Hand of Hope
Hand of Hope If you are burdened by the load you are carrying on your shoulders With the weight of your own problems and the worries of others Throw them back, stand tall and let the burden slip to...
View ArticleHere lies...
Here lies... War Raw and Bloody Lives lost Senselessly in honour Medals awarded Telegrams delivered Mothers crying Wives weeping Fathers grieving Children, Not understanding Just seei...Read More
View ArticleDrifting Off, Into My World
Drifting Off, Into My World I’m daydreaming again Today I am George Feeling the salt laden spray Stinging my face As I pull on the oars In rhythm with the waves I’m on my way to Kirrin Island My...
View ArticleA passage to spring
A passage to spring (Rondine) Time marches on – left, right, left, right Slow down, draw your breath, stand at ease Allow the winter to decrease Let the ...Read More
View ArticleReclamation
Reclamation They call this a pass, a pass to where? When there is no door, for the one’s issued in orange I was too old for a blue, too young for a green And not disabled in body for a yellow. The...
View ArticleHe’s Just One
He’s Just One A New York Street after the rain yellow cabs swishing as they take the bejewelled and bedecked home to suburbia Steam issuing in a hiss from the grid iron drains resonates a silent...
View ArticleMy Aunty Oll
My Aunty Oll ‘Go on, go on, pull him down, hold him, yes, yes! Hoy! Yer dirty devil, come on referee!’ ‘Yer aunts off, hark at her,’ our mom would chuckle. Then we’d...Read More
View ArticleSocial Structure - For Animal Kingdom Calendar
Social Structure Canvas stretching the Savannah Horizon a softening watercolour Palette green and granular brown Acacia bleeds a thorny crown Paper Mache of hinterlands Landscape of Africa commands....
View ArticleA Winter Weekend
A Winter Weekend (Virelay) Snuggle back down under the covers It’s cold Stay as you are entwining lovers In hold Within your secret world be embroiled From eyes Eyes that have followed you...
View ArticleInjustice
Injustice Men of the city of London Eat Marks and Spencer sandwiches Visit the local sushi bar And drink cool chardonnay Under a striped parasol Of a trendy street café The homeless boys of...
View ArticleShe dreams
She dreams………… And lost herself in his kisses Came alive in his embrace Shivered at his gentle touch As in one fleeting moment A thousand butterflies Came alive, and Fluttered through her body And...
View ArticleLetter from the Nurse to a Friend
This was one of my pieces of work for my Shakespeare assignment, English GCSE. Shakespeare scared me rigid! Still does! However with this piece we were allowed to empathise with a character and take...
View ArticleOne Voice
One Voice The land is dry and barren, grazed by constant hunger. The atmosphere is restless rippling through; infectious. I feel it in vibration of the hardened earth. I hear it from deep throat...
View ArticleWoodland Symphony
Woodland Symphony What’s playing the tune? That the trees dance to It is the flute, In the lilting breeze It is the piano, Its keys the rising wind It is the violins, In the screaming hurricane It...
View ArticleIt’s Just a Day!
It’s Just a Day! The letterbox clattered I flew out of bed Tripped over the cat And banged my head! Damn the 14th of Feb 2004 I curse under my breath Why can’t it just be Bloody Christmas instead!...
View ArticleA Red Kite
A Red Kite ‘Look my son! Look There’s a kite flying high’ ‘Where Daddy, where? Let me see! But it has no string, No tail of red ribbons ...Read More
View ArticleThrough The Eyes of Children
Children see sunflowers As Van Gogh intended Bright full of life Not static in a vase, On a marble mantelpiece. But alive in the imagination Standing tall in a sun-kissed, Walled garden Proud and...
View ArticleAn Autumn Day!
The sun winks cheekily through the trees A teasing wind tickles the branches And the leaves shake with laughter Till they fall to the woodland stage Where they dance with excitement At their freedom,...
View ArticleHere lies...
War Raw and Bloody Lives lost Senselessly in honour Medals awarded Telegrams delivered Mothers crying Wives weeping Fathers grieving Children, Not understanding Just seeing flags and gl...Read More
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