At the ballot box I searched for choice So I could raise My silent voice I looked around It wasn’t heard Not a sound – Not a word They came within To cast their spell My story lost – I couldn’t tell For what I had Was hidden gold A dream to be – A […]
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Limerick XXIII
There once was a man they called Ted His State Leader made his face turn bright red He stayed home in dismay – He had so much to say But he was masked up and silenced instead.
Dread
He was sitting on the sofa watching football when she entered standing right beside him in a sundress and high heels She waved her wan goodbyes leaving just her own reflection – the reflection of a fetching woman in the bosom of his mind He sat there blankly staring at the nothingness beside him as […]
‘I’
I came to be the man I was before I became me And wandered through the time of yore one called one’s destiny I washed away those earthly thoughts and left them where they lay And walked along the greener path with no time to left to stray I sensed a smell in garden’s bloom […]
An envelope poem
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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