Sunday, December 11, 2016

Sacred Groves ...



We walk a while in sacred groves
With love beneath our feet
Talking soft and tenderly
With those who share our road

It's a blur, a daydream. Soon we wake
But fellowship endures
And stirs anew in stories shared
Whose wisdom's our reward.

Merry meet. Merry part. Safe journey home
Remember me with smiles.
Let's write down our next chapter
Let's make this one our own

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Clockwork people

Tick. Tock.
Gears grinding
Wound up tight
I am clockwork people
Wind me with a key
Wind until you break me





Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The God Of Cheese

[This poem MUST be spoken in a Scottish accent. It's the law]

Hear ye!
Hear ye!
Hear ye!
For I am the God of Cheese

The God who speaks
Through the milk that reeks
The curdling king
Of dairy thing

Let all kowtow
To the black-and-white cow
For mature or mild
They are all my child

In the dead of night
All oot of sight
To yon house I'll burgle
Your milk to curdle

To be curds and whey
By the break of day
Such things do please
The God of cheese


Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Reconnecting with me

I stare at the ceiling
And all I hear is the pling of a metal roof
Creaking and straining at night

They think I'm sad
Or maybe a little depressed
I'm just thinking
Trying to empty my head

And I'm going cold turkey

I should be Tweeting
Or Instagramming
Or Netflixing

A thousand and one topics
And pictures and punchlines
Are being shared
And hashtagged
And liked

My hand twitches
Because there's nothing in it
Like a phantom limb

I could be missing something fantastic
And amazing
I'm missing it all

Just a peek?
Go on!

No!

I'm just trying to remember
What I want to make me happy

Just tonight.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Time and the day Elvis died ...

I saw that today's the day in 1977 that Elvis died.



I remember the day well - the news had come on the radio.  It was a shame, because I'd always wanted to meet him - he was "the King" after all of rock'n'roll.  And now it seemed impossible.

With fascination I remember watching my parents alarm clock - it was an old pre-digital flip-number alarm clock ...




I think I watched it for about 15 minutes, watching with interest how the numbers recycled themselves.  They moved, and turned right over - 9 became 0 became 1.

And I wondered to myself if time itself came to a threshold, and rolled over again to play out again.  If so - next time I'd have til 1977 to try and meet Elvis on the next go through.

I was 7 at the time, but the idea held ... and grew.  I ended up studying physics and astronomy and finding indeed the Universe might just do something very similar in the Big Crunch - an event which would be the opposite of the Big Bang that started it all.

However I'm still no closer to travelling back to see Elvis ...

Sunday, August 7, 2016

The Violet Sorrows

There is a place in the silence before sleep
Where there's an empty place we fear to think
A space where someone use to be
Someone cherished

For emotion cannot be dimmed
It bubble and gurgles inside
With no place to go
Or play out these feelings
We walk alone in them
Lurking in a somber solitude
Living out in a constant replay

But it isn't always so bad
And in time, the memories that make us sad
Will make us smile again
As we learn to treasure

Grief is sorrow
Hued violet with the warmth of rememberance

Thursday, August 4, 2016

An Ode To Coffee

Dark, bitter
You are vitality & life in liquid form
Let me drink deeply of your promise