Lying on the grass Basking in the golden light of a setting sun Body might be old, but the soul is forever young Smell of grass and earth, flowers and all the clues the wind gives watch the butterflies landing on the flowers, dancing their brief lives Chase them in your head, though your body…
What is truth? Everyone’s got a different answer We should be kind to those who are kind to us We should shun those who are unhappy, lest they make us unhappy we should not care about the displaced, the homeless, the sick We should look after our own What is truth? said the governor…
Sun bright in the sky shines down on water smooth as glass boats bob gently in the bay yachts shiny clean and ready to sail sitting on my verandah watching them go I wish I could go too jump on a boat and fly out to sea, to freedom under the sky the immensity of…
Long limbs twisting in the dance Leafy fingers twitch and sway Poetry described in shades of green and brown Foundations burrowed deep into the darkness keeping time with the heartbeat the primal song of the earth This choreography is not measured in time that we can see but is no less beautiful and so I…
One by one by streets and cities countries fall silent one by one turning out the lights the world waits, and wonders how long will it be until it’s all okay again And then what? Business as usual? Back to murder and war poverty and injustice pollution and destruction Business as usual or even…
Spreading her cloak of red and golden leaves she comes, heralding fecundity the bounty of the good earth ready for harvest Her cloak billows out and the trees understand mimicking her colours in the long winding down as Nature relaxes, settles preparing for bed Bring in the gifts of God to His people…
If I were you, and you were me things would be different, you see I’d be the one with all the clout and you would be at my mercy You’d plead with me to change my mind I would savour your pain And pityingly, I would say … no, wait, let’s start again …
I never felt the knife Thin and oh so sharp elegant and shiny sliding in smoothly under the rib cage into my heart For my own good, you said it’s better this way, you’ll see life is so much better when you’re dead Knife comes out bright blood contrasting the metal sheen I…
This is the right place the place of belonging Where cool winds blow the sun is warm the land is rich This is home and hearth the niche where everything fits all connected and connecting like pieces of a jigsaw finally whole Nothing unnatural comes here The cycle of like is uninterrupted untainted…
Wish upon a falling star and peg your hopes to a flaming meteor Blow out the candles on your cake and wish on the symbolic extinguishing of flame Wish upon a first star on where your sight lands toss a coin in a fountain throw your wish in behind break a wishbone with a friend…
Eclectic Assemblage 