I did not find that deeper place
There you go now
Giving up already
I did not touch her face no more
Be away with you
You never even tried
I did see a majestic sky
Out to the west
Miles and miles away
Oh give over with you now
To be sure you had a camera
And probably a tripod
But it is beyond the face
Beyond the sky
That I am looking for
You know, that nothingness
Which is rammed full
Of meaning
You’d be wanting not a little ecstasy
I shouldn’t wonder
But you have to go a fair way for that
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 18 December 2019
Tuesday 17 December 2019
By Our Side
I lay with you, I lay with you
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
As rivers flow, with signs to go
There is a place to be
For oceans swell, with waves that tell
There is a source indeed
Where picture cards are played so hard
To find a way for angst to cease
Let us be free, in time with me
Before the county line treatises
I lay with you, I lay with you
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
As woodlands grow, to shelter so
There is a clearing in there too
As birch with branch this life of chance
Is somewhat a useful threat to lead
Where dice do roll our stories unfold
There will be a well worn crease
Let you be free, in line with me
Beyond the county line treatises
I lay with you, I lay with you
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
As rivers flow, with signs to go
There is a place to be
For oceans swell, with waves that tell
There is a source indeed
Where picture cards are played so hard
To find a way for angst to cease
Let us be free, in time with me
Before the county line treatises
I lay with you, I lay with you
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
As woodlands grow, to shelter so
There is a clearing in there too
As birch with branch this life of chance
Is somewhat a useful threat to lead
Where dice do roll our stories unfold
There will be a well worn crease
Let you be free, in line with me
Beyond the county line treatises
I lay with you, I lay with you
I lay with you tonight
I stay with you, I stay with you
I stay with you till light
Monday 16 December 2019
All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
Peace be with you
As you receive
Peace be with you
As you taste, as you play
Eight monks
Five in white
One of which, the elder
Has tangerine trimmings
Ten in the congregation
Only I did not go forwards
For the sacrament
Peace be with you as you play
A piece of theatre, stage direction
By the guy who did say:
Same as it’s ever been
But each year one less monk
This time the absent one
Was the big, miserable looking chap
Who went out into the dry night
With an umbrella
As you receive
Peace be with you
As you taste, as you play
Eight monks
Five in white
One of which, the elder
Has tangerine trimmings
Ten in the congregation
Only I did not go forwards
For the sacrament
Peace be with you as you play
A piece of theatre, stage direction
By the guy who did say:
Same as it’s ever been
But each year one less monk
This time the absent one
Was the big, miserable looking chap
Who went out into the dry night
With an umbrella
Sunday 15 December 2019
Room
Happy times
Yes happy times I’ve spent here
Yet also a few sad times
A place for passing through
Has become
A place for retreat
With a bedroom
A desk, a lamp, a shower
A sitting chair, a wardrobe
Also a spider
And yesterday, on arrival
A floor, covered
In dead flies
Maybe the cleaners
Were Buddhists
Who could not face vacuuming
Once living insects
I had no such doubts
Always keen
To sweep up the dust
Whoever’s doors, it happened
To have accumulated behind
As you may well recall
Yes happy times I’ve spent here
Yet also a few sad times
A place for passing through
Has become
A place for retreat
With a bedroom
A desk, a lamp, a shower
A sitting chair, a wardrobe
Also a spider
And yesterday, on arrival
A floor, covered
In dead flies
Maybe the cleaners
Were Buddhists
Who could not face vacuuming
Once living insects
I had no such doubts
Always keen
To sweep up the dust
Whoever’s doors, it happened
To have accumulated behind
As you may well recall
Saturday 14 December 2019
Passing
Lace scarf, black
Lace trim to the skirt
Is she in mourning
She casts off
Her Barbour raincoat
I am who I am
Who else am I to be
Do not submit to the yoke of slavery
Let us love
In order that we can
Face up to our difficulties
Lace trim to the skirt
Is she in mourning
She casts off
Her Barbour raincoat
I am who I am
Who else am I to be
Do not submit to the yoke of slavery
Let us love
In order that we can
Face up to our difficulties
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