Poetry Blog by Dean Fraser
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The Spark Of Understanding
Why is it thought such a fight
Living life within the light?
Purely expressed feelings actual
Emotional balance is only natural
There never was anyone else to blame
Personal responsibility to now reclaim
Life being ours to make of what we will
Thinking purely, truths, freedom until
Our future to be shaping and moulding
Parallel with our learning unfolding
The spark of...
Thursday 1st April 2021 9:36 am
All The Things (Happy World Poetry Day!)
It being absolutely essential
To live our life to our potential
Drifting along, getting on by
Lazy ways to truth deny
Living this way being soul treason
Finding excuses, rhyme or reason
Looking away from where we should be
Closing our minds to our liberty
My reality took a while to sink in
Inner voice screaming, making a din
To be a poet my path to take
The safe li...
Sunday 21st March 2021 9:17 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
Remembering
A man who once lived in Macclesfield, this poem was written in May 2015
Some truths are hard to conceive
Beyond what I’m able to believe
The joy remembered as tears we cried
How is it 35 years since Ian Curtis died?
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Wednesday 10th March 2021 5:12 pm
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
Taking Off The Jacket
A comfort zone is like an old jacket
Worn it for too many years
It doesn’t quite fit anymore and definitely looks tired
Shabby and worn out
Carrying on being worn because it’s comfortable
Now is always the best time to leave comfort traps
Stretching horizons
Stretching ourselves
Waking as the sun rises on a new place today
The thrill of travel
Exploring
C...
Sunday 14th February 2021 1:53 pm
Where To Look?
Pondering the question…
How to be inspired?
Meditating, dreaming
Mind works overtime looking for the answer
Information meltdown time
Taking a quiet moment…looking around seeing anew
Inspiration?
It’s in every tree...city life goes on….and yet here we have nature
Nature still manifesting as the ultimate expression of art in motion
What could be more inspiring?
...
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 4:33 pm
Connections
Our bodies borrowed from the universe
Made of stardust
Everywhere and nowhere at once
Souls having a human experience
Moving ego aside to freedom
Inspiration guiding our actions
Through universal connections
How often the truth hides
Right there in plain site
Seek and we find
I am the seasons
Life to renew
I am divine
And so are you
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Sunday 31st January 2021 3:34 pm
Wainwright - The Shaper of Lives
I first came across them when a teen
Exquisite drawings for to set the scene
Fell walking made large through illustration
Bringing to life every beauteous location
Lakelands crying out to be walked like never before
Each book read leaving me feeling I need to see more
Descriptions of crag, scree, and the valleys green
Following in his footstep to view each scene
To the Lake...
Thursday 28th January 2021 6:40 pm
Heather
A tribute to Wallasey born astronomer Heather Couper (1949-2020) and her passion for life
1986 Halley’s Comet payed its orbital visit
On the clearest, darkest night
Looking skyward with naked eyes
Comet and tail obvious against the stars
Media covered the historic occasion
The Sky at Night had a special guest
Heather Couper stood outside
Enthusiasm infectious
Findi...
Monday 25th January 2021 4:03 pm
To Dream Of Greatness
I like seaside piers; in a parallel world I’m a Victorian engineer
In this world I am mostly polite and mostly sincere
I like architecture: in a parallel world I designed Carnegie Hall
In this world I just sketch buildings, taking in it all
I like trains; in a parallel world I drive them to Kathmandu
In this world no leaves or snow on the track will do
I like trees; in a parallel wor...
Saturday 16th January 2021 9:02 am
To Dream Of Greatness
I like seaside piers; in a parallel world I’m a Victorian engineer
In this world I am mostly polite and mostly sincere
I like architecture: in a parallel world I designed Carnegie Hall
In this world I just sketch buildings, taking in it all
I like trains; in a parallel world I drive them to Kathmandu
In this world no leaves or snow on the track will do
I like trees; in a parallel wor...
Saturday 16th January 2021 9:02 am
It Must Be Him
The place is Birkdale during the British Open Golf, and a case of mistaken identity back in the late 1980’s, as related to me many years later by a friend
Seve, he’s my favourite golfer
I recognise him from TV
Look, it must be him
He’s going into that supermarket
Let’s follow to be sure
For certain, it must be him
Be discrete, play it cool
Keep our distance
...Thursday 14th January 2021 11:00 am
John
Elvis passing on, just about remember the day
Failed to move me much in any particular way
John in New York on the street he died
I confess, when I heard the news, I cried
Liverpool airport eventually after John they named
In remembrance of our very own son they proclaimed
A statue of the man they commissioned Tom Murphy to craft
To greet all travellers, I think John woul...
Tuesday 12th January 2021 8:02 am
Windermere Calls Me Back
We stayed in Bowness
Well it seemed the right thing to do
To my 9-year-old self it made perfect sense
And probably would now
Exploring the lakes
Windermere our starting point
I had been given a choice of holiday that year
Blackpool or The Lakes my options
We stayed in Bowness
The peace before mobile phones
Up early and down to lakeshore
Wandering and wondering
...Monday 4th January 2021 1:59 pm
Walking With Butterflies
Southport in August
Flower Show attracting nature lovers
I am seeking different experiences
Spontaneous decision made
Heading along the promenade
Breathing sea air
Mixed with traffic pollution
Forward into the unknown
Formby my destination
Nobody else around on this footpath
Eveyone too busy viewing horticulture
Yet here we had another kind of nature
Wildflowers...
Saturday 2nd January 2021 10:13 am
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