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Thursday 15 April 2021

Sway And Wave A Last Goodbye

One by one the songbirds sing
their long and last good morrows
As heads of corn they sway
and wave their last goodbye
Acid laughter sings a little longer
No more, no, no more sorrows
Newborn generation’s endless tears
of parted love they cry

One by one the songbirds sing
As heads of corn they sway
and wave a last goodbye

Neon lights fall back
into the welcome warm dark shadow
Moments torn, but always they had to try

Once more inside that anguish
One more night
deep inside the born-again rebirth
No less painful
yet the gift of life is a worthy fight

One by one
The songbirds sing
Their long and last good morrow
One by one
The songbirds sing

Where now our matron
our only solid stone
our true soul mother

Where is she
to calm the madness
To turn down beds
and give homage
to the polished tiles glimmer

The gold oak doors are opened
We see the children deep inside
Safe, in far away full night’s sleep

One by one the songbirds sing
One by one the songbirds sing
We walk away
with hands inside our pockets
We walk away
under the silver, middle-night moon

One by one the songbirds sing
their long and last good morrow
One by one the songbirds sing
As heads of corn they sway
and wave a last goodbye
And one by one they sway
and wave a last goodbye


Wednesday 14 April 2021

A Golden Daffodil And A Fluorescent Raspberry

I want to talk of light
Light on the field
Northern Light
Cold light
Light to cut through
On its way from the west
Across the clear blue sky
Deep on
Into the green field
Up the valley side

Over the five bar gate
An entrance made
For the light underfoot
Stage light
Stage fright and spotlight
Hold tight now
Light, let there be light
Light of a golden daffodil
And a fluorescent raspberry
For the northerner’s midnight plot


Tuesday 13 April 2021

On The Edge Of Dreams

Cereals and hallucinations
On the edge of dreams
And dangerous situations

As the rainbow skies grieve
The piano plays a soft sonata
Blue is up, and now I leave

Woken moments
Stolen times of long ago
Celebration that’s the word I’m after

Broken binds
Wheel the fault-lines of sorrow
Footprints in sand, clay, silica, snow

Sat on the veranda
Down in the Savannah
Prints of indelible flowers

Insoluble
Earth mother
Surely to show

Snow melts
On the photograph
Steam comes to life

Sliding down the walls
Words on wires
A message to laughter

Frigid with frustration
Madness, caught out
In isolation

Hallucinatory progress
From the bedhead
On the edge of dreams


Monday 12 April 2021

Without Pavements

The piano played
The sun rose
Frost covered
The forest
And the moor

Down
Into the shade
Slowly up the hill

Congested
Single roads
Without pavements

Around the corner
Into the vista
The whole world
Before we go
Over the horizon

Sunday 11 April 2021

Is It Fair To Thank You

Is it fair
To say thank you
For this broken heart

Without such pain
I may have forgotten
The passion
The exceptional
Gifts of love

Of sensual sensation
Moved by words
By pictures
By place
By time
By the moment
Of images
Imagined

Splashes of water
Autumn leaf’s falling

Winter’s morning
Snow 
Ice
Frost
Sun

Into recovery
To lose hold
Of the intensity
Inarticulate insensitivity
Of bruise
Of tear
Of rip

Scratch
Torment
Gouge
Bully 
Betray
Pray

If to hold
To be so bold
To be so so soon

Time
For more to life
Yet left alone 
Alone to discover

Fair it is
In fact I insist
Thank you
I say, thank you
For my broken heart