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Friday, 29 May 2015

Back Light & Egg Light

In too close
Too close to see the distance
Too close to appreciate the long view
As if in a time-lapse periodic table

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The daydreams were pink eggshells
The night dreams were duck egg blue
Love dreams were of pure white
The farmers morning sun shone bright


Thursday, 28 May 2015

Stand Back

In too close
Too close to see the distance
Too close to appreciate the long view

Decades, years and months
That are only captured in the briefest
Of photographic or postcard moments

Places whose constant presence
Occasioned only a fleeting glance
Family, friends and lovers

Whose seven waves
Washed only once over your shore
As if in a time-lapse periodic table

Thoughts, ideas and dreams
That float without fulfilment
As stars across the nights milky way


Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Looking Up The Hill

Leafless tree
Sky; grey on burnt red
Friendly, face to face and cyberspace
Complimentary conversations

As the light rises
And the clouds drift
I gather my thoughts
And whisper an inner word of thanks


Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Natural Light

At first he thought
It was a fairground attraction
A spectacularly lit, immense big wheel
He was not convinced, could it be a new 

Regenerative East-Coast sculpture
A beacon across the North sea
Illumination for our European neighbours
He drove on confused, until the penny dropped

It was a slowly rising moon
A vast globe of reds and oranges
A fascinating image that got him rushing
To the nearest vantage point

Yet, just as that unfulfilling full eclipse of the sun
He had witnessed stood on the outfall of Dartmoor rock
Those seemingly few years ago
This transitory light also failed to hold its glow

He was in love back then
He is in love again now
He would care to believe more of love
Than in the intermittent light of sun or moon


Monday, 25 May 2015

Only Moment

A sharp frost
Loves remnants sprinkled
On the trees and the hedgerows

A silver white
Where has love gone
Morning sky

You are in the distance
Over the rooftops
Beyond the golden daybreak