I walked the road of timeliness With patience in my pocket On a rock I lit a cigarette And caught my breath upon it I looked from hillside to the sea Old windows streamed around me Strangers one and all observed A righteous life had found me I stubbed the butt into the earth With […]
Month: March 2021
I sat upon the creviced stone
I sat upon the creviced stone And looked toward the sky And wondered what the future held And where – and what – and why Where would I land in five years time And what would get me there Why was I who I had become A man for whom I care For to love […]
Virtue and Vice
What can be said to virtue and vice That has not been said before The lifeblood and the mortal wound In the now (and times well-stored) Sagacity reciprocates And ‘learn-ed’ gives and takes Like the clouds needed for thunder’s storm With ignorance in their wake But what of you – (and […]
Our own fascination
Whilst standing on the promenade a pod of toothed whales is seen on the beach – elsewhere a dam is giving birth to a foal The mortal mind within man shouts aloud from the pier preying to Him for an eternal soul The croc feeds on cattle the hippo capsizes a boat – there’s surprise […]
My eyes
Should one worry in this world of true belief Or shed the tears of simpletons – foretold The essence of true feelings – taken – sold To fickle sorts discerning hollow eyes Choices field the art of understanding Tolerance the art of love held dear Pray – be pleased we fall for goodness Ne’er for […]
Haiku poetry XXV
the frog left anger for tranquility the pond turned the corner gently a precursor to the time of autumn leaves
sensualism 