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Coronavirus
Coronavirus (Covid19) . . Who has not lived a like experience Can’t say how clear minds bring intelligence To see — amidst confusing states — how best To wrestle safety from catastrophe And find salvation, (in despite of fear), By buttressing faint hope with strength to bear Danger’s vicissitudes courageously: Or how mock grim disaster with […]
Paranoid Prism
Paranoid Prism Everybody’s spying On me, on them, on you!. Everybody’s spying Because that’s what they do. We […]
Erse
Erse Pale-eyed, dark-haired, fresh-faced, the Irish folk who lisp Cool Angloid phrases with soft, smooth sibilances Strangely belying those more harsh, strong gutterals Which, (unfamiliar […]
Old Age
Old Age Frail-boned, Thin-fleshed, slow-stepped; Forgetful, dull-eyed, cold: Kindness alone can cheer the heart Of one grown old.
Cinquain (Equus)
Cinquain (Equus) A far Small form moves fast. Straining my eyes to see What it could be, I recognise A horse.
Mohammed Fayed
Mohammed Fayed (After Diana & Dodi) A man obsessed, A heart distressed, A mind depressed: A soul oppressed.
Golden Age
Golden Age On Summer lands the golden sun Its golden warmth distributes; Whilst golden children’s golden fun, (With golden laughter, golden games And golden innocence), acclaims That golden season’s tributes. Golden gardens, and golden fields Of golden grain or forage, Their golden harvest […]
Night Force
Night Force Those ‘Nights that brought [him] to her body bare’ Could they not also strip his heart for her? What fuels his passion’s consummating fires Could that not spark the words she so desires? O those bare nights and that occluded heart, (Pulled close by longing, by fear held […]