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Friday, 18 February 2022

One Line - (With One Explanation)

In the bright sun of January
(So you know the time of year)
Yes in the warmth, at the breakfast table
(So you know the place, and the time of day)

Outside a strong Northerly breeze 
(So you know which way the wind blows)
Also outside, a dog barks; this irritates me
(So you know that I do have irritations)

However the blue sky soaks up my annoyance
(And now you know that I like blue skies)


Thursday, 17 February 2022

Cuban Cigar - To Smoke Is The Risk

I do not have the energy
Or the desire
Or the effective concentration
To set about typing up

Rather to dwell
In the loss of self-control
Caught up in the devilment
Of doing nothing at all

That is other than feeling
Sorry for myself
Coming over all melancholic
With the story left in the wings

Where he sings the songs of loss
Has his joss sticks at the ready
As the unsteadiness settles
And the butterflies land on dust

Rust covered energies abound
To the sounds of plucked guitars
And slow-puffed cigars, in the urban
Surroundings of yesterday’s moon


Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Déjà - View As You Wish

As the estate grounds open up
I swallow thirty years
In the one gulp of northern air

In that one moment
Even in the previous moment
I was left elsewhere

And in that otherwise
Of Poetry Otherwise
I was becalmed by beauty

Never really knowing
If that is what knowing is
Of theatre under moonlight

And in that sea swell
Of waveless nights
With painters at the ready

In that event
Even in the previous event
I am curiously left without any doubts


Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Perceptive - Seeing Is Believing

Does the blackbird scuttle
Due to the sounds or the vibrations issued
By my feet heavily stepping on the flagstones

Or do my piercing eyes
Effectively order the bird to take cover
Beneath the winter bushes
Which are distinctly smothered in morning dew

Do you perceive more than I 
Is there a morphic resonance
Which connects, outside of chance
Or coincidence; or am I simply lost

Is the date of the video being loaded
Any more significant than that of a birthday
Of course the experiments could be fake
But an academic taboo restricts disclosure

Instead to see you at the seashore
Where your consciousness expands
Out into a life within my life
A place where I am happy to welcome you


Monday, 14 February 2022

Disruptive - At Your Pleasure

So many thoughts
Way too many thoughts
Who is man enough
To hold onto so so many thoughts

Then the noises
Here, there, and everywhere the noises
Now, then, and whenever the noises
Up, down, and turnaround to the noises

But also
The glimpses of beauty
The deep releases of sneezes
To blow everything up, or close everything down

So many thoughts
The temples are vibrating
First with one thing, then with the other
Before it all kicks off all over again

Then the noises; where are you now
Where will you be tomorrow
Is there any chance at all
That we could share a conversation