Monthly Archives: May 2018

UNSUNG SONGS

The unsung songs that hover on the edge of thought Falter and then are lost in tumultuous seas As we leave the comforting harbour of our youth And with it recordings of a memory’s unease. All conditions working through each … Continue reading

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MY PITCH

That’s where my range is pitched As on a radio band; Tell me what lies outside And I’ll not understand. In all things absolute In what I think I know, As age adjusts the span So change the things on … Continue reading

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QUESTION TIME

Do you agree with me That things are not what they seem to be? Do ants Have temperaments? Do moles Have souls? Can other creatures pray? If we can, why not they? We see points of view Through the one … Continue reading

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LOOKING BACK

My generation was brought up in a land Where the growing influence of the States Came crowding into a static strand With Hollywood battering at the gates. Those institutionalised, sombre days Devised by the English ruling classes Had started to … Continue reading

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SPANISH EPISODE

1 Alambra fills an aching void With peace, calm and serenity, A relic left still undestroyed For saving mans’ humanity. There is a sign above a door That passers-by do not perceive, Only the lonely look before And note to … Continue reading

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HOMEWARDS

Here together In safe keeping With the wide world Softly sleeping. Head on shoulder Engine purring Nature’s ardour Barely breathing. In the twilight Of the evening Lights on hedgerows Weirdly weaving. The moon goes in Shadows darken, Across the plain … Continue reading

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LEGACY OF THE EIGHTIES

My liver does not do its best I’m sitting in a dirty vest A week of stubble on my chin Waiting to let the bailiffs in. No loser I before this time When life became a pantomime, Before, I’d win … Continue reading

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THE BABY SITTERS

He’s had his food, his mother says, And here’s his bottle, in case he wants a drink; Are you sure you’ll be alright? We say yes, but what does the baby think? You watch your charge, half expecting him to … Continue reading

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THE ISLE OF DREAMS

But there’s an island yonder And I think of it again Inside the range of wonder Outside the world of pain. Where there’s a glow when dawn comes Topping surf and sand with gold, As slanting rays of the sun’s … Continue reading

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IDEALIST

Dare to challenge the status quo Change the gear and on we go – Find enough people to agree That how we do things can be Seen afresh through a new prism – With yeast, the dough has risen, Though … Continue reading

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