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
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My home
Inside my bag are packed the things that fill my heart with joy the faded, threadbare shawl that whispers a tinplate soldier toy. Inside my bag wrapped well in cloth a tiny mirror fragment immortalised inside that glass the ghosts of those I love Some memories are intransigent Inside my bag stowed very safe two… Continue reading My home
Museum of the mind
Frozen in time, behind windows of glass in the museum of the mind Events from the past But how clean are those windows? From the thoughts we revive When we dredge deep, in minds’ recesses for treasures or lines Have some of the mirrors become distorted,begrimed As we struggle to focus, to keep them alive.… Continue reading Museum of the mind
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
one memory
If you could keep but one memory Jut a single memory from your past What would you hold close to you From all your lifes repast Could you distill all that was important When life doesnt come by installment Would you systematically discard all the dross Memories unimportant, trival or gross Left with the treasures,… Continue reading one memory
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
Future memories
What will I think of you in years to come Will my memory of events be true or turned to none I hope the best moments will still be there Or will they be subsumed by the bitter share How can I hold the bliss, the joy of you Will it just be a transient… Continue reading Future memories
