Poems

Oh grant for us our wildest dreams Away from doom and morbid schemes Where each our little problems grow And so we reap the crop we sow. Please grant for us the best of health And fill our purse with gold and wealth Then make the path we walk quite smooth Yet make it...

On hearing festive bells of Christmas chime Pray peace and goodwill to yours and to mine That all the worlds brethren may kneel and pray Thanking our Lord for giving this day. By firelight the shepherds sat guarding sheep So weary and sad for lack of good sleep Angel...

Colour Narcissus deep of the night White of angels wings soft morning light Heavenly blue that envelopes earth Gold is laughter of a sweet childs mirth. Silver water of cool mountain streams These are the colours filling my dreams Not that Ive seen it! But Ive been...

There is a dead fly squashed on my screen And when I hit him, he did not scream His body is black; his sure has bled But now! Bloody tiresome fly is dead. His body is now completely flat And for all concerned: That is that! His tail is curled, and his legs are spread...

I see with my fingers And I feel with my eyes The colour of rainbows With their whispering sighs. As I smell the rich earth I then sail with the clouds Through torment of people As each gathers in crowds. I feel pain of childbirth And the fear of a child Like a...

Why in the depth of this evil pit Does such a sad man, so lonely sit? Bereft of love from the female kind He has just pending death on his mind. When did the world he so loved then change? Why did his loss make his mind derange? Around each corner another trap Sanity...

I sit astride a mountain, my head high in the sky You are the wind that sings my love until the day I die I walk the sun-drenched desert, and I thirst for you my love But you are ever with me, as the blue skies high above. High as the sand birds soar, in this the...

High above my buffalo robes, In the wigwams place of honour; Keeping the bad spirits at bay, My sacred emblem: Dream-Catcher, A gift from my daughters own child, Given with love to Grandfather. As I sleep, the gift is blessed By the one great and good spirit Manitou:...

There hangs a star of infinity Definite orbital planet bright In deep ravenous darkness of dreams Tarrying for the tomorrows light.

When north winds do blow Whither do thee wander said the sun to the cloud As you whisper by me, and you whisper not loud Oh where did you come from, and where now do you go? Sometimes flying by fast, when the north winds do blow. You are dressed in white, and...

The morning has not yet opened her eyes, Whilst dew lays still upon the unkempt ground Yellow Buttercup and the Daffodil sighs Yet of summer birds, theres not even a sound. Slowly the world comes now gently awake And the sun appears from over eastern brow So the...

A tired winter night sky, cried with teardrops today The old blue moon refused to come out to play Grey clouds were boisterous, just playing with the winds Bright tinsels of angel dust were put into tins. Vivid fork of greased lightning then lit up the sky And poor...

Lying broken on perilous mountain ledge Turning eyes to Heaven, made a solemn pledge Never more let mine eyes weep or my heart break Neither shall I yearn for adventure's own sake Brooding evil caused my wandering of mind So destroying this love of no other kind Oh...

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...

With all my heart, there is one thing I pray My love is with you on Valentines Day Love is a mixture of joy and of fear Where many a smile will follow a tear Love is the ecstasy of touch and feel Mostly so wondrous other times unreal Soft as the kiss of a warm summer...

They stood at lifes crossroads, two people in doubt One of them with money, the other without Should they go to the left, or go to the right Start off immediately, or go tonight The poor person then said, I think we should walk And if we do that, I do so want to talk...

Seeking love in deep heavens there afar, I saw in splendour, a most awesome star* Imagine then! To my utmost surprise, Your face appeared there before my eyes. {And the whole world then glowed with splendid love.} The large smiling Moon with its silver face, Looks...

Beneath the heavens of day and night The darkest dark and the lightest light Leave not my thoughts! Never more depart For you are indeed, my true sweetheart As planets meet in the void of space The stars all shine and white clouds do race Above the earth; across...

Sitting quite still in your hole in the ground Hear the creeping of enemy around The soft wind now whispering in dead trees Soldiers all pray on their weary knees Oh dear God, please keep me ever vouchsafe From the enemy all around this waif Then the quietest noise of...

Angels of God shed their crystal tears last night These floated gently down, and then shone so bright Upon the earth: Transformed its fields of green To velvet wrap of white: All so pure and clean. Soft, silent whispered down: So ever slow They covered earth as pure...

Red sun kissed western sky, and night again starts to fall, leaving a taint of falsehood. Honour and vows are broken by the cruelty and lies. He left his boyhood behind, going through life as a man, so betrayed and bitter, that naught was left but deep hate. Time past...

As the creep of quiet brings the soft new light I do so miss you, through everlasting night As soft silken shadows caress in the glen I will always love you, just as I did then. {Forest is crying at your absence dear heart!} Valley echoes as sounds permeate the rift...

Light for me a candle as I go away The lord has called, and so I go today I must go, no longer stay to hold your hand Through all the wondrous things that we had planned As from tender eyes such tears of sad now fall In distant chimes I hear the Masters quiet call To...

The brightest star that shines deep of night Infant of God an emerald bright In aura of silver; Jesus child One of loving ways, so meek and mild {To bestow on Earth his guiding light} Kaleidoscope of awesome power Sprinkles on down a stardust shower That will cover...

Why do these brave men go, where angels fear to tread? Through the darkest valley deep and over lands of dead The pilgrims of the Crown; always further they shall go Beyond the last Blue Mountains, ever barred by snow Across those seething angry, or calm glimmering...

Listen hard! Can you smell the colour of the night? Hear the prevailing pain through loves black loss of sight As jealousy strains against your heavenly dream And the deep emotions, now never what they seem. Can you smell the black colour of the starlit night? When...

Pearls of sorrow drip slow from my eyes Like sparkle raindrops from darken skies Crowded heaviness of deep black clouds I feel so alone, even in crowds. What is this barb that impales my heart? Such deep depression that quickly starts From where do the pearls of old...

As I stood there alone, crying in the rain, My baby drove away, leaving me in pain, She said someone else, had now become her life But far as that goes, she never was my wife. *Now my broken heart is drowning in my tears* She'd had that far away look for some time now...

Scudding clouds, stars twinkle bright Lilting music; happy songs Drinking wine that special night With someone that just belongs. Fair hair beauty; auburn streaks, In my heart a friendship true Kissed you on scarlet cheeks Love I have is just for you. You can see it...

Rain swept down from a cloudy sky after a week, sunny and dry would you believe a day out again after the sunshine, down comes the rain. Paddock wood in the county of Kent jeeps and tanks, a forties event, military regalia covered the spot where hops once grew, and...

Why Said Bird, Skies So Blue. I May Still Fly, Can You? If It Was Red Or White Might Just As Well Be Night. One Of These Days Just See. Me And My Friends Could Flee. High In The Deep Blue sky Yes We Will Fly. Good Bye!

Do you know how empty life would be; should I never have you to love? As desolate as a poets world, if there were no bright stars above! Do you realize the love I feel, gazing into your eyes so true? Do you know of the wonderful dreams, that each night I do dream of...

I love to see the Cumulus clouds Most alone; some gathered in crowds All fluffy soft, and silently round Floating on high in deathly a sound. Some threaten rain; good for the flowers Others just grey, bring trickling showers Many are white, gleaming with sunshine...

Oh Lord your love like water flows in sparkling mountain streams, Cascading down to earth below, The maker of life's dreams. It feeds the buoyant fertile soil, Brings smiles to furrowed brows, Like grain it feeds the folk that toil, and strengthens yet their vows....

Whilst the Angel of the Lord came down And so spread such glory all around On high hang stars of infinity Definite orbital planet bright In deep ravenous darkness of dreams Yet tarrying for tomorrows light To greet the great birth of a boy child And visit of three men...

Deep in forest, with magic springs Hear the sound of gossamer wings Then shadows flit across the sky Was that a fairy flying by? See that bright light in deep dark cave Those in there, must really be brave! Sparkles so sweet; catches your eyes Its the twinkling light...

Air is fresh on top of the Scottish mountains, Bright blue Heather grows well, high upon its peak, You can find love beside Italian fountains You CAN find love, where ever you wish to seek. Clear blue seas lap the shores of tropical islands, Fierce rivers flow swiftly...

What are your thoughts and dreams in slumber deep? As the smile on your face, shows secrets keep The restless turn, the dark look on your face, Mirrors the moon, and stars that pale clouds chase. Where are you now, as you give gentle moans? Whilst the dark silent...

Today, a fairy gave me a wee flute For Im an elf dressed in a green suit And on my dear flute, sweet wee tunes I play From early morning and right through the day Ill play tunes to dance to, others to sing You can join in, on your wee ding-a-ling Wee birds can all...

The deepest feeling ever felt in my life The one that I vowed to my dearest wife To love her forever, to protect and guide She was the one I desired as my bride The good and the bad times we would face as one Enjoying life together; the laughs and fun The joys of...

Silent wars of silent yore Silent ships on silent shore Silent bombs, and silent guns Silent fathers. Silent sons Silent fields, and silent graves Silent heroes. Silent braves Silence now throughout the land Bowing head, we silent stand.

Long ago, we lived in a great big house Every day we ate, Pheasant or Grouse Mr Gardner was our permanent head cook Mummy thought he was a rotten old crook He sat in the kitchen and read all day Daddy would say, He doesn't earn his pay. Our clever head gardener named...

Why then do I hope, and why constantly dream? As fate interferes with my every scheme When every nuance, of a happy life From just moderate wealth, and a faithful wife Constantly avoid me; leave me dejected And feelings, that I'm not very respected Hoping that one...

Here are my poems of days of yore Here are my poems of peace and war Here are my poems of God above Here are my poem of life's true love Here are my poems for you to read Here are my poems to plant like seed Here are my poems of death and life That go together like...

You ask me to write you a love song And the melody would turn out right You forget how you did me such wrong And I cried on my pillow that night. You ask me to write you a love song But the words were meant for another My heart has been broken for so long And your...

Soldiers stood in their gazillions, on hot mountain plain, There to deal out such violent death; yet others to be slain. With mighty lengths strode McRacas, the defender of the faith And with his great sword of ice cold steel, he cut deaths awesome swathe. Ignoble...

Oh Sunny of the painted word, Yet not before your name I’ve heard, And then, as if perhaps perchance I read of Pawnee Indian chants, Saw painting of a tiny child, A native of Red Indians wild, Then in my breast my heart did pound, For I could hear the war drums sound;...

Dark night and stars drinking purpled wine Moon so sadly sighs whilst reading rhyme The mountains proud in their highest keep Close snow-glazed eyes and try to sleep Maid midnight past sighs so soft with love Gallops by fast her dark knight above Forward and onward...

Little green Goblins are tucked up tight in their beds Whilst all the bright stars hang on Dandelion threads The soft white clouds made of buttercup milk Glisten and gleam just like marshmallow silk. Down in the hollow of Gooseberry-Down Garlick and Rosebud are going...

As Winter's night now slowly wanes, From England's white covered plains I gaze o'er deep snow's magic realms Tall Pine trees and majestic Elms. Upon once virgin snowy hills I see where skiers had their spills Scars, show black toboggan run Where children all have had...

Have you ever listened... truly listened, To all those echoes from the past, All of those reverberations of man, For a longer time they will last. Like the whistle of the bomb over London, Hurtling towards its’ almighty end, To the guns of Navarone, And their huge...

The gannet penetrates the water like a missile piercing the reflection. The otter streamlines the water like a prow splitting the reflection. The whale erupts from the water like a volcano smashing the reflection. The watcher stands by the water like a statue...

I will show the heavens and the moon so bright I will show the peace of a star spangled night I will show you Miss Dawn with ruby red hand Then I will show you beauty of shores wet sand I will show you the strength of the great oak tree I will whisper down soft winds...

Darling awake! For new morning with its Eastern light, Has chased away the darkness, dispelling of the night Sunrise lays her ruby hand upon horizon East, Bathes the world with golden glow for weary eyes to feast. See how mighty Eagles soar, on ever vibrant wings...

Stood in the middle of the well trodden highway of life, My only real possessions were my pack, and old Army knife I contemplated, how many years I had travelled, How easily my life had become so unravelled. I am standing there, with hate written all over my face Just...

Some dark nights, when just a pale moon adorns the sky I think of love and then, I think of you and I Just how the Gods had sent you down for me to love Yet how they guide life's fragile journey from above. I sit and count the twinkling stars that fill the skies...

Dear child of love, colour me blue, Draw me in gold and orange hue Paint a picture in tangerine, the greatest art the world has seen. Paint me in purple on your heart With cascading gold's work of art Draw the brush light in silver thread On a halo, of deep blood red....

In deep and blue Bermuda Sea, Lay Hooks old ship; The Parolee; All full of wicked crooks and thugs, And bilges full of rats and bugs; Around the headland of the bay, Hove Scarlets ship; 'The Remoray;' Its Captain gave her solemn word, To put the pirates to the sword;...

They pass this way but one more time What then the reason or the rhyme? Voices proud with Christian song They praise the good and right the wrong. The path they tread; it's maybe rough So ever steep and sometimes tough But onward then to glory soon God's good soldiers...

Who tells the sea to come and go Informs the flowers how to grow Makes pears and apples grow on trees And sends a cooling summer breeze. I wonder who makes rain so wet Makes jellies wobble when they set Lets fish all breathe in sea so deep And then helps the giant...

The soft brittle moon casts eerie a glow Causing grey shadows to dance in the snow In the still morning, not a sound is heard No cheep of squirrels, no trill of a bird. Spooky and quiet, the world now seems so dead Gone are the gold leaves, the browns and the red Gone...

The brightest star that shines deep of night Infant of God an emerald bright In aura of silver; Jesus child One of loving ways, so meek and mild {To bestow on Earth his guiding light} Kaleidoscope of awesome power Sprinkles on down a stardust shower That will cover...

There are so many wars and disputes Over things going back to our roots We fight over small bits of land That are filled with nothing but sand Or mountains both barren and bare With no sign of life anywhere We kill those who would be our foe For reasons we don’t even...

Hear you then, the strumming of the tautest wire With deep resonance of bass intent on truth And sweet tenor notes that shrill and then expire They send clear message of deepest hurt forsooth. Yet in depth of buoyant melody of love The music soothes the audience and...

Jealous Winter skies of bitter Moon, darken quickly now, snow's coming soon, The Sun has hidden its face of frowns, Fallen leaves have lost their reds and browns. Sunshine lays there on the frozen earth, No longer smiling as from its birth, North wind blows a...

Where all stand together in battle, Just like cows and catte. I ducked down to take a breath, When I turned around there was nothing to see but death. The smoke spreading through the land, When it hit it was coughing and pouring out like sand. I heard a strange voice...

Come to me in the darkest night When Moon doth shed its beaming light As gone the harshness of the day Stars in Heaven come out to play. Oh come and share my deepest dream As sunlight on a mountain stream On my return from distant lands To take you loving by the hand....

In the deep twilight of the evening, Over horizons, sun has nearly set, I ponder then on my daily actions Then from sick of heart, comes the deep regret. Did I really state the clear obvious? With rude swear words thrown in for emphasis? Did I then spit, in face of...

She listens for his footsteps on sharp gravel leading up the path to their country cottage, But then no gain! He had gone to war, and would never return yet once more, Pipes of Pan played their wistful tunes, and sharp bitter breezes blew again, bending childhood...

In the soft blue whispering shadows of times now past When wicked Witches and Demons, their evil spells cast And when sex was just taken, like a pinch of cold salt Whilst in sight of their Gods, marriage brought to a halt. The rulers all lusted, and debauchery was...

Strange dark spirits haunt in my abode, Surreptitious ghosts from days of ode, Their proclivity not even known, Nor ethereal visions have they shown. These interlopers from spirit world, They open doors, and carpets furled, Pernicious is their evil side Through the...

Yet from deep sleep could not wondrous wake Sweet and tender child for pity sake Her dear mind and soul drifts now in space Across her eyes sits a veil of lace. Born then of a Royal King and Queen Beauty, the likes never before seen With silk flaxen hair and eyes of...

He stood at the threshold of his house Staring, with his great dark bulging orbs He quiet as tiny chapel mouse Words that upon his wall they'd daubed. Then pensively he turned with a sigh To ruminate upon his quiet life For they had never then see him cry Not even...

Dear friend of mine. Of sleepless nights and bitter wine, Through all the endless nights you shine, So sublime, so divine: Dear friend of mine, The gods will watch your spirits climb, They know that in yon fiery tempest breast, A seed of soft compassion gently rests,...

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...

Hush now my children, close your sweet little eyes To climb over rainbows, and pink purple skies, Help Snowy the puppy catch farmer Mac's pigs And laugh as the small Lambs get up to their jigs. Hush now children, sail on a cotton white cloud Make your Mother and...

Soft velvet wrap of night encloses, On the ruby bed of Miss Sunset; With silken glove, as day reposes She rests red hand on horizon west. Then as nature weaves its magic spell, Moon and stars begin to fill the skies, As old daylight tolls its closing bell, And...

To have-To give To hope-To live For God-Our all To whom-We call Each day-Be brave To fight-Not slave From war-Abstain And yet-Sustain For good-With strength And truth-At length Not fear-Feel pain Know joy-Stay sane Fight on-Live strong Know right-Know wrong We...

Darling my heart was home with you, when they flew out of the sky And you now often ask of your God; Oh dear Lord! Why! Oh why? For I was in that tower block, with its head high in the clouds I know you prayed I'd left my work, joined home going crowds Yet gone, I'm...

I never asked He never said And now it’s too late The old fella’s dead I should have phoned If only to say “How are you Dad How goes it today?” But work and a family Cut short the week And I did not make time To call him and speak I never asked He never said And now...

Tell me of pain The journalist asked I thought and then I replied What kind of pain? Is it that which is seen? Or is it the pain from inside? There’s pain that is felt In limbs that are gone And also from flesh wounds and sores But also the pain we feel in our head...

When I am gone,my many friends, And those I loved so dear, Don’t sit there with a woeful face Or eyes so full of tear. By all means shed a tear or two Or maybe three or four. For grief to quickly pass away There has to be a door .But do not dwell too long this way All...

There must be somebody Who looks just like me Somebody famous As far as I see Everyone knows him They say say I am he They never believe That I am just me I’m not a celeb Can’t dance or sing But still they insist That I am Joe King I argue quite hard I’ve tried...

I am falling into the abyss of my own inadequacy No life-saving rope attached to my emotions No foot-holds or hand-holds to break my fall Only the slippery slope of inevitability As I fall into the morass that is my life I scream and shout out loud For someone to halt...

Volcanic ash, the planes might crash, so they no longer fly. And up above, a greyish-blue, no engines in the sky. No one’s going anywhere, we’re all stuck on the ground. In Kew they can hear bird song, a most unusual sound. The Country’s losing millions, no goods are...

Don't stare Stop looking at me Impinging on my privacy Your eyes are chiselling at my face Avert your gaze Look into space How dare you glare at me like that Oh what the hell You're just a cat!

There is a long dreadful path of darkness deep Where I believed; the devil my soul would keep On army stretcher, I'm carried back to live A sordid life; with yet nothing left to give. My body and mind as only rack and ruin. Sweet music, is heart monitor's bleeping...

No more the tainted breath of wine No more the jealousy 'twas mine For in the sight of evil sin Then nor again does either win. No more the depth of sleepless nights Because of arguments and fights Thoughts racing through suspicious mind Dark hatred never far behind....

You say, you have always lived your dreams But have you seen the things I have seen? For have you seen Rome city's fountains? Or climbed blue ice capped mountains? Seen birth of a lovely native child as born in the raw and savage wild? I mean! Do you really live your...

Ancient lands of Britain, these I love the most Along the stormy seashores, and each rugged coast Battlegrounds of Hastings, where good King Harold died, Agincourt of Henry, and Frenchmen all who lied. Sherwood forest Nottingham; Lockley at his best Many of his...

I accept a single Spirit-Being, From whom we spring, And who has many names. I honour all those names, And the books containing their teaching. I respect that teaching, Whose message guides us to a higher state. I embrace those who live by that message, Which leads to...

Damned cheek, fumed the dining-table. We’ll not stand for it, declared the shooting-butt. Will we be ruined, asked the dressing-table. We’ll make a fortune, asserted the board-room table. They can’t do that, opined the dinner table. If only I were younger, huffed the...

Remorse was deep and heavy oer the valley of the dead Many men were laying still, their tunics now bright red Brave souls fought their enemy, with bayonet, lance and gun But yet they won the day, and saw the enemy all run. With great cannons to the front, and many...

Do thee thus think the world is at thy beck and call, with place reserved for thee in hallowed hall? Doth thee then think that Angels whisper soft thy name, or in Gods kingdom, thy can play this childish game? A wicked game of lust and cheating loves own heart, the...