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Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Locked Up

They were married in prison
He said
What about conjugal rights
She said
Good to know
How the male and female minds flow
In the dinner-party conversations
Bringing a lightness to life

That I did not contribute
Says more
About my introversion
Than about
My holding no point of view
Make yourself good first
Before you work on others
Might have been my contribution


Monday, 22 November 2021

Progressions

Distilled into the Day

Four AM - evening primroses

Six AM - Artists Words

Eight AM - bathing with Pavarotti

Ten AM - writing in the Poet’s Salon


Instilled with the Light

White Waves by LS Lowry

The White Album, by The Beatles

Shopping in White Stuff

A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harum


Made still by movement

Dance of the sugar plum fairy

Charge of the light brigade

Rage against the machine

Tip toe through the tulips


Emotive with song’s emotions

One Red Rose Forever

The Last Of The English Roses

I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden



Sunday, 21 November 2021

Sonar Sensibilities

This is the day for the smile to return
The day for a clear mind with clear thoughts
This is the day when the sensitivities return
The day for a finer feel, to feel with

A vale with a stream of cool, clear, sparkling water
A willow tree, with adequate cover for tranquility
An open collared shirt, with unbuttoned sleeves
A pathway which leads to quiet open countryside 

This is the day for a rill, or a zen garden
This is the day for a bench, or a meditation seat
This is the day for full-on blue skies overhead
This is the day for whispers on the cool breeze

A beach, with a wave of azure-blue salt water
A machair with an uneven track beside the dunes
A flag with a sign that says; yes, you are welcome
A gallery where the artist tells you his own story


Saturday, 20 November 2021

Flip Side

That fine line
Between seeing people
And being entirely lonely

That small immeasurable distance
Between a welcome hug
And a goodbye kiss

Those careful, yet harsh words
Contrasting love
With friendship

Those difficult looks
Between may I join you
And please stay away

Then the happiness
In bright sunshine
Or incessant pouring rain

Then the joy
In peaceful mind
Or ever present mind


Friday, 19 November 2021

Your Space

Six weeks of full-on weather
No ferries
No aeroplanes
No food deliveries
No provisions landed

Six weeks of full-on sun
Endless football
Endless streams of sunlight
Endless lager beer
Endless vacations

Six weeks of your four thousand
You do the maths
You do the contemplation
You work out the hours of stillness
You do the truth