Poems

Light is dimming in the forest, humidity hangs in the air like a blanket, Wind changes direction, gathering momentum and force, Black thunderclouds scud across the sky, Leaves are spiralled upwards back into the trees or swept along in gusts of wind, Suddenly there’s...

How does one grow old “Gracefully”, We are told that we should! But why, and how should we? We no longer tell our family how to behave, They are now free to do as they will, No I will not swallow your “graceful” pill. Then we are told “Take it easy”, Yes we are told...

Me and the darkness have been constant companions Ever since I can remember. Neither friends, nor bosom buddies. It is just that we have always been together. I do not fear the dark…I respect it. I know of its misrepresentations… The dark cellar… The dark of night… My...

On a cold November evening I’m going to the dreaming spot! Clutching a bag of bubbles, I hold my breath, afraid, it may not be there! Rounding the corner, waiting like a friend is the old familiar oak, the same flat stone. I open the bubbles and listen to the sounds...

My spirit is strong no more does it long, For times that are past that I thought would last, I‘ve taught it how to live in the now, To make each day everlasting in my own way, I fill up my plate with laughter and love, I think of love as I’m walking through the wood,...

The shadows are longer as my memories grow stronger, I gaze at yesterday through the window of the past, I see the splendour of youth and I remember, My children when small my parents still young, Grandparents alive, the family tree is as it should be. We’re all...

LOOK IN THE MIRROR CAN YOU SEE MY LEFT EYE DEAD AND COLD BUT ITS ACTUALLY MY RIGHT EYE WAS YOU NEVER TOLD ITS ARMY LEFT YOU FOOL A REFLECTION OF MY SOUL LEFT BEHIND AS I USE THIS PEN AS MY TOOL TO HELP YOU TRY TO FIND MY EYES HAVE SEEN I HOPE MOST WILL NOT THE RIGHT...

Last years catkins are still hanging on the tree, Why are they there, are they waiting for us to see? That the unnecessary clutter of the past, Should be made to last and last! The catkins will fall and as they do, Our regrets will die as we wait for the new! Only...

We are born without a care into the giant garden of everywhere! As we wait to grow and grow how the hell are we to know That one day we’ll see the world and all the chaos meant to be! We are only but a part of one gigantic beating heart!

My brother and I, Taking off our shoes we run across the lawn breaking cobwebs of dew, Green shoots, with hearts of hope! Mothers smiles and all is well at the beginning of another summers day, It seems as if all the birds in the world are singing in our garden! We...

As I walked along, I heard a voice loud and strong, “Oh shut up, how stupid!” “It cannot hear you” I said, “It’s a machine.” “Am I living in a dream?, Is this surreal?” “You are real, I said, and so am I.” Unneccessary clutter!”I heard him mutter, A world full of...

Lemmings heading for the cliff top jump without thought! Following the group their instinct for survival is based on hope as they follow the one before! The human race is looking for a leader, throwing good after bad in the struggle to survive. The common man is soon...

The year is 1950; the second world has been over for five years, Molly lives alone in a tiny cottage, by the river Dee, Rob her fiancée died in action October 6th six years ago in France, A chilly autumn evening finds Molly at home feeling restless, She opens the back...

The road, tree lined, with grassy verge, Dappled in sun kissed shadows, A line of marching soldiers emerge, Keeping to the road, avoiding mined hedgerows. Then the shooting started, machine guns and mortar, Tanks rumbled, with flaring gun turrets, Adding to the two...

“Hello… Hello… Is there anybody there? Please let me out… Please…please… I’m sorry…I won’t do it again… Please let me out… It’s dark in here… I’m scared…I’m frightened… Please…I’m sorry… I won’t do it again…I promise… I won’t wet the bed again…promise… Is there...

Words go unheard Emotions are not felt Eyes of deepest desire A heart that will not melt Lustful fingers treading Waiting for their turn To sing a song within The heart they’ve no concern Packaged love songs Released through lips that lie Underneath a charmer’s grin...

I’m done Listening to your excuses I’m done Pretending you can stand alone I’m done Your words are worthless I’m done Hoping from this you will grow I’m sorry You fell and couldn’t get up I’m sorry Guilt controls all that you are I’m sorry You wear a mask of happiness...

A bad decision That I refuse to admit Justification to myself I lie, believe, and ignore What good sense I have left Independence is hearsay I’ve heard it all Saying nothing for my hesitations A test? Trial? Or mistake? Maybe a three in one deal Yet I stay Waiting for...

Hatred of yourself Defeats love felt for me My love towards you Defeats self-hatred that used to be Knowing I am worthless Unable to kill your despise To me you are everything Putting all others aside I pray maybe love will grow Upon a heart that is unheeded Faith in...

Just stay Wait for me to come to you Don’t worry about standing up I can reach farther so you don’t have to Don’t talk The silence tells me all I need to know Let me say “I love you” I’ll pretend you love me also Don’t respond I understand You lost your heart I’m...

I’m sitting in my favourite place I close my eyes and remember! It’s wartime in England 1940, your face in my mind is in the blush of youth, We’re together again our essence intermingles, we’re in freefall! There’s no future only now, laughing and crying we make love!...

Imagine… A moon without a silvery beam… A bowl of strawberries without cream… A wood without a carpet of bluebells… A flower without soft petals… A juicy apple without a core… A deep blue sea without a shore… An army squadron without a tank… A mighty river without a...

Once I drank because I was happy and glad But look at me now…I’ve become so sad. Once I drank to experiment; But I’ve experienced so much torment. I had a job…my wealth I flaunted; But now for my poverty I am taunted. My work was poor, for I was always tired, And then...

When you are laughing, I will feel happy for you When you are crying I shall cry to The tears of pain are felt within all So no need for you my name to call For within an instant, I shall be at your side So wipe away those tears you have cried The thread of ones life...

It’s a bitterly cold winter’s night and the ghosts are out! Barely discernible figures crouch in doorways sheltering from the rain, The howling wind covers their cries! Peering through a crack in reality’s door they see only reflections OF THEMSELVES! The constant...

From the tender age of two it became apparent what I would eventually do. So many photographs, black and white and slide, my future they could not hide. Stood to attention, proud and erect, saluting to so my respect. As early as age would allow, uniform and discipline...

My room is filled with cobwebs and dust, Old Tin cans, some hair from a brush. Pop cans, spit wads, some gum on the floor, my six year old swimsuit some-what tore. Dirty suckers left stuch on the desk, my bird mingo left a feather of a mess. Dead flowers from my...

Many a salient lie quiet, beneath the grey sky, winter winds blow cold, through the ruins. Deep within the earth, virgin blood flows, like poppies the flower of manhood, lie crushed. Beneath the falling snow, the embittered scars of man. Silence echo across fields,...

Highway. Concrete strip,four lanes, Speed,noise,signs, traffic cones, Screeching brakes,crunching metal.Lights flash. Grid lock.

Just called to say hello, To a kitchen full of baby buffalo. The only place not under water. I just called to say hello. The farmer had to save their lives, The sheep were in the dining room. I just called to say hello, To a kitchen full of baby buffalo.

Strange things in life i see, A Rabbit and a hedgehog in a tree, Climbing from the floods. Strange things in life i see. For their lives they flee, Swimming, climbing, now free. Strange things in life i see, A Rabbit and a Hedgehog in a tree.

The river in shallows murmured and chattered. In deep pools,sighing swishing and swirling. The sun blazing down on great patches of gold. The Gorse bushes popping,their seed pods exploding, While the Broom gently swayed,wafting its perfume On the delicate touch of the...

Where the river flows its slowest, Where the sun shines its brightest, Its off with our clothes, quickly dive in. Laughing,splashing, naked and free, That's how it was for Billy and me. Teasing the girls, snatching kisses, Ignoring their brothers and sisters wishes,...

To roller blade on moonbeams. Freefall on a summer breeze, To land in a field of apple blossom, And dance to meet the dawn, To stand naked on a river bank, See the first streaks of sunlight, Light up your auburn hair, As hand in hand,we laugh, plunge in, To kiss,touch...

Me forgetting, She infuriating. We arguing, Then appologising. Hugs and Kisses, We snuggle up. I think i'll forget, Again tomorrow.

When I die…give me a humble burial. Not one for vainglory, not one for show… But one of reserve and dignity…in the company of those who know Justice, fairness, truth and honour… Kindness, compassion, and gentleness with each other… Comradeship, loyalty and kindred...

The heavens were thick with shooting stars That night so long ago As homeward travelled the brave souls That gave their lives that day Like fire they raged across the skies Burning deeply in my eyes As hundreds blanketed the darkness With lights as bright as day They...

Every dead mans soul is in my body I am the epitaph of death Nowdays the kids wear a hoody Not so interested in mcbeth My soul is complete as one Every good thing moving towards A heaven on earth amongst the heat of the sun Giving love as a messege to the hoards I...

I can no longer play the hero Cause my heart is tired and torn My name is craig and not de niro But atleast i tried from the day i was born Is it a king or roadsweeper That can show me the way Or is it the devil my soul keeper Telling me what to say Or is it gods way...

GENERAL: HE IS EVERYWHERE HE IS IN THE AIR HE IS IN OUR HAIR SO I DONT CARE IF YOU SEE THIS LOVE SO RARE DONT JUST STAND AND STARE CAUSE HES IN THE BIG BROWN BEAR AND ON YOUR FLESH HE WILL TEAR DEFY HIM IF YOU DARE DEFY HIM OR THE BIG BROWN BEAR HE IS FOREVER THERE...

THERE WAS A MAN CALLED RALF HE SAID HIS NAME WAS ALF HE LIED TO HIS FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE BENDS AND NOW LIKE THE DEVIL HE IS HEADING SOUTH

I am the Earth Mother I am the keeper of lost souls. I keep them safe and protect them Till they recover from their pain. I teach them how to keep themselves safe And live in the world again. I wove the spaces between the shadows into stars So they would not be afraid...

So, you want to know why I want to be your friend and help you. Well! I will tell you why, and why I put the importance of Your life before mine. Firstly, I have had quite a happy and Successful life. It have not always been so happy, and some People have done some...

This is not just a job for me…it is a vocation…a Calling. There were four times when I almost died when I was young. In fact…I think I must have died. I went to Heaven. But when I reached the pearly gates St Peter said to me "What if it is Not your time to be here...

Oh God!…I cannot go through with this. There Must be some way out of this…some way out. If I knew that it was going to be Like this I would not have started it off. Maybe there is some loophole. But maybe Not. Oh God! This is going to be so Bad…so terrible…I know it....

Happy we ‘pals’ of battalions, from villages born of love And sweet tender mercies; unlike here, entrenched With the foe, grey mists on the horizons, silhouetted hove Of sallow composition; subdued and drenched. Between us in ‘no mans’ land’, a barren waste Of limbs...

The ensign unfurled, draped in crimson red, With swastika motif emblazoned for dead. Germany was at war, unyielding, unforgiving; Tyrannical power Boots and helmets, rifles glistening aproud; Marching, crusading towards the Babylonian tower Of strength; frenzied,...

If in this land of sand swept winds, and searing heat It should be that my life ends, my duty done, Do not leave me here with those that caused my death. Bring me home to rest in gentle sunshine, rain or snow, And i will sleep content in this my native earth. I will...