JUST POSSIBLE
JUST POSSIBLE
Is it just possible,
amongst all of the madness
and all the pain, all of
the blood and all that it’s stained,
that it just might be right
to consider once more
if there’s more to consider in
this abominable war.
I hear the phrase war crimes,
which – so far as it goes –
seems fine from the outside
but now more of us know that the
lofty amb...
Monday 13th June 2022 4:36 pm
DEARLY BELOVED ONE
DEARLY BELOVED ONE
It’s time to ask the morning sun,
sweet treat of day, to be
gentle in its early rise and late demise
in this year’s June illuminations.
May you know the need for
one of us to rest our head so
all of night’s too short dominion
be tightly matched; for sleep will
leave long-time tired eyes to open
slowly, which otherwise might catch
a ride far ...
Tuesday 31st May 2022 6:37 pm
DEARLY BELOVED ONE
DEARLY BELOVED ONE
It’s time to ask the morning sun,
sweet treat of day, to be
gentle in its early rise and late demise
in this year’s June illuminations.
May you know the need for
one of us to rest our head so
all of night’s too short dominion
be tightly matched; for sleep will
leave long-time tired eyes to open
slowly, which otherwise might catch
a ride far ...
Tuesday 31st May 2022 6:37 pm
WHISPERED
WHISPERED
I wish I’d whispered more often with a saint’s conviction,
especially when in the early hours of morning it seemed clear
the sun was on its way, to be spent sooner or later
in playful illumination of my own mind or of each lip
which has conceded and confirmed, though not concealed,
desire and reserve to tease would-be voyeurs,
overdosers on diversionary half turns ...
Wednesday 25th May 2022 1:29 pm
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