Category: Poems
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The Vain Hope
When the bugle calls, men or those but boys, Shine their shoes and join the camaraderie of arms. They see no further than the cordite smell, Of training range and playground toys. Pints of beer with barrack mates, Old hands telling tales of glory, Eyes … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?
The Moon and the Yew
Trees of the forest know my dear beloved Witch, A knowing from times long past. They made the beams that spanned her hovel, Their besom growths did thatch it from the rain. The straight ash made her spell bound staff, The yew her hunting bow. … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?
Of A Morning
Impotent are my words, For moments of knowing crave eloquence beyond my wit. Inadequate and as blunt a tool, As the woodsman’s axe to prune a blessed rose. That I should by chance, Stray upon a wild orchid, hiding within long, secure grass, And kneel … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?
Dark Air
When the sun goes down, Darkness fills the air. Those healing rays, That mother sun washes, With wavelengths of spectral science. Wither as the horizon reaps its cull of light. Then we have dark air. The air that is the night. A shroud of air … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?
Union
So the complex constructs fade, As our twin exotic shadows, Become our individual teachers Their cries remembered, dark ghosts our vanished children, Trembled so upon their abyss. Too rich a blend of power and pain, Searching in the night in vain. But our so knowing … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?
On Death II
February 2010
Oh death it is the sorrow of my mind, For serving up a wake, To encompass all that is to be behind. Doors their keys so tantalising and unfound, Good soil to till and plant, In natures growing ground. My eager and inventive mind, Still … Continue readingWhat’s Within That House?