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
Tag: Poetry
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
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
Sharing Time
Sharing time with you Makes me happy Respite from reality A secret space Touch and embrace Feelings of vitality Wrap close around me Like tendrils of morning mist Clinging, hard to resist Sharing time with you… Continue reading Sharing Time
Ticking Clock
Late nights turn quickly to early morning As I recognise the spark of an idea Whilst the ticking clock issues no warning Space between the second hand is falling Recognising potential could be the reason Late nights turn quickly to early morning I will have recognised a new dawning of ideas, to be… Continue reading Ticking Clock
Fire a Terza Rima
You are creator, destroyer, transformer Which will you be, as you play your guitar I wanted love to be your reformer You spark and sizzle your essence aflare You consume, it’s your way of persistance Your music, just one way, to lay souls bare You are a blaze, shown with consistence To consume all the… Continue reading Fire a Terza Rima
A megabyte of madness
A megabyte of madness – A Villanelle You became a megabyte of madness Since we met life’s never been the same We frankly share happiness and sadness No false catechism staunches blackness We listen truly and do not shame You became a megabyte of madness We share our secrets with a cheerfulness Plus a tut… Continue reading A megabyte of madness
Hustling
Rushing rushing Frenetically hustling Life is busy full of strife Where can I find the simple life Bustling hustling Ever tussling No time to listen To watch the world glisten Rushing rushing Frenetically hustling Life is busy full of strife Where can I find the simple life I need a space To slow my pace… Continue reading Hustling
Bridge….. a Clogyrnach
The clogyrnach (klawg-ur-NAWK’) is one of the 24 traditional Welsh poetry forms. It is a stanzaic, syllabic and rhymed form. Each stanza consists of 32 syllables and two rhymes. It can be written three different ways, in 6, 5, or 4 lines, as described below. This is not a difficult form to craft, but if… Continue reading Bridge….. a Clogyrnach
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 