Poems

Black is my mood, Black is my face, Black is my surroundings, The Black is my surprise. Black is my flesh, Black is my hair, Black are my friends, The black, where no one dare. Black is my suit, Black is my head, Black is below me, The black, my air is fed. Black is...

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...

Some nights I don’t sleep or slumber, Try as I might I cannot go under, Awake I stay, contemplating things, Until my alarm clock stirs and dings, Some nights I am still up late, Not being able to sleep is something I Hate, If only I had a job which allowed me to be,...

Some days I cannot bare to interact, My need for solace is just a fact, I become insular and frown, But do my best not to show I'm down. Some days I look at my workload, I just wonder if my stupor showed, I see all the things to do, And hope I can start on a few. Some...

Where I go I don’t know, There are times I am lost, I wonder in the dark and the night, Wondering what the toll will eventually cost, Sliding through the woods, between the trees, Stepping off branches and roots, Silently picking my path, Making progress, gently...

Thrill seekers come and see, What amazing things you can do to be, Moved to the edge of reason, Sometimes waiting for certain seasons. Thrill seekers, some jump out of plane, Many think to do that is insane, They climb the highest peak, What is it that they seek,...

I am a prisoner of my past, incarcerated in a place of Hell, And there is only the thought of you to keep me sane. You are a free soul, soaring in an azure and never ending sky. My image of you, is as of a beautiful free bird of Paradise. I feel so proud, that you...

Above me I see a challenge, I am ready to try, to reach for the sky I have all I need, this habit I must feed, One foot in front of the other, Taught to me long ago by my mother. With a Calming breath I step up, Place my shoe upon the stone, Instantly I feel that I...

I want to know why, People climb for the sky, In flip flops and carrier bags, Full of sandwiches the bag sags. Why do they feel the need, To leave the bus or car indeed, To stagger up trails and walks, Up on the mountains you see all sorts. Why don’t they check the...

There was a little pig that lived in a sty Each, and all day long, that little pig did cry Two small wet tears roll down his podgy fat face One tear ran much faster, as if in a race. That poor little pig cried from morning till night And the animals laughed at this...

As I wonder through this vast forest, I am blessed with visions of beauty, Swarms of all kinds of creatures, Whisper and float this way and that, Dancing around the tall features, Of this lush vista, there seems no end, Little creatures that don’t see, Fly, lightly...

My suits and fine deportment, To me are most important With shirt white as driven snow Shoes shining until they glow. A dark tie of purest silk For pride is my dearest ilk Sharp creases run down my trews Turn-ups rest upon my shoes. Now I look SO grandiose Swanking in...

Fear not for me, thou should ever lose thy sleep For in Heaven of God, now that I do keep And in these wondrous realms of sweet tanquil rest I shall always dally with the very best. Think not of sorrow now I have left your side I have not gone from thee, who was once...

Sing a song that tells of glory Sing a song sad of battles fought Sing a song that tell the story Of the lives, that are lost for naught. Sing a sad song of far off shores Of all the bloodshed and the toil Of our brave folk who fight the wars Not for love, but for...

Sun, moon and stars dictate our inconsistent lives, Words and incantations encompass our nations, They constantly make their magic throughout the night, Bell, book and candlelight; destiny weaves its spell; Star filled sky, coloured inky purple black, Riding a white...

There on the path of life’s buoyant hope Thoughts get entangled in flaxen rope And ones great plan, it just fades and dies All the golden paths get strewn with lies. Now gone are the years of tender youth So one gets older and more uncouth And gone is the young and...

See the beautiful green tendrils fall Clinging to life on the garden wall Pollen rich in heads of flower bud As across the skies, darken clouds scud. Day's heat so intense now slowly eases Home pleasures enjoyed so well pleases Gold nectar sipped by tender lips Over...

So suddenly the silver moon glides over bed of night Yet under-neath soft veil of cloud, the stars are tucked up tight Bright moon beams race across the sky to bathe the world below Then trees with shadow fingertips write stories in the snow. Figures creep up every...

A favourite place that's so in tune Where lovers stroll beneath silver moon On silk white sands kissed by the sea And boats all bounce on the swelling lea. Snow capped mountains in distant far Invite the brave to come touch a star Razor crags; snow covered ravines Not...

There stays my heart on tear stained shore, As never then to love once more Yet beating soft in throes of death Then sighing its last broken breath With mewing cries of silken purse Adultry such an evil curse With two of face and untold lies That tarnish now this love...

Floating in the air, the soft scent of fragrant leaves, And in a womans heart, a web of love it weaves Her head on a soft white pillow, love in her heart, She dreams of life together, never more to part As in her fragrant dreams, the happiness of life, To walk roads...

The weather’s changed, is Summer here Welcomed by one and all After a long and bitter Winter So cold beyond recall Spring was so long arriving The telltale signs were late No sign of any new plant life Too cold for them to germinate But now there’s a hint to...

In the melodious depths of Winter haze As onto the fields of tranquil white we gaze From o'er snow clad distance hills so far away Floats the merry sound of God's children at play. Over crystal snow drops, and through pine trees tall We hear their sweet laughter, and...

On the night our sweet princess died The stars, the moon and raindrops cried Heavens in their deep sorrow mourn As from this life such sweetness torn That left behind a gaping hole When our Lord took her blessed soul The snowdrops and the willows wept She closed her...

The warm sun rays now gently fall, To dry away my passion tears. They soften still my sorrows all, And chase away my deepest fears. Warmth of sun brings happiness true, My inner self is soon near peace, When all the memories of you, Permit my joy to then release. The...

There was an old man from York New, He needed to tie up his shoe Though he bent with such grace To quickly tie up the lace He filled his old trousers with POO, So he sat on the hard ground, Whilst a FLY buzzed around And he said some bad words; quite a few!

Is my knowing thee so like a summers day The first layers of winters white virgin snow Either a warm pleasant evenings setting sun Or the sight of new buds on a spring morning Should I compare thee to Mothers apple tart? Can I compare thee to childs joy at Christmas?...

Admire my lady sweet and fair, beneath sky's silhouetted gaze, as gentle winds caress her hair, and crimson roses tint her face. She steps with soft and lightly tone, and smiles at each discarded sound of trees whose branches sigh and groan as leaves regale the very...

A spiral of gold entwined in dreams, transcends blackness with threads of vermillion Angel of love and peace enters one's life, A flamboyant sparkle of shooting stars, lighting up each lonely cold existence, bringing such hope and joy of lasting love, that will...

A Japanese garden on soft Summer's night, will stun and amaze you in the pale Moonlight The Willow tree weeps over shimmering lake Bordered white shingle caressed with rake. The tall bamboo sways in thin slende grace, and Bonsai bushes show honourable face, Azaleas...

On Englands misty plain, Guardian made his stand Against the vile Khan, and his large marauding band Guardian and son Jules, both fearless stood their ground Then from out of the deep fog came a whistling sound. Now into view strode McRacas the great fighting ape As...

A dark eerie silence now fell over the plain The Khans beaten warriors having left the field As the damp crawling mist gave way to drizzling rain In village near, a bells sombre death knell now pealed. The three brave heroes searched the blood stained place Searching...

Into the arena rode the two warriors proud, But on parapet high, a lone archer he took aim The figure of Jules sprinted from the gathered crowd To guard his fathers back, and to spoil this archers game. An arm of steel sinews, drew back a javelin black And through...

It will soon be time for Halloween, and teeth will drip with blood, in a deep dark alley scene now very wet and full of mud. Crowds of rampant Vampires congregate, to commit evil deeds they then begin to propagate, and to sow malignant seeds. Oh loud their calls of...

As I gaze upon life's highways with its bickering and spite, And its petty jealousies, and disregard for human life, I despair at the thinking, as still we send good folk to war, Do we so find that life is tiresome, and just a bloody bore.? As I stride along these...

Sing a song of Christmas shining All pray for peace throughout the lands Lets sing of nations love divine That stands together hand in hand. Let Gods children sing their song Sing a songs of love at Christmas time. Christmas now and church bells chiming The wonder on...

I gaze inside a midnight dream Of dying men in bloody stream Yet courage in my heart prevails To see the mighty tall ships sail. Hear the marching warriors sing As boots upon the street do ring For we are off to fight the foe Away from loved ones we must go. Away to...

As not writ before or since, has vile enemy stained my sword Yet sworn foe the Khan shall be the first to stretch my placid word For he who takes others works, and stamps into the sordid dust Shall forever rue the day and know, that I his blood shall lust. Let him...

Ignore me at thy leisure Khan, leader of thieves Ye shall lose thy life as surely as trees shed leaves For in thy ignorance and total evil bliss God of gods has thee marked, for deaths sweetest kiss. And as down deep ye go to hells forsaken hole Think not of lasting...

There sat the arrogant Khan astride his great stead Surveying the fair lands for another vile deed By his side stood Tars, his omnipotent wizard He was begat from sperm of malignant lizard. Down in the green valley, with Grisaille his wife Lives Guardian the warrior;...

As the deep brown colours of the Arabian plain Change with vibrant illusions of promised rain The hot strength of the sunrays cause shimmering haze Night is only relief from the torturous days. Footsteps lead onward, toward a distance mirage The hot sun in the sky...

Now where have all our young folk gone In solitude we sing this song As into deserts torn with war They soon in thousands quickly pour. Where then have all our loved ones gone Not just to conquer evil wrong? But is this not insanity? And for some man's false vanity....

Under a pale moon, and the starlight bright With ferns for a bed, slept Abu one night From out of the jungle, an awful sound With sound of screaming, drums started to pound. Over the jungle a deep ruddy glow Burning the villages, row upon row The hunters rampaging...

True friendship is a precious thing It makes the birds in summer sing And flowers lift their smiling face To make the world a better place. True friendship smiles from deep of heart Banishing distance for a start Stretching hands across the sea Like branches, of the...

Could life for Abu then get any worse? For he now felt he was under a curse His great friend Vaduz had died in the night From wounds inflicted in the gory fight. Curling his trunk in a gesture so brave Vaduz departed to elephants grave Leaving Abu; so alone and...

Standing tall, I gaze down upon my loving town folk They go gentle about their labours on sun bleach streets As the summer sun warms my broad shoulders and torso The soft gentle southern winds cool my fettered brow. Clouds hurry by in Mediterranean blue sky The wind...

As maiden tiptoes through the night The summer moon lights up the skies Enfolds her grace soft in its sight And shows the true love in her eyes So mellow in this tender light That harshness of the day denies. Admire the maiden sweet of grace She skips along with fleet...

In the green jungle, where the soft winds blew A gentle boy child was born. There he grew For he was the son of Tonga the hero And he was blessed, as he began to grow. Vaduz the elephant sang at his birth Bellowing so loudly for all his worth In this green jungle...

Hunters camel train moved through the jungle green On each camel back, looted gold could be seen Shimmering diamonds, packed in bags of leather Whilst strung behind, were slaves shackled together. Eyes were watching from the green foliage thick Band of pigmies,...

Deep in the middle of the night When all the stars are shining bright Your face floats by on clouds of silk And creamy white like mothers milk. My hands reach out to draw you near But you slip by too fast I fear Once more around in deepest dreams But now youre seeking...

In depth of dark and evil night, fear and death doth stalk And all around chilling sounds as children whisper talk They make the ring of roses: They all fall down in death The blackest plague now visits town with vile putrid breath. In stagnant holes poor do crouch to...

Verily then; mine heart here broken dies And teardrops from soft ducts quick fill mine eyes Yet shafts of bitter pain at true love lost Pervade the very soul to count the cost. Where gone those happy hours of childhood love As glitter moon and stars shone high above...

Leaning hard against bloodstained battlement wall Whilst on the ground foreign mercenaries lay Heard from hills afar; a maidens plaintive call That sound would haunt him yet to his dying day. Wiping gory blood from blade of shining steel Fell to battle worn knees for...

Have spent too much time in company of death As at every turn, still smell its vile breath Odour clings to cloth, pervading your being Feeling its presence without even seeing. The stealth in the night of some furtive dark sleep As you pray to your God, your life to...

The low mournful sound of skirling bagpipes And the colourful whirl of tartan kilt Yet much soulful crying on that morning For previous nights beer, that had been spilt. Such deep swirling sound of the constant pipes On top of this fine Scottish hill so steep Men were...

The flowers on your bedside table started to cry, For they all knew that today you were saying goodbye, Coloured petals all fell; an abundance of tears, As the time for your departure drew ever more near. You walked slowly down the stairs; suitcase in your hand, And...

Break not my heart with your false intent For I know your love is only lent As soon your gaze falls on lover new Proves devoted words to me untrue. Break not my heart with devious lies It cannot hold tight such fragile ties Untrue vows of love, they zigzag wend You...

I think I heard a heart break the other day, When the soft southern winds were sighing I saw flowers in the fields all bow their heads And the cat-willow trees were crying. I know I heard a heart break the other day When the heavens wept their salty tears The waves...

The first silken whisper, as gentle waves kiss sandy shore, Followed by the angry sea, its mission to destroy, For the might of the ocean, it can never be denied, So many seamen have discovered, with dented pride. Yet in early morning sunrise and downing of the sun,...

Hold my hand firm in the black silk night, Shielding my eyes from deaths evil sight Guide me through heavens starlit skies Where the dove of peace so often flies. Oh fly with me on loves sweet wings! Stand with me at the river of vows Help me live my life of curtsy...

Sweetest nectar of mellow wine As tender lips of yours touch mine Hot juices flow from mountain high And silver stars caress the sky. Senses burn hot on bed of coal Spasms of joy pervade the soul The Gods of love gaze down in joy Prince Cupid starts his magic ploy....

As I smell the depth of sweet country air Just to gaze in awe over vale and wold I see past times of my country so fair And I visualise many tales untold. The fairest maidens with their golden locks All laughing gaily as the hay they bale Showing a glimpse of their...

My love for you is flying high On interstellar crazy trip In this starlit heavenly sky Aboard true loves amazing ship. My love for you is flying wide Across a crazy starlit sky On interplanetary ride That takes me flying ever high. As cobwebs gently brush my face...

Silence fell over the battlefield, The men were desperately tired, Survived another battle, Although many shots were fired. Living like animals, No sense of time, Faces with no expression, Filthy and full of grime. Time to reflect on life, Why on earth am I here, Why...

No news today No letters on my mat From my soldier far away I wonder where he’s at No news today No phone call from my son I know I shouldn’t worry But it’s natural, I’m his mum No news today I’m trying hard now not to cry I just want to hear his voice Another day has...

The beach lies perfect like a golden carpet Not a ripple to be seen A vast expanse washed by the tide A view of cleanliness pristine Overhead the gulls are winging Giving out their mournful cry Ever searching for a tasty morsel Thrown by a sympathetic passer- by Boats...

Oh! to be a free spirit For the world is your oyster you know Your presence is seen and felt each day Wherever you may go Nobody can take what you hold dear Loving heart and a mind that's free Of acrimony and vitriol Mistress of your destiny Never afraid to state your...

While digesting Readers Digest on the steps of Thorne Town Hall an enormous Union Jack flag fell from the sky, and landed on the floor. I picked it up wrapped it up and wondered who’d take it from me. I asked a policeman but he said he’d have to have permission. The...

I sit and stare at an empty screen On what shall I write tonight Is there anything worth saying about the world today Or shall I think about our soldiers plight For a Soldier’s life is a lonely one Each day may bring something new He may be re-united with his loved...

Like a stunted tree with the roots dug up You ceased to know your familiar ground; No leaves can ever bloom and shed with season; Your branches too tangled to know. The once clear estuary of love that radiated from you Has been filled with khaki green algae: You,...

I weep for you another’s son Who fought with death under a hot dessert sun and lost the battle that an IED finally won I weep for you another’s son For the troubles that your young eyes have daily seen For the difficult situations in which you have been I weep for you...

How does a man know when to love and when to kill? How does he keep his conscience quite clear and quite still? How does a man know who in this life those that he can trust? How does he know what is good and all that is just? How does a good man know what is right and...

Who hears the verses of unsung poets in foreign lands?, Whose voices are quelled by neglect or brutal hands, Whose message in Europe that we rarely do hear, Because of the distance and, perhaps, unspoken fears. Who hears the words of those who really feel and truly...

Don’t let me fall into slumber And dream once again of the girl Who gave me her telephone number Then sent my poor heart in a whirl Don’t let me fall into that sleep Where fiction appears to be fact The place where she says she will keep Her promise to live by our...

I have found myself, yet I am lost Heaven only knows who counts the cost In a whirl of traumas emotions Lifes spectre in coloured oceans. ~ {Fire smoulders, and ash returns to earth.} ~ Floating on vapours of distant dreams Whilst contemplating, lifes hopes and...

O my sweetest friend, as we spend these crazy days Tell me truth! No devious lies and fickle ways Is this the heaven you have sought forever long? As in arms you languish, promising love so strong. We spend these crazy carefree days just making love Please promise me...

Hushed is the wind, gentle still the breeeze As it softly murmers through tall pine trees Hark to the cuckoo; surely shows tis Spring Hark the infants choir; Lord's prayer they sing This world of people, mighty and the weak Flows like a river, down a deep dark creek.....