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I think of heaven  when it is seven  When dusk surrounds  the tired weary town  Harps play around the fountain  A river flows from the crescent mountain  Will is a potent vision  that fructifies all illusions  I am caressed by the stars’ brilliance  They are cool and not too distant  Halos brighten up each face Continue reading “I think of heaven: A poem “

The elephants in the sky are realisations now  That ideals can be burnt when we overmilk the cow  A child masters circumstance with his innocence  Even the agonies of life decay with persistence  Broad shoulders are heat that rise from the ashes  Life still survives, death comes in patches  Rain comes with changes of seasons andContinue reading “Spirit never loses: A poem “

God take me when the night comes  When I’ve read all life’s tomes  The winding river’s course runs  into the sea’s welcome hums  I think I have lived in rolling pastures  With sorrow and joy in equal measures  My hope in goodness was all I treasured  Even when disappointments all but obscured  Life’s thorns madeContinue reading “God take me: A poem “

I see the ducks  and thank my luck  that the sky is clear over the reserve  This I think is what I deserve  The river glows  with the gold the sun throws  The trees bend  Shady and ever-present  I feel the light sparkle within me  And the cool wind against my bare knees  makes meContinue reading “At the reserve: A poem “

God has a billion eyes  like the pores on my skin  He heeds all the unvoiced sighs  through thick and through thin  Shearing every garden’s hedge  Chopping every timber’s wedge  Even the tree that bears no fruit  is for him infinitely good  Every cog in the wheel  Every iron that makes the steel  Every tremor that wasContinue reading “In God’s eyes: A poem “

A lone star shines  in the evening light  When clouds undermine  It goes out of sight  The poet on this vision writes  On the flowing river’s banks  His pen takes fancy’s flight  in the cool night’s flanks  The contours of his little naked rhyme  occluded in the clasped fist of time  Can a cell’s inmateContinue reading “Unheard song: A poem “

The joke’s on the young joker  He can’t even play poker  Wisdom is a wonderworker  But age is its broker  Cool is the evening sun  when summer is done  Heat feeds youth’s passion  But misdeeds are its ration  When one is old, does one think of gold?  When silent and grey and vigour sold?  TheContinue reading “Youth and age: A poem “

To pluck at the rainbow  from the open window  To hit a crescendo  like a flute in the meadow  Inspiration’s open arms  embrace and be disarmed  A storm after morning calm  Tempestuous as a fiery swarm  What revs up the ignition  from acts that are full of passion  Hungry like a tiger’s chase  Desperate asContinue reading “Passion: A poem “

Percipient I get as I grow old  When matters of romance grow a tad cold  Dignity and honour indeed grow bold  Not driftwood caught in a river’s fold  Character matches with my soul’s substance  The chef in me throws in the patience  Life’s ironies make me wish no comeuppance  Weeds and thorns keep growing distant Continue reading “Growing old and wise: A poem “

Silvery and soft like dew  when you are in view  Your spirit comes to me  like to a flower does a bee   My mountains aren’t scaled  The turbulent seas aren’t sailed  But you silently cheer me on  Reminding me of the onset of dawn  The rainbow on your shoulder  makes me fearless though I’m older Continue reading “To dear Mum: A poem “