A tribute to the brave men and women of a beautiful country. The Breadbasket is burning…It wasn’t built to withstand tanksand gunsand missiles;A rich and fruitful historyis woven into its very fabric –a noble people reapedlike the harvests they sowed. Lies, layer upon layer upon layer…a reverse-styled nesting dollwhereevery layer is biggerevery layer is thicker,everyContinue reading “Poem For Ukraine (Poem 25.2.22)”
Category Archives: Poetry
I Want To Give You Flowers (Poem: 21.6.21)
Today marks my fifth wedding anniversary with my beautiful wife Helen, and so I thought it appropriate to share this poem that I wrote last summer for her. She’s my best friend, my soulmate and the best person I will ever meet! I want to give you flowers,at the beginning of the day;To show myContinue reading “I Want To Give You Flowers (Poem: 21.6.21)”
The Garden 2.0
There are many gardens, but mine is my own! (Poem: 9.5.20) The red rose charms,While colourless blendsOf spectral existentialDread spreads,Aimlessly, an affrontTo the very natureThat it reflectsIn a helix podOf chaotic ennui. Seen anew,A flawless seed disarmsThe very fabric of time,Unassailing in itsIrreverence and blitheDismissal of realityThat crops up,Unexpectedly,From the farm in mind. The fruitsContinue reading “The Garden 2.0”
The Mad Chameleon
My mental health companion…! (Poem: 11.6.2020) The afternoon was grim, and grey,while walking down a country road;lost in thoughts of recent days,my movements hunched with heavy load. Announced beneath oppressive clouds,That beat the mighty sun,At last, by throwing back his shroud,I met the Mad Chameleon. — ‘Hark!’ said he,‘Good day my sweet,How lovely that weContinue reading “The Mad Chameleon”
Address to the Bumblebee
Poem: 10.6.21 I bring to mind a strange delight,To dream, at once with you to soarOn golden beams of sunlit flight! For as we watch you, drifting, left to right,Sitting, laughing, as we see you boreFace-first unto a flower’s delights, You seem content, no cares in sight,Pollen, nectar, all-you-can-eat galore,Till away you amble on beams ofContinue reading “Address to the Bumblebee”
To Brief Reprieve
Of Summer, Covid-19, Love and Loss (Poem: July 2021) Shall we sing tales of how the hours were spent,Alone with nought to keep us safe, but fears?For Summer’s wonder must we now repent,and curse the days we had to dry the tears? It seems we took the chance to throw the towel,A gauntlet versus viral’sContinue reading “To Brief Reprieve”
Brindled Fury
(Poem: 2.6.21) Shaking, she stalks the hallways:Brindled Fury.Jaundiced, bubblingNot even beneath the surfaceUn-stable and seething.Trying not to keep composureTrying not to keep explo… Sure;So sure of righteous entitlementSure that someone else bears the blame(Actually they do…)Sure to wear her best face forward,Sure to put her happy frown upside-down;Trying not to keep losing gripof the onlyContinue reading “Brindled Fury”
The Burning
(Poem: Spring 2008 (Rev. 21.5.20)) Originally written as a song when I was much (much…!) younger, this piece still resonates with me today. Explicit links to the holocaust and other genocides are fairly obvious throughout, with a similarly strong anti-war sentiment. Beneath that, though, is similarly an attempt to grasp at a feeling that modernContinue reading “The Burning”
Wastwater in the Lakes
Dedicated to my wife Helen Houghton-Foster (Poem: June 2021) The golden sheen embossed the Summer sky,while swimming through the crystal waters fresh,and time itself goes ever trundling by,dancing, rhythmic thro’ transcendental flesh. Could love and peace, so tranquil, be as days,of perfect, playful, light and symmetry?Is testament enshrined in glist’ning raysto bounce anon flights ofContinue reading “Wastwater in the Lakes”
Summer’s Song
In memoriam of early Summer walks – (Poem: June 2021) A sweeter Sunday never could be found,Than in the place where sun-light meets the sea,And waters flow and grasses grow unbound,Midst gentle waves that wash our troubles free. Whence, though it blazed with basking brilliant light,We strolled among the flowers, wild, in bloom,The blossom glancesContinue reading “Summer’s Song”
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