Poetry
330 works
Silence of the Books
And still, cameras or no cameras,
even libraries close.
As the P.A. system announces fifteen minutes to closing,
Close your Eyes
You close your eyes, look at the ground
Where the clowns sprinkled the clouds with glitter
Your ears are keen, head on her mound
Drunk, Sinking
I once drank wine so sweet
My heart sighed, filled, replete
Happily the town drunk
At dawn, again
Bayonets smothered by dew
Sighs coagulated by vagrant veins
hope for the sunshine, unseen
The Lone Warrior
There I was, sitting in a corner of the cold dusty room
The dusk falling, the angry clouds gathering
Casting shadows across the sky;
Earning A Living
I live to work and work will pay
In rain or shine or boom or bust
To earn my crust and live and play
The Fairy Encounter
Stories of a fairy fort
That were told around the camp fire
Blazing in the summer nights
Sammie The Dog
Sammie the dog was thought to be clever
Cleverer than one ever did see
He could switch on the TV with his paw
LETTER TO MY DICTATOR
Thanks for throwing me out, old man!
It was a pleasure to meet you;
Pretence to a normal life,
A Moment in Time
Warm rain-washed morning
Black coffee on the patio
Silent slipping of traffic through the mist