Listening to the love songs reading the poetry books love should be out there can’t be overlooked take my breath away love at first sight these are the prizes if the authors are right looked around the corners under the seats in my life, that sort of love seems to have me beat take a… Continue reading Love songs and poems
Author: Mary
I write as both Mary Bray and under the pseudonym of Samantha Beardon.
Thrive
World expanding ,hovering somewhere near the sun Reviewing hopes and fantasies, nearly come undone Exponential, Epoch, Elevate and Energised Willing, Wit, Wisdom try to be Wise Fulfillment, Functioning, Feelings helps life flow Growing, Gentle, Gratitude learning how to glow Turning self belief into a better way to live Changing my perspective learning how to thrive.
Song of Strings
Song of the Strings The skill, truly an art form a sophistication as the halls are filled with musicians bows drawn to flow smoothly against the strings each section adds their voices a swell of sound that climbs and resonates notes and chords lead and twirl as the musicians follow the Maestro’s directions to create… Continue reading Song of Strings
Fog clearing
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
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 