Memories

A Haibun – Japenese form that includes a prose poem and a Haiku. Time stood still as You walked into the water spangled mist Memories washed over me The sound of your voice Your smile that special look Drowned by the sound of roaring water Pain intensified Overhead swooping bird  Steals happiness drops sadness Memories… Continue reading Memories

Revised You

I posted the poem you yesterday I have reviewed it and changed and hopefully improved it what do you think?  You. There is no mistaking you, Standing poised by the jeep,  Surrounded by  fractured light, like a being from another  dimension, Your head thrown back, emitting sounds that I cannot hear,  I am imagining, the… Continue reading Revised You

Events from the past

Frozen in time, behind windows of glass, In the museum of the mind Events from the past, in crystal clear clarity The memories are stored, allowing recall first class. But how clean are those windows? From the thoughts we revive, When we dredge deep in the recesses, for treasures or lines, Have some of the… Continue reading Events from the past

Anticipation

​Anticipation Starting a new chapter Anticipation New period of rapture New dating Maybe mating Anticipation  They tick all the boxes How thick a façade do they have to fox us Anticipation Expecting lots of validation Out if the window procrastination Anticipation Putting aside old wrongs and disappointments Clean sheet foregoing clairvoyance Anticipation Hoping for a… Continue reading Anticipation

Memory Book

For the bemused and bewildered, a memory book Sets out main events, to reminisce and look I am bemused and bewildered, by your behaviour Trying to understand it, taste the flavour The trouble is, that memories vary My grasp on events, is contrary Are the vignettes of life, just pantomimes Was it smoke and mirrors,… Continue reading Memory Book