I would travel

I would travel

Half-way

Around the world

To then travel

That whole half-way

Back again

I would listen

To Peter Gabriel

Over

And over again

One day

I might find a rhythm

For a song of my own 

Sunlight, and shadows

Sunlight, and shadows

Interstellar overdrive

Method in the meadows

What turns life to live

Crystals in the windows

Stillness still to decide

Reflections over glass bowls

What turns past times to pride

Bright light over shoulder

Stain glass on the side

Awkward on the boulder

What sinks love on the slide

 

On the Sunday afternoon

On the Sunday afternoon

With a wine gum

And the prospect

Of an evening at the pictures

On the Monday afternoon

With a bowl of cereal

And the prospect

Of shopping online

On the Saturday morning

With a hiatus

And the stubbornness

Of a dull mind

Sat, in the reclining chair

Sat, in the reclining chair

Listening to Dublin Blues

By Guy Clark, one heck

Of a neat singer-songwriter

“I loved you on the Spanish Steps

On the day you said goodbye”

Next up is Lyle Lovett singing

“Step up inside this house”

Which might also be related

To that fine teacher Guy Clark

“There couldn’t be more than ten

dollars worth to brighten up my day”

This is one good playlist

What with Clay Pigeon

And Ellis Unit One

By Blaze Foley and Steve Earle

Respectively 

The pen is refilled

 The pen is refilled

With Berlin Blue ink

And flows ever so smoothly

The last fill

Managed a full book

Of Berlin Notebook paper

So the bar is set

As is often said

In our poetry review

I notice that the ink

Is actually called

No.1 Berlin Notebook Blue

It is by Victor Walter

Who I take to be an artist

From those parts