The love was too strong
It hid all the sufferances
The love went on too long
It followed the circumferences
Why would I write that
Why would I construct
Or record these utterances
Why would I want you to know
The chances that I'd taken
The hopes and the undulations
The love was too tough
It bid all the challenges
The love became too rough
It wallowed in the imbalances
Why would I write to you
Why would I deduct
Or inform the dalliances
Why would I share this
The images that were torn
As I stripped back the valances
The love was real
It undid all the differences
The love was to feel
To re-open the sufferances
Most days I would try to write a poem; it is a practice, as I suppose is meditation, or smiling, or watching the world go by
Wednesday 13 December 2017
Tuesday 12 December 2017
BBB Poem 31
I go out into the garden
In the fresh morning air
But where has my zafu gone
I must have misplaced it
I feel the cooler breeze
Over my skin, under my linen shirt
I listen to the album Atomos
By Winged victory for the sullen
Are you searching for something
Which I do not give to you
Are you quietly saying to me
That we each have our own past lives
Are you leaning, as the plum tree leans
Towards the light, towards the sun
Towards the source of growth
Is it more growth which you crave
The concert hall in Los Angeles
Is not lost to me, although
The music that evening was not special
But I do have a CD to remind me
Of the visitation of angels, which was
A place, at that particular moment in time
Where I often lost myself, or where
I allowed my mind to wander in joy
My past is almost unapproachable now
I guess that is why I am still writing
That is why I sit out in the garden
To gather the splinters from a past life
In the fresh morning air
But where has my zafu gone
I must have misplaced it
I feel the cooler breeze
Over my skin, under my linen shirt
I listen to the album Atomos
By Winged victory for the sullen
Are you searching for something
Which I do not give to you
Are you quietly saying to me
That we each have our own past lives
Are you leaning, as the plum tree leans
Towards the light, towards the sun
Towards the source of growth
Is it more growth which you crave
The concert hall in Los Angeles
Is not lost to me, although
The music that evening was not special
But I do have a CD to remind me
Of the visitation of angels, which was
A place, at that particular moment in time
Where I often lost myself, or where
I allowed my mind to wander in joy
My past is almost unapproachable now
I guess that is why I am still writing
That is why I sit out in the garden
To gather the splinters from a past life
Monday 11 December 2017
BBB Poem 30
It is a tunnel
A telescope
A path across a vista
A route map for correspondence
And communication
Between lovers, and lovers of life
It is a train
An aeroplane
A ways, and a means
Of moving, from here, to there
And back again
For lovers, for lovers of life
It is a stream
A river
A never ending flow of cool water
From the source, to the sea
All around the cycle
As with lovers, as with lovers of life
A telescope
A path across a vista
A route map for correspondence
And communication
Between lovers, and lovers of life
It is a train
An aeroplane
A ways, and a means
Of moving, from here, to there
And back again
For lovers, for lovers of life
It is a stream
A river
A never ending flow of cool water
From the source, to the sea
All around the cycle
As with lovers, as with lovers of life
Sunday 10 December 2017
BBB Poem 29
The marching band is present
So are the mowers of lawns
I could be in Mornington Crescent
Or where one sees the salmon spawns
Yet, from this quiet corner
I see the pile of garden waste
I am, as if the wayward mourner
Who left his past in clouds of haste
But I have the towering willow
And apple trees bearing fruit
My lovers head is on her pillow
And much the same I will follow suit
Not denying part, or all, of my creation
Not looking for ways in, nor ways out
It is my time alone, this nation
Where I ease away the seeds of doubt
So are the mowers of lawns
I could be in Mornington Crescent
Or where one sees the salmon spawns
Yet, from this quiet corner
I see the pile of garden waste
I am, as if the wayward mourner
Who left his past in clouds of haste
But I have the towering willow
And apple trees bearing fruit
My lovers head is on her pillow
And much the same I will follow suit
Not denying part, or all, of my creation
Not looking for ways in, nor ways out
It is my time alone, this nation
Where I ease away the seeds of doubt
Saturday 9 December 2017
BBB Poem 28
It is still a summer breeze
Even after our Channel Islands vacation
There are still leaves on the trees
Even after I surveyed the state
Of that small station
The pampas grass commands the views
Its circumference doubled
Thanks to sun and rain
I am listening to Nils Frahm
His album titled Screws
In my gentle meditation
I am thankful for the pain
The little yellow wheelbarrow
Does not know where to sit
The jet fighters manoeuvres
They rock the ground and the sky
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Those houses that took a hit
The world's ammunition factories
O why, o why, o why
It is still a summer breeze
Beneath the mid-August daydream
There are apples, there are peaches to seize
There are thoughts, of love
Love on which to scheme
There are masses of blackberries
Although some still a youthful red
The garden eases, teases out my worries
Lets me write those missing words
Those words which I never ever said
The grass seeds, which I planted backalong
Have covered the bare and damaged ground
The thymes, the reed grass
All are coming on strong
The pianist, and the bass player, gift their song
Even after our Channel Islands vacation
There are still leaves on the trees
Even after I surveyed the state
Of that small station
The pampas grass commands the views
Its circumference doubled
Thanks to sun and rain
I am listening to Nils Frahm
His album titled Screws
In my gentle meditation
I am thankful for the pain
The little yellow wheelbarrow
Does not know where to sit
The jet fighters manoeuvres
They rock the ground and the sky
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Those houses that took a hit
The world's ammunition factories
O why, o why, o why
It is still a summer breeze
Beneath the mid-August daydream
There are apples, there are peaches to seize
There are thoughts, of love
Love on which to scheme
There are masses of blackberries
Although some still a youthful red
The garden eases, teases out my worries
Lets me write those missing words
Those words which I never ever said
The grass seeds, which I planted backalong
Have covered the bare and damaged ground
The thymes, the reed grass
All are coming on strong
The pianist, and the bass player, gift their song
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