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Waste No Time
Waste no time debating, What defines your moral character. Let not your public words Be another man’s disparager. Actions speak more...
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Flavian Amphitheatre
Vespasian’s dream for the ancient city of Rome, An amphitheatre of wonder, the gladiator's home. Crowds gawped raucously at the bloody...
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Diabetic nightly two-step.
(To the tune,) (I’m holding out for a hero. by Bonnie Tyler) Where have all my night hours gone? the times ran away from the clock Where...
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Columba livia domestica
City's beating heart, a grey-clad sentinel. winged grace, comic-faced, yet objectionable. A messenger, a precursor of fanciful tales...
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Prometheus Dreaming
Oh chunk, ghastly groaning drawn in a pull Imperceptibly speeding, cruise control on full Fated to churn, burning down in flame Sol’s...
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A woman's love is……..
A woman's love is like a gentle breeze, Softly whispered secrets through rustled leaves. A storied tapestry slowly retold. Reveals love's...
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Oh, poetry.
Oh, poetry, the language of my creative soul, Word art that completes, makes life whole. Words dance to the tune of the rhythm and rhyme....
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Grandchildren playing
Frivolous laughter whilst playing together in the park, Their youthfulness and you, two ends of an ageing arc. Their unbridled...
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Ode to a Red Rose
Oh, crimson Rose, nature's gift of grace, Your ruby petals entice fairer sex embrace, Your lusciousness evokes men's hopes and dreams...
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Death and the climate change tan
(Originally Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, now redacted) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough...
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Lepidopteron
0 0 \ / \ / Graceful B Dancing We all enjoy U Upon the breeze Your ballerina’s poise T Adorned fluorescently Flutterbying in...
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To those who inspire.
They, who inspire us dance on cushioned air, Conjuring dreams we never thought we’d share. Sparking embers of a fire deep within...
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The Seven Ages
In our innocence, as babies, we sleep, Cradled closely in mother's love so deep. This great world of wonder yet to behold A million...
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The road to you.
Love is a complex, twisting maze Further complicated, for we have no guide There’s no road map for the route ahead Dead ends epitomise...
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Prejudices
Much of who we seem to be, Contradicts who we really are, Beneath flawless layers of makeup, Lie hidden personal scars. We show the world...
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Naughty Nonet
High-waisted, French-laced, or Brazilian, White cotton, red silk, or black string, Bikini briefs and hipsters, Caress my lady's skin. Her...
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Yesterday, Today, No Tomorrow
There's no hope in a world full of desperation, When our worst nightmares have all come to life, There's no heart in the greyness of...
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Love's Gift
Love’s gift lifts us, fills us to overflowing. love’s gift shifts us incites passion, love-seed flowing. A shared gift, a life drifts...
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Winter has passed and with it, love
Winter has passed and with it, love Repeatedly Spring thwarts Winter, We rejoice in the vernal equinox When light eclipses the somewhat...
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Reflections in a Photograph
The years have rolled, A young man stares back from an old passport photo. He believed himself wiser, older than his youthful years....
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