Although the sunshine fades, we knowit will always shine again.Like magpies on the windowsill,Like glimmer on the glen.And once we find the Spring-time’s flockOf wondrous willow trees,We sit under shade – brought uponAnd ponder being this free.So free we know what comes will go,But always come again.Will life stand still just long enoughTo embrace the […]
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Memory
I could not retain the memory,could not but let it go.To toil was a suffering, to strive too hard to know.To stumble (once) against the wall,to stand and try again.Like one piece of the puzzle, lost,to find, but who knows when.It may seem like just a moment,a lifetime it has been.To lose, and yet, to […]
Saving grace
Who knows the courseOf yesterday – Or what the future holdsI know – but pleaseDon’t ask me how – My time cannot grow oldWho knows how longThe song you sing – Of life with windswept tearsI know – but pleaseDon’t ask me how – I’ve lived out all my yearsAnd when my hand Becomes a […]
the elephant in the room
The elephant in the room laments and memory falls on common sense whilst on the window ledge she sits thinking back to when she’d flirt and flit always present – always there she senses tension in the air and one diverts from glaring eyes a memory lost – a false design unease amounts […]
Limerick XXXIII
Our leaders think they know it all The limelight it keeps them enthralled They know what is best As they lecture the rest Yet flat on their face they will fall.
Limerick XXXII
Norm was a fisherman down at the pier He’d swill whiskey all through the year One day he sorta Fell into the water And that was the end for old Norm, the poor dear
Don’t tell
I have it mastered now I tell myself – and laugh a happy laugh but ne’er do tell – the secret’s safe with me I say – and yet – Don’t tell the bear or bees of what I’ve done – they love to talk Don’t tell the birds or the bards who ballads lead […]
Hannah and Holly and Jade and Jen
Hannah and Holly and Jade and Jen walked from the hills to the shore in the sun for a swim.Hannah blew bubbles and sang a tune – then the others joined in and they played until noon.They’d frolic and gambol whilst down by the sea – as the sun cracked a smileas wide as can […]
And then there were none
Ten little children all in their prime one got lost in a tunnel and then there were nine Nine little children learning to skate one fell down the mountain and then there were eight Eight little children thinking of heaven one was called far too early and then there were seven Seven little children playing […]
Limerick XXX
There once was a man called ‘The Joker’ He had a face that was perfect for poker Some thought his visa a rort He said; I’ll see you in court And was put in a detention enclosure
sensualism 