Author: Sam
Fantasy and reality
Fantasy and reality side by side grow boundaries blur where is the plateau? starkness of words translated into pictures holes in the substance, filled in, no glitches Subconscious embellishment start a glow bad habits, never witnessed, don’t spoil the show endearments uttered are stored in memories box intense and important, they become a paradox She… Continue reading Fantasy and reality
Just to say
William Carlos Williams an imagist poet wrote with great brevity and wrote a poem in note form called Just to Say . I have attempted a poem in the same style I asked you and you said No you didn’t want one Have been dropping hints About the benefits I know we haven’t had a… Continue reading Just to say
Serendipity
Serendipitous soliloquy Does this tirade scan iambically I pace the floor while shouting my declaimation Trying to rid myself of my consternation You swore you loved me, You chased and wooed me I began to trust and became your devotee How could I become sucked in to this morass I am feeling such an ass… Continue reading Serendipity
Why rhyme
Words crawl across the page Full of ideas, need to engage Stories, prose or rhyme Has to be rhyme, when , little time Rhythms and rhymes feels so easy Feel so right, work so cleanly Poetry purists will say how cheesy Expell their breath, very wheezy An idea to express, reaction to provoke A hope… Continue reading Why rhyme
Alternative way
If you are feeling at a low ebb Despondent unable to cope, with lifes web Heartbroken, unappreciated Clothed but feeling stark naked When you want to give up,stop, look for hope Regroup, retrench and for a moment,be a castle in a moat Find your essence, the centre of your being Retreat into your inner eye,… Continue reading Alternative way
Ups and Downs
What is it with life it has ups and downs Pleasure and pain Joy and heartbreak do the rounds Would that our lives could, just be pleasure No pain or woe for us to measure. Why is it, things go so wrong? Bad things happen not like in songs How do I deal with the… Continue reading Ups and Downs
New passion
Newly met Learning yet Thunder rumbles Lightening strikes Nerve endings raw Pouring down wild and wet Getting ready getting set Unexpected newly directed Thoroughly affected Passion takes hold unrestrained Nothing about this can be tamed Mind pictures set the flames Until the lust peaks and wanes
Lay your head
Lay your head on my heart Feel the beats stop and start Our mind pictures blending the feelings we are tending feel the warmth of my skin it must be win win Reach out to me Feel the beats stop and start describe your feelings in this time we are stealing a time free to… Continue reading Lay your head
Poetic Voice
Poetic voice. Poetic voice is something that I am thinking about at the moment and I would love to get others views. Here’s a piece setting out some nuts and bolts about poetic voice that you may agree or disagree with do tell me. I am also struggling with some questions that I would love… Continue reading Poetic Voice
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 