Poetry Blog by Grant Aspinall
Time is nothing
Time is nothing GLA 26/10/20
When I find you alone in the morning, I'll spread roses for you in the rain. When the squall of the dew begins falling, as the dawn rises over the plains.
The time was nothing between us, It has seen us together in vain, the years that passed us so slowly, they have left without loss, without gain.
When I look at th...
Wednesday 2nd December 2020 11:47 pm
The Commuter
Poem set to music. to hear the song click this link
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/the-commuter
The Commuter
Verse
She takes the train to the city, and spends her time on her nails, her sharp dressed man waits at the station, and she falls into her arms. ...
Thursday 26th November 2020 8:07 am
The Hundred Acre Wood
The Hundred Acre Wood
I brought a bear from Winnipeg, from Canada he did come. I visited him in London to show him to my son.
Christopher Robin’s favourite bear was living in the zoo, and where it was he came from was why I named him Pooh.
I made up their adventures for them all to pretend, and looked after each other, they always had their friends.
...Sunday 15th November 2020 4:09 pm
J.D.
JD GLA 26/10/20
I open my eyes in the morning, Its calling to me from the shed. A bottle waits on the table If I’m able thats where I am led. I’ll pour out a toast to the dawn of the day, put on my hat, walk into the play, today, Its Hamlet we’re playing. Give me a drink then i’ll say:
Chorus: Give me a double, then another double. Give...
Sunday 8th November 2020 8:05 pm
Donner
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/donner
Try and keep it down.
Click 'Donner' above
Sunday 8th November 2020 2:53 pm
Yesteryear
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/yesteryear
This song is written both musically and lyrically as a homage to Leonard Cohen.
Please click on the link on 'Yesteryear' - above to find the music.
Sunday 8th November 2020 1:31 pm
Insomnia
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/album/spawned
Please click on link: 'INSOMNIA' above to hear the music to accompany this poem/lyric.That is if you want to of course...
Sunday 8th November 2020 12:51 pm
Dear Doctor
Dear Doctor,
Its about time I told you the truth, of how I almost lost all of my youth. With 12 admissions into asylums, in Forty odd years, the rest in recovery or drugged to the eyeballs in tears. Locked in a room-its your prison-but what have you done? Injected and jacketed, left believing that ‘You are the One’. Without window or view, for weeks on end, without a friend thats where you lose...
Wednesday 4th November 2020 10:51 pm
Portrait #1
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/portrait-of-you
Thursday 29th October 2020 2:17 pm
Dolphin Moon
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/dolphin-moon
Thursday 29th October 2020 2:15 pm
Dear Doctor
Dear Doctor,
Its about time I told you the truth, of how I almost lost all of my youth. With 12 admissions into asylums, in Forty odd years, the rest in recovery or drugged to the eyeballs in tears. Locked in a room-its your prison-but what have you done? Injected and jacketed, left believing that ‘You are the One’. Without window or view, for weeks on end, without a friend thats where you lose...
Thursday 29th October 2020 11:18 am
Miss Spentlove
https://grantaspinall.bandcamp.com/track/miss-spentlove
Tuesday 27th October 2020 5:58 pm
JD
JD GLA 26/10/20
I open my eyes in the morning, Its calling to me from the shed. A bottle waits on the table If I’m able thats where I am led. I’ll pour out a toast to the dawn of the day, put on my hat, walk into the play, today, Its Hamlet we’re playing. Give me a drink then i’ll say:
Chorus: Give me a double, then another double, give...
Monday 26th October 2020 5:38 pm
Time is nothing
Time is nothing GLA 26/10/20
When I find you alone in the morning, I'll spread roses for you in the rain, the squall of the dew begins falling, as the dawn rises over the plain.
The time is nothing between us, it has left us exactly the same.The years that have passed us so sadly have left us with no one to blame.
When I look at the past on its journey, the time comes to remenisce, I reme...
Monday 26th October 2020 12:51 pm
Yesteryear
Yesteryear GLAspinall 2020-01-15
Open the door to yesteryear you all can see him standing there.
With his maiden oh, so fair her skin like silk so black her hair.
They danced around the crowded bar to well played tunes on old guitars.
The drink flowed on into the night until the moon shone full and bright.
All could see their smiling...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 8:00 pm
Sliding doors
Sliding Doors GLA 27/08/20 82 bpm
Verse
She takes the train to the city and spends her time on her nails, her sharp dressed man waits at the station and she falls into her arms. He doesn’t know that she’s busy with her husband on the phone, on the way to her destination to her lover far from home.
Bridge She walks into the ro...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:37 pm
Wake up call
Wake Up Call GLA 2020-02-20
Lying in a hospital bed the best things are left unsaid
from my point of view.
From the heart I tell you my heart is racing too.
Give me just a few days to say the things I need to.
If I die now, I’ll have to take a bow, but let me live somehow.
My hatred left far behind, your kindness and love combined kept me tr...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:36 pm
Bewlay brother
Bewlay brother GLA 20-03-05
One eye fixed on a large centred place
Looking from inward out into space
The other blue with constricted hue
An Other-time alien formed in full view
Was that he came from the role that he took
Or did he fulfil the Golden Dawn book
We know what he showed us he gave us the cal...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:31 pm
A warm embrace
A warm embrace
A warm embrace as once they fell Their love transcended every realm And shut their eyes on lavender field ...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:29 pm
Behind that Jaguar
Behind that Jaguar GLA 2020-03-05
Behind that jaguar there is a camellia in bloom
The pink blossom backdrop
Silouettes its perfume.
His noble outline lying in bed
Knowing his place
In the country was bred
With buttons for eyes and batteries to growl
When you squeeze his paw he dutifully howls
He does not know though he guards us today
...Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:27 pm
Donna
Donna GLA 27/07/ 20
I like chilli on my donna onions peppers and tomata, swill it down with lager and a toffee honey chaser. Chilli on my donna onions peppers and tomata, swill it down with vodka and a shot of honey chaser.
Please don’t shout in my ear ‘cause you’re spitting in my beer, can you hurry up your order as I’m feeling rather queer. I’ve got this chilli to eat...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:25 pm
Washing machine
Washing Machine GLA 04/07/20
You gave it all but they all wanted more. You’ve given too much now, you’ve nothing in store. A rope like a noose tightens around your neck, then you finally know that its all a stacked deck. How could it turn into a such a crime, to waste so much of their precious time. You keep ...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:23 pm
Old home brew
Old Home Brew GLA 21/07/20
Now you wonder ‘what’s it for?’ As the man in the hat points to the door. ...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:22 pm
Leave me be
leave me be GLA 23/09/20
leave me be as I wait for the shadow across the sky when sunlight makes amends fleeting glimpses of reality.
Leave me be to make sense that stole away, leaving endless moonlit nights across the seas to drown in thought by death’s last resort decided the time had come to stop an anguished end for all to leave me ...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:19 pm
Eternal Full Moon
Eternal Full moon
Collision forces life.
Life: Eternal Truth.
Hell vs Hope= Universal Love.
Rainbow notation.
Music from a black hole.
Chemical drip.
Ocean coloured sky.
Revolving cascade.
Eternal full moon.
Compassion: Realisation:
Spiritual awakening.
Sentient being:
Life; Truth; Soul; Peace; Hope, love.
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:17 pm
silence
Silence rethought GLA 18/10/2020
Canvas still, no mark or sound.
Quiet, breath of grace traced anew.
Vast, heartfelt-undisturbed, inside, sweet spacious thundering silence abides.
Full spectrum, harmonic colour spurts. Colourless impasto hides, yet compressed then splattered onto velvet virgin cloth in rhythm as one possessed.
Delicat...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 5:07 pm
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