In the corner of an envelope Pinned tight against the wall Minuscule but mighty Two inches captures and enthrals Reading like a scrap of scholarship Like an enigma rising Striving for its own simplicity A like mind left surmising A fragment borne of intellect A fleeting moment thwarted Crossed out – re-entered – rhythmic sense […]
Category: Fiction & Poetry
I stand before the shallow field
I stand before the shallow field And whisper to the dawn And see the sunlight burst to life Before the rabid storm The squalling winter’s day precludes The swallow form her nest And drowns the harvest yet to yield And wakens moonlight’s rest It ought not be so (or one might think) – It ought […]
The ocean’s child
The ocean was his child He played with while away The sky was an absconder From a royal’s dour day He listened to the ‘Helmsman’ His wife (one day) – would replace Gravity – sincerity His choice – his saving grace I will endear myself to thee And give honour to the Crown For ever […]
Haiku poetry XXVI
A sky of emptied tears Nightfall turns warmth into winter – A wan smile – soothing
Building forever
A speckle of dust Flies in his face Defeating a smile Standing aside A wail of wind Blows by his mind Distracting a thought Where frustration resides A feast or a famine Flooding rains or dry earth Food thrown in the bin A lone man is diving Cherish the lentils The taste on the tongue […]
Sundress with a smile
Man – he stood alone and stooped Assistance offered by another man’s cane Pedestrian pavement spoke to the street As clever as clever as loud as vain Eyes they darted here and there Left – right – up – down Unfamiliar a look on ageing face – Wan smile replaced with ample frown Can I […]
I happened on a stranger
I happened on a stranger With a smile that said friend And struck up a conversation Mixed with laughter and no end Her face was warm and glowing Like the sun on sparkling sea No sense of grief or sorrow Only merriment and glee I had nothing to give her But simple innocence aglow As […]
I walked the road of timeliness
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 […]
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 […]
sensualism 