Poems

I read some lines not long ago I’m not sure what was meant Was the reason from the heart Or comedy the main intent Insanity is never far away From anyone who enters here And reads what someone’s written And posted year after year But I think the field is so much wider...

A Surfeit of Bushmills I’ve not always been me, I used to be someone else Lots of someone elses , Of course some parts are constant. But the add ons Like cruelty or love Change, Or are watered down, Beefed up, Even dispensed with. You always retain the capability To...

She was old, possibly Jewish I was young and not ‘Its cold,’ she was rather shrewish I replied ‘I’m hot.’ This had gone on for some time when Looking rather strange, She sat me down and called me Ben Asked me to arrange, For me and Steve to visit her Though she called...

I no longer sing a sad lament Of all the wasted hours I have spent In dark jungles green with rivers deep Where even the hard men stood to weep. I no longer sing a sad lament Of unhappy hours that I have spent In army planes above treetops tall With my thought not...

As I gush forth with deep dark emotions Dredged up with pain from life's torrid ocean I contemplate all that has gone before Leaving me adrift on war's bitter shore. I suffered life a tormented child Always unruly, and extremely wild Bereft of having a father at home...

He stands up straight, waiting his turn, What happens next, his fate he'll learn No regrets for him, he's served the crown, Never looking back, not backing down. The list is out they've called his name, He's taken lives, will he be to blame? A stern face reads, the...

Buckets and spades hang on the wall In the garage, they look so forlorn But soon they’ll be washed almost like new As school summer holidays dawn Tents will go up in the garden again As owners test proofing and guys Inflatable mattresses all checked for leaks Sleeping...

A few short weeks of sunshine A few short weeks of bliss All too soon we’re wishing For rain’s refreshing kiss We cannot cope with sunshine It seems to fry our brain We use our love of gardens To make us long for rain Other people manage Think of France and Spain We...

Somebody said it would be an idea To build a raft to go over the weir Before we knew it we all had agreed And started a list of what we would need Oil drums,rope and a pallet or two And as for oars we would have to make do But help from a friend to bolster the cause...

I am not a celebrity, so do not try to research me, I wrote no diaries, you will not be able to read of my prior feelings, My family came with me, and cannot verify anything I say, My village no longer exists, and neither do my neighbours, The only people who could...

When I was strong in my youth my son, When I was young and so in my prime, There wasn't a pace that I could not set Nor a mountain that I could not climb. When I was strong in my youth my son, When I was so brash and sure like you I then served with the Nations very...

For never will my eyes sore bleed Though solace is my sorest need Death nor has compassion spare It neither heeds nor does it care It took away my own true love My only sweet and precious dove Buried now beneath green turf Where beds of crimson roses surf Across the...

In a shoebox of random pictures Among the tools and unmatched crockery Cheek by jowl with snaps of commodores And smiling maids outside the buttery Yours was attached to a cardboard frame Signed the Novelty Studio, Plymouth. Not back nor front does it give your name...

Oh come fly to me on Emerald wing, With your poetic voice of Angels sing, Such sweet abundance just articulate, And charm the world before it gets too late. Virtuosity-Bellicosity. Oh serenade for all down trodden folk Just sing of loving times; or tell a joke Sing...

Why is it, after the realms of mortal combat That the blades of bloodied steel stays sharpen still Some Warriors fight, and are then much exalted Whilst some honest Soldiers kill against their will. Some think that to kill; to joyfully watch blood run Is nothing more...

I rake the embers of burned out fires of past conflict, Hoping to unearth, still glowing coals of human goodness. Yet in bowels of hell, discarded, weak and lonely congregate, My own constant weakness denies me the right to help them, Yet my faith in some God, and my...

Soft burning smell of Winter's lost leaves Long discarded from the treetops high Smoke lilts on breast of December breeze Curls lazy, to darken flush pink sky. Red sky at morning is sailors warn Laid bare by the north-east moaning winds A soft white snowdrop is gently...

I oft' refer to myself, as MR LESLIE Cos the USA folk, don't know how to address me Some call me Mrs, and some even call me Miss And some of them send me a whopping great kiss. Some even still think that I'm just an old slime But they'd better call me it, for the very...

Held you,fed you,changed your bum Babysatt for your Dad & Mum Laughed with you and hugged you alot Encouraged you when you were on your pot Smiled with you when you made me laugh Got a soaking when you were in the bath Talked you around when you had a mare Felt upset...

Born with nothing and still the same As pass I through a childish game Of life its future only lent Which in the end cannot prevent The gruesome shadow of my death As the grim reapers fetid breath Feels so red hot upon the neck Of youthful body now a wreck. In spite...

Should we not then wander, through such sweet lands of golden verse, To write of love and beauty, given from our Lords own bounteous purse. And as the quill, touches the virginal satin white of hungry paper's silk, Then from poets aspiring minds, such tender words he...

Good friends do gather upon this site and others, and in as such, do whispers truths and praises that do lighten the heavy silk of poetic verse. BUT YET! They can, and should offer such words to guide and help their fellow poets, but only when requested.

Why do you sit and search your soul Recalling events that have passed When you lived each day without a care How long would your happiness last The future was there on the horizon The world was your oyster it would seem Then a special someone entered your life Could...

Why did they have to shoot me I so enjoyed my avian life Flying high above the battlefields Away from care and strife I perched and ate the bird seed And sang my little song Flew like an angel in the sky I was happy all day long I perched there in the treetops Even...

She of barbs, so poison horned, Nothing worse than woman scorned Heart is hard as gunmetal blue, Is in this body of a shrew. Eyes now covered with a mist, Twisted lips had not been kissed; In every word that she was taught, Was dripping poison of some sort.. Broken...

Crystal Winter cascades blue grey skies As cold winds sweep up autumn’s brown leaves Then whistle through limbs of naked trees Cleaning earth’s surface with a new broom. Evergreens bow in supplication, Curious snowdrops virgin white peep out From bosom of warm Earth's...

I felt the fear in her muscles our bond impenetrable broken only by a bullet. ‘Run my baby, run’. She shook me free, from her dying breath. ‘It is too late for me now you are the future, run!’ So I ran and could not bare to look back at her stillness. I ran into some...

Dazzling sunbeams Carry dreams of Summertime; Barbeques and garden fetes Home made cake on paper plates. Cricket teas and homemade scones Ninety-nines in ice-cream cones. Ploughman’s lunch and ice-cold beer Fish and chips sat on the pier. Picnics and towels on beaches...

I’ve loved and lost and lost again But I can never stand the pain Of losing you. You say you hate the different moods Of jealousy and fighting feuds I know it’s true! My love for you is much too strong I know that I am doing wrong I love too strong! My life without...

Blue, pink, and white; red, yellow, and green The most awesome sight a child has seen Floating in the balmy summer breeze They all bob, turning with grace and ease. Skipping lightly over tree and house Scattering the flocks of swan and grouse Weaving and diving...

Marooned deep in the space of your heart, to fly heavens with the stars in your eyes Running hands through gold of your silken hair, we flow with sweet dreams, on feather cloud sighs. I live my life in your radiant light, whilst gazing through, your open door of love...

If the sea is scarlet yellow, and the world is now orange pinks, does this mean a cat can bellow, and the colour of gold then stinks? If my own thoughts are deepest blue, with fluctuating highs and lows, does this mean, red of Irish stew should smell of purple up my...

I close my eyes, and you're not there, For you have gone, I know not where And as I call your name out loud, Your face floats by on silken cloud. I seek and seek but you're not there As into crowds I constant stare Once in a while, I think you're found But then my...

I have travelled countries far and wide Nearly every foreign dish done tried Until! One pleasant day in Far East land I saw beauty lying on silver sand Her skin was tanned: Tresses golden fair Her lofty countenance was without care I saw her quite naked on beach of...

It is with bated breath of wizard’s hope I gaze o’er the rooftops at stars on rope Malevolent face of Satan’s brother moon He has a smiling face, this round buffoon. Vile witch and goblins all come out to play Concocting potions in their evil way To spray it around...

In a town once named GoldenCorn, In this dear land, where there were born, Such maidens fair and knights of bold, They wore long hair in plaits of gold. Dragons roamed this fairyland Of houses made of course fine sand, As wizards wove their magic spells And elves wore...

As wind moans soft through whisper trees, No one then heard the maiden's pleas They'd wrenched her lover from her grip Took him, to a cold prison ship. Then to a place he'd never seen Away from Ireland's fields so green As convict, he now bore the name His life no...

I foresee the peace of a wonderful land Completely shattered as by turn of hand See all peace cracked like a fragile glass pane Promises broken will cause trouble again. Promises broken for corrupt ambitions with such bad laws made by the rich politicians. So that...

There’s your indent on the other side of our bed And an empty hole where my loving heart has bled Folk see you photographs still hanging on our wall So many times I smell your perfume in the hall. [Now my first real love has left and gone away] Oh memories that hurt...

The deep pain he thought, was in the past, As long black shadows consistent pass Evil aura spells of no escape Invade his mind. Yet once more they rape. So he seeks another psychic plane, To rid himself of this bitter pain; The heart hurts from it being stretched,...

I gaze upon sweet nature still Amidst bright yellow Daffodil. Majestic tall green pine trees wave As dark brown bear sleeps in his cave. Here I sit in soft morning sun Yet I do know; God’s will be done. As I gaze on hills of flower Awed as his amazing power Whispers...

Bacchus you are hereby accused of rape Of a world dependant on the liquid grape As you are the God with face of purple flush Not so much a God, yet more a drunkard lush. As the fiery hot liquids touch the lips Man’s good senses, over a bad habit trips And as the...

Oh peace is now my heart’s desire Sat in front of my glowing fire Watching the coals spark in the grate And hear the squeak of our old gate. The winds sing soft, deep in the night I snuggle down so warm and bright Never more do I wish to roam, Not to then part from my...

Light for me a candle as I pass away, The Lord has called, and so I leave today I must go! No longer stay to hold your hand Through all the wondrous things that we had planned. From your tender eyes such tears of sad may fall As in distant chimes, I hear my Master's...

Mummy and I live in Sussex West; We have a bad cat and call her Jess, We live in a house just down the road, In the back garden, lives a green toad, Green on the belly, green on the back Mummy then said, “ we will call it Jack” It lives in some rubble, out the back...

What then do you ask of me? In this lonely life of love Through mine eyes you cannot see Nor cry tears to God above. Oh what of me do you ask? In infertile, barren dust Each seed of my love you task Not of love, but more of lust. What was it you asked of me? Beneath...

I am alone here; there with you Beneath God’s heaven, skies so blue Where storms blow free on silent night And stars all shine their brightest light. I am alone here; there with you As earth doth shake with nature true And storm and gales do mighty rage In deepest...

Hark! Did you not hear a reindeer sneeze? Or was that the wind song in the trees? Perhaps the jingle of Christmas chimes Or maybe sweet elves with festive rhymes? The snow on the ground is soft as silk And so pure and white, like mother’s milk. Whilst stars in the sky...

How many more times will I be surprised How many more times will I hear delighted cries How much longer will I witness a majestic sunrise How many more times before I reach my Demise How many more times will I fly How many more times will I gaze at the sky How many...

Life is but a tiny grain of sand, Lost in the bosom of a desert, Yet it compares to a soft snowflake That floats in the freezing winter air. For every moment of our dreams We live in a state of buoyant hope, That all our deepest wishes come true, To let us all live in...

On the edge of a cliff or mountainside Many times I have a feeling I try to hide It is the same feeling I had on the back of a plane With the ramp down, I have ideas that are insane I have almost succumb to this fleeting thought On many a high adventure as extra kit...

As I tumble down through the depths to the darkness below I wonder if anyone noticed me go The pitch black folds around me Making it impossible to see As I descend to the watery abyss below Bubbles around, rising to the surface they flow I look up and can imagine...

Overhead the clouds are floating Like a blanket of white in the sky Interspaced here and there with patches of blue As slowly they pass us by The wind is blowing a gentle breeze In which the trees seem to bend Ever aware that if the wind should cease Rain from the...

My anger reaches deep down into my soul I can feel it burning and consuming all I am To be calm and well adjusted is my goal To realise some people do give a damn I feel like inside I am a supernova The warmth, like lava spreads everywhere The heat building until it...

Rage from inside Born of pride From a need to serve Much more do they deserve Burning from the body so deep Bubbling over, starting to seep They cannot relate to kin Locked in the turmoil within Frustrating thoughts always emerging That are distressing and disturbing...

What of the whispers of white Gloriously ignorant of our plight To gaze at their majesty up high Will bring forth a deep lasting sigh The strong family of cumulus gathering Towering, filling the sky Torrents of water strike with an aquatic ring Parched grass breath a...

He sleeps; oblivious of life Alcohol bottles discarded To glisten in watery grave Empty of obnoxious fluid That leaves only dark depressions. Snow falls on his wasted body Cold stirs him awake, shivering Stumbling to retrieve the bottles He attempts to suck them bone...

In a world of constant warlike schemes Thoughts compress into satanic dreams Childlike obstacles barring the way Causes more strife each coming new day. Thoughtless jibes and arguments wear Then fabric slowly begins to tear Jericho’s walls will soon tumble down And...

I sleep here now in darkness in my guilt of battles fought. I dream of you my darling and our life that came to naught. Of all the little children that were in our future plans. I still see the house we built Where on solid ground it stands. Here I now sleep in...

As once more, we deal in war and death And Evil decends with its vile breath In the middle of a blood red night As all crystal stars are shining bright I gaze around at this Earth in awe To ask myself, 'what's this beauty for'? This Earth, is soaked once again in...

Let us look at the world in lemon grass blue Ignoring lies when our false leader speaks true Whilst led by the hand onto paths of blood red We blame our ignorance on seeing the dead. What is the orange sand covered in blood? Vile puce of the stalwart braves lying in...

In the peak of midnight's sunshine, As rabid nightmares haunt sublime With faces, of my foe now dead All pale black, and blood crimson red. To see the haunted spectres fly Of good soldiers, that would die And of brave men that sat and cried, Who with brave face, had...

High in the forest the coconut bird sang And down through the valley its sweet chorus rang Tonga the elephant boy gave his girl a hug Cuddled together, like two bugs in a rug. Just a mile away, stood a large water dam Where fish and crocodiles all lived and swam The...

Tonga in his hut felt the ground start to quake, Heard animals cry, felt the world start to shake, Kissing his girl, he bent and picked up his spear, Went into the jungle that he loved so dear. The great trees were shaking, and dark was the sky Across the Great...

Oh Sunny of the painted word Yet not before your name I heard And then as if perhaps perchance I saw Pawnee Indians dance The painting of a native child Natives of Red Indians wild Then in my breast my heart did pound As then I heard the war drums sound I knew that in...

Your gentle softness in the night Love's sweet warmth in morning light Thoughts filled with Summer flowers, Love with you brings strange new powers, Your slightest touch, the utmost bliss The tender softness of your kiss Then in my arms your body hold, Around my heart...

We swore our allegiance to queen and country But to each other we made a vow That no matter what, we’d look out for each other Forever, always, now A band of brother’s we swore to be To be strong right to our core So whenever a brother should need that strength We’d...

“Tally-ho, Tally-ho, said Red leader As they plummeted out of the sun “Carefully pick up your targets” The battle had surely begun “Keep your eyes peeled for bandits” Red Leader once more intoned “I will attack the formation” And the wings on his ‘plane flapped and...

Alarm clock rings, reach for the snooze He’s there inside my head Get out of bed, get washed and dressed He’s there inside my head Go downstairs, feed the dog He’s there inside my head Fill the kettle, make a brew He’s there inside my head Make the breakfast, pack the...

Verse one was written with a soldier in mind Verse two was written with a Coal miner in mind Verse three was written with a Commercial deep sea diver in mind. Verse four was written with a Fireman in mind. Verse five was written with an oil rig worker in mind. And...

I'm the laughing clown, With tears running down his face, Beneath the mask in its place, The sorrow felt, there is no trace. I'm the one with all the humour, Making people laugh, out of stupor, The self loathing, who would wonder, Eating away, deep inside, a Tumour....

The Longest day dawns, Ships cruise, European liberation, burns down like a fuse, As the ships spot the shore, rolling thunder of Weapons roar, Shell and rocket, from battleship to barge, fall like rain, shattering a calm morn, concrete and terrain. All along the...

I find myself drawn to the depth, How often is it I have wept, Deep in the abyss, where there is no light, I am alone floating down through perpetual night, No one can help, my descent out of control, The pressure fills me, crushes my soul, Lost in thought, lonely in...