabet soup was too expensive
Instead, I have spent my life
Making poetry
Out of ordinary spaghetti
Sunday 7th March 2021 1:06 am
Seasonal
I once was as the limber branch
but now become the torpid trunk.
I sparkled under summer suns,
but now in dusky shadows hide.
Spring leaf has turned an autumn hue
The autumn scene borne frosted ice.
As winter grips in burning cold,
Comes next the springtime of the soul.
Saturday 6th March 2021 8:30 am
Poetry Junction
I am at the station
but there won't be a train coming.
Not yet.
I am looking into the distance
searching for any movement
in any direction
wishing for a train
wanting the journey
needing a destination.
I remember the blur of motion
the thrum of sound
the rush of wind
the satisfying halt.
Even before the train comes
you can imagine getting in
finding a seat
settling down
wond...
Friday 5th March 2021 7:15 am
Invest In Posterity
We invest ourselves
in our actions
for a dividend
of posterity.
Whomever we affect
carries us on
so that we do not die.
We cannot be entirely
any one
when we owe so much
to so many
who themselves the same,
and we
in turn
more than ourselves
will be whomever we've supported
So hoarding all
is the only way
to end up with nothing.
Thursday 4th March 2021 7:50 am
A War To Be Won
Happiness is victory
Though I won't win every battle
I will win the war.
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 1:48 am
Other Things To Smile About
Fear cannot hold where it is shrugged off
With my smile I am ready for life’s hardships
Other things may come and go
But my smile remains
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 1:46 am
I'm A Believer
Death is the end of all things
Death is the end of pain and blame and shame,
of sun, of rain, of work, of play
Death is the end of night and day
It brings each one of us, the same,
to the end of everything.
I say Death is the end of all things
So we need to know that's where we go
Whether we want to, yea or no,
It is what existence always shows
No matter what else life may bring,
Deat...
Monday 1st March 2021 1:54 am
United
We are at peace
when we stop wanting
We are happy
when we accept ourselves
Maybe we went wrong
when we thought we should be trying
to achieve anything else.
No doubt
there are many people hurting
And we hear about
many people getting hurt
Maybe we went wrong
when we thought life had a purpose
to struggle for.
Or is it life
can't contain true peace and happiness
Or not unles...
Sunday 28th February 2021 1:38 am
You Cannot Apply Makeup To Your Soul
Whatever my body, my soul is beautiful
Whatever my wealth, my soul is rich
Whatever the chaos, my soul is tranquil
Whatever the burden, my soul supports me
Whatever I lose, my soul will stay
Saturday 27th February 2021 12:28 am
The Growth Of Fear
Fear is such a desperate thing
It tells you many lies
It tells you that you are not strong enough
It says you shall not win, cannot survive.
Fear claims you will not cope
Feeds you despair
It tells you words that you should never trust
It says that you will break beyond repair.
But if you've ever been afraid and heard
It whispering or shrieking in your ear
Then learn from your own pa...
Friday 26th February 2021 12:46 am
Breathe
(This breathing technique turned into a meditation practice masquerades as a poem.)
< In In In In In
> Out Out Out Out Out Out Out
< In In In In In
> Out Out Out Out Out Out Out
< In In In In In
> Out Out Out Out Out Out Out
Calm In In In In In
Stress Out Out Out Out Out Out Out
Joy In In In In In
Sad Out Out Out Out Out Out Out
Hope In In In In In
Fear Out Out Out Out...
Thursday 25th February 2021 1:49 am
Path Finding
Imagine all the paths that we
Might take from where we are.
Those that keep us local.
Those that take us far.
Imagine going round in circles
Or off tangentially.
Think of trekking to a mountain
Or travelling overseas.
Imagine all the sights and sounds,
The people we might find.
The things we haven't done yet.
The places left behind.
Imagine now the path of air
From breathing in ...
Wednesday 24th February 2021 5:37 am
New Year's Dream
For the successes that we have
Are as the land,
And all our hopes and plans
As trees and flowers,
But our failings are the droplets
Of the sea and rain
And all our fears and worries -
Winds and storms.
And I am so adrift, so far, so floundering
Though there's most a lifetime learning how to swim,
Till I have thought me too far gone
Or that the raging sky and sea might never ease agai...
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 12:47 am
The Certainty Of Death
The person that I want to be
dies every day.
I never know exactly when, or how.
Sometimes it is sudden,
Sometimes lingering,
I often struggle, I often cling,
Sometimes, fatalistically, I just give in
But the person I want to be dies every day
Sometimes many times.
Sunday 21st February 2021 1:26 am
No Reason To Sigh
And so what if I'm empty inside!
Happiness still has a place here
There's certainly plenty of space here
for Joy to reside
That's what, if I'm empty inside.
And so what if I've nothing to lose!
With little worth keeping
There's more time for sleeping
Or whatever I choose
That's what if I've nothing to lose.
And so what if I've nothing to gain!
That's hardly an onus
Seems more like ...
Friday 19th February 2021 2:48 am
Hilbre
Remote idyllic islands without a single car
Anywhere you would wish to go, is not so far
Narrow causeway walked to get on the place
Bird watching, life taken at a much slower pace
Those venturing here in nature’s celebration
Time spent here like one condensed vacation
Only a few hours to be enjoyed, yet never a bore
Visitors see this a small price, for the island they adore
...Thursday 18th February 2021 3:17 pm
Slow Down
The roads where we walk, the houses and cars
Are hiding this planet
We forget who we are.
The shops and possessions, our jobs and our greed
Are hiding our purpose
We forget what we need
It all happens so quickly, there’s no time to think
But where are we rushing
At such a great speed?
Thursday 18th February 2021 1:07 am
Square One
How come it can be this hard
To climb these mountains in my path
And just a small mistake
Is all it takes to slide back down?
How come it can be this tough
To climb the steps in this building?
And just a little fail
Brings me straight back down.
How come it's never quite enough
And the journey's never easy?
Could it be because
Joy keeps falling out of reach?
How come although I ...
Wednesday 17th February 2021 1:13 am
Still Practicing
Still practicing life
Determined. Will get it right
Given enough time.
Tuesday 16th February 2021 3:47 am
Passing Through
They some expecting happy times.
They some only hoping.
They some o' them writing rhymes.
They some barely coping.
They some doing very well.
They some not too badly.
They some wonderin' how to tell.
They some struggling sadly.
They some joyful where they are.
They some not delighted.
They some long to travel far.
They some trapped and frightened.
They some goin' to change the ...
Monday 15th February 2021 12:38 am
All That I Am (Power To Decide)
1
What we have may be decided by many things
But we alone control what we will be.
We are how we act.
If the power to affect what we are and what we do exists at all
It comes from us alone, and is given and taken wherever we choose.
2
I am not magnetic,
Money shall have no power over me.
I am not eternal.
Time shall have no power over me.
I am not blind to the wo...
Sunday 14th February 2021 1:58 am
Breath On The Mirror
It is going to come
as some surprise
To those who think
that I am wise
But I hardly know
what's right to do
And I've probably done
far less than you
I'm nothing much
make nothing different
I'm usually stuck
so much for wisdom
It makes me sad
to fall so short
Not what I hoped
I'd be at all.
But this is not
the final me
I can be more
than what I've been
And in...
Friday 12th February 2021 4:14 am
Hourglass
The winds of chance blow harsh
The sands of time run fast
Caress it whilst you can
While life is in your grasp.
Thursday 11th February 2021 1:06 am
The Middle Of Being
I am
so much
in the middle
of being
on the edge
of things.
I am
I am so much
so much
so much in the middle
the middle of being
of being on the edge
the edge of things.
And I think
These are the worst
places to be
The middle and the edge
Or is it?
Or is it
knowing where we are
is the wrong kind of knowing?
I am
so much
in the middle
of being alive
on the edge
...
Wednesday 10th February 2021 1:57 am
Are Dreams Thicker Than Blood?
Now that all my dreams are gone
There's nothing to do
but carry on?
Dreams are as necessary to the mind
as blood is to the heart.
And what do we do if we are short of blood?
Surely I need a transfusion of dreams!
Tuesday 9th February 2021 2:50 am
Down But Not Out
I have rebuilt myself before
Because life often pulls me down.
I get gradually unhinged
I end up scattered on the ground.
I have rebuilt myself before
Well enough to carry on
Only to find
Never firm against everything.
Never resilient as I'd need,
But life has taught me many things,
So rather than be afraid
That this world might leave me battered,
Or this world might leave me...
Monday 8th February 2021 1:27 am
I Cannot Cling
Today's blog is another in which there are two versions of the same poem. This time we have a short and a long version. If I were to keep only one I would probably keep the long version but since they are meditations I feel like it is OK for there to be two versions of the poem.
Version 1 – Long
In Death I cannot cling to who I am or was,
I will not know or see or hear or think,
...
Saturday 6th February 2021 8:20 am
Perspective
Whatever I have done
I might have done worse, and might have done better.
Whatever I have chosen
I might have chosen worse, and might have chosen better.
Whatever I have tried to say,
I might have said worse, and might have said better.
Whatever I might be,
I might have been worse, and might have been better.
But maybe judgement at all isn’t necessary
For better or worse, perhaps ...
Friday 5th February 2021 2:43 am
Tongue Tied
The words that tell my story
To the depth it should be told
Have buried deep inside of me
And spread through flesh and bone.
I cannot catch a single thread
That isn't so firmly tied
Around my mind and lungs and heart
That if I pulled it out I'd die.
That's why forming sentences
Is ripping me apart
And as for explaining anything
Will I ever get the chance?
But just as does the lio...
Thursday 4th February 2021 9:58 am
What Lies Beyond Truth?
Today's blog is a poem (well, two poems actually) where there are two versions of the poem and I have not yet been able to settle my feelings about which version 'wins'. I feel like there should stay two versions of it.
Version 1 – Personal
If Life will be what it has to be,
And Death will come when it comes,
And all the moments that I breathe
Happiness still is mine to give myself...
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 12:39 am
Stride On
Oh...... another day .... thrown away
another pain .... nothing gained
Stride on - to the sunlight
Stride on - through the shadows
Stride on - even though it's night
Stride on - to the 'morrow
(to the sunlight)
But Oh.. another day .... thrown away
another pain .... nothing changed
...
Monday 1st February 2021 1:51 am
Just A Feeling
There is no winning or losing possible
Only what we let go of and what we keep,
Because we don't know the final outcome
Or the purpose of anything.
And positivity and negativity are as good as each other
When nothing much matters,
So it all comes down to not what we want to be or have
But what we want to feel.
Sunday 31st January 2021 1:30 am
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