I am the tree the forest forgotNeither flowering nor fruitingForever failing and forlornNever reaching heavenwardBut stunted standingSuffocating in shadow and in sadness I am the…
The pretentious prattlings of a piss poor poet
Category: Remembrance
From nothing I cameAnd to nothing will I returnBetween these an eternal agony of existingBearing me onwardTowards oblivion A nobody I wasA nobody I will…
What did they feel I wonder? As they were swept away on that hideous wave. That same wave that so terribly burnt the names Hiroshima…
The candle in the corner splutters and dies Fading slowly to dimness Casting strange dancing shadows on the walls Until it is engulfed by growing…
Suburban walls, suburban gardens, Suburban bricks Confront me A decade on So much has changed Behind my suburban exterior Am I as unrecognisable As the…
How many years have these stones Here stood? Mute watchers of hurrying seasons Here where once lived voices ‘Neath turf and heather roofed Lie now…
And last night As you lay On my sofa Curled up Fetal-like Innocent Like a baby I wanted To tell you How I feel But…
The radio plays Gently in the background Of my life. The light throws dim shadows Onto the dreary walls Of my room. It is so…
Eagles cry, eagles haunt Above moorland Of grouse And heather And life Myriad sheep trod paths Lead me deeper Into this delightful, deceptive freedom On…
Winter sunrise Salmon vapoured clouds In beryl sky swim Geese flying In playful arrowed form Pass over me My footfall On iced grass remains A…