There was an old man named Ron He was as silly as others were strong He drank like a sink And fell in the drink - And when he woke he was wearing a thong
Limerick X
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Limerick IX
I knew a conceited young woman named Pat Who had trouble describing her cat She’s big I suppose With a really long nose So like you then; a liar and fat
Limerick VII
I met a mate at the bar near my house (He was lucky his wife let him out) He drank like a sink Gave a young girl a wink Then she hit him and called him a louse
Refinement
A whistle blows – silence grows Alerted to a warning Like iridescence in the sky One lustrous summer morning Darting from the here and now The future’s in alignment To my cloud – I float – I fly A life’s divine refinement
Those I know
I stand before the solitude Of life with nothing in it And look into the deepest well Run dry over the season And as I look I think and dwell Of anything beyond it Horizons yet to spark a light Or freeze the nightmare of it I sound a warning to the sky … Continue reading Those I know
Limerick I
I once knew a young man named Stuart who remembered a moment to rue it he loved money so much that in one ruddy blush he bet it all on a horse and he blew it
Whenever a sparrow flies into a swan
If anyone ever can be what they weren’t and cry for another with reciprocal yearning Then one and the other make two now and ever and bloom in the spring-time a flower that’s better With her and him in a garden of colour they sprout from the soil like a father and mother … Continue reading Whenever a sparrow flies into a swan
Haiku poetry XIII
The mud shakes handswith the sole of my shoes - a cloudburst shakes the sky
The waiting room
The waiting room with patients – and patient understanding Looking down the phone rings loud destroying sounds of silence The baby cries the mother meets demands and tempered toils The doctor calls the chair departs opinion turns to spoils Unknowingly the reason why she sits in care-free room Her arm … Continue reading The waiting room
Haiku poetry XI
Waterfall - Cascading From the mountain in my mind
