Death 'From the 7th Seal' comes acalling (Version 1)
Haunted by the sunlight
He unspooled them all
Around the hillside in a frantic dance
Then rubbed in a cold shower the sea
Then over the clouds
Leaving them staggering
And dangling to each other
Like pale ghosts on a rose bush
Spinning their lives before them
Whether he came for them
On the beach or home
In a fragmented hush
Counting their names an...
Saturday 16th March 2024 10:41 am
Yesterday's Journeys
Your every breath
Left a trial on the path
As the moment to glow
A redness across
The bricks
Making us feel
Like you were a dragon
About to breath
Out a huge flame
As we ran down to the barge.
*
Your father it turned out
As we stepped down
The stairs to the seats
Until to run one of these
Back when you were a child
And you could always
Remember hi...
Thursday 14th March 2024 10:21 pm
Not a love poem
This isn't just a love poem.
This isn't just a sonnet
written in a classic
Shakespeare style
or Keats's
‘Shall I compare you
to a summer’s day’
This is penned
on a cold, windy day
waiting for an interview
I had arrived
early, but as soon
as I left
the station,
it started snowing,
and god, did it snow.
God, did it snow.
It wasn’t like
it came do...
Monday 11th March 2024 8:08 pm
No need for words
No need for typing out more lies
Or truths
- those lines have been crossed
Backwards and forwards
Too many times, too many different ways.
I was listening to your song again
Last night.
Or as I should say our song.
The words we would sing together.
Maybe if there is a god above
Or a way below…
But I can’t see it, I can’t see it..
Sunday 3rd March 2024 7:32 pm
No need for words
No need for words.
No need for typing out more lies
Or truths
- those lines have been crossed
Backwards and forwards
Too many times, too many different ways.
I was listening to your song again
Last night.
Or as I should say our song.
The words we would sing together.
Maybe if there is a god above
Or a way below…
But I can’t see it, I can’t see it..
Thursday 22nd February 2024 10:08 pm
Linda (Revisited)
I still recall you, Linda,
storming past Richard's table
screaming at the support band
‘Call that music’—
a symphony of chaos
that brought Ben and me
to tears of laughter,
yet only fueled your fiery anger.
Again, in the Fishbowl's haze,
I stumbled upon your clash with Mo Dave.
"What's this chatter about?"
I dared to ask,
and Dave, with a shrug,
said, 'Nothing...
Monday 12th February 2024 9:52 pm
Edward
I have been told
Pride doesn't come into it,
But that barely begins
To describe you, Edward.
I've heard whispers
Of your ninety years,
The last two decades
Marred by constant pain,
Your shoulders hunched,
Your back crippled
In armistices.
I've been told
Pride has nothing to do with it,
Yet I see it beyond
The dapper suits,
Tailored to perfection,
In the way you stand,
...Wednesday 7th February 2024 8:28 am
Understanding
I don’t understand you.
I don’t understand
The way you walk
Up and down restlessly.
I don’t understand
The way you dance
Around the dancefloor
Like a crazy Manic
Never looking at what I guess
Is your girlfriend
In the face.
I don’t understand
Why you don’t smile
instead looking at her
With what I guess
Is a look of hatred.
I don't understand
why y...
Saturday 27th January 2024 9:19 am
For Emily Dickinson
You must have been
A great thinker
And a great
Great dreamer
Just by the
Way
You stretched out
Your sentences
Across the page
And
Sometimes forgot
To place commas
For page after page.
But whether
Upon looking
Into the
Pieces
The meanings are as
Deep
As you think
There is
On whether
It was a fluke
Or an accident
I am unsure.
Lines like
‘Rain fell on the curve’
Carry so ...
Saturday 20th January 2024 9:43 pm
The Disappearing Wind
I originally wrote the
Disappearing wind in error
Instead of the
Disappearing island
And looked
Into the night skies
And listened
To the children
Chattering and mumbling
And listened to the
Drunks
Staggering home
From the Melvin
As some fell on the pavement
And others
Starting singing
Various bawdy football
Songs
And yelling various
Insults ...
Saturday 6th January 2024 11:27 pm
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