Graham Fowell Poems

I saw a fly trapped
In a long abandoned spider's web.
The web weaver moved on to better pickings
Or herself taken by a bird,
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We are physically linked to every living thing
by the common biological thread of DNA,
giving us eyes with which to see the world
and skin to feel the sun.
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Long, long ago, when the earth was quite new
Before reptiles or mammals or me and you,
The world was the garden and home of the ants,
The good earth sustained them with water and plants.
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Life...is an enormous
Incalculably huge
Succession of nothingness...
Followed by a series of little moments...
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From the moment of youth
To the high noon of forty
The shadow of evening
Will be with you all shortly.
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Sooner or later any spectacles
You may find in a junk shop,
Will help you see more clearly
For a while.
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Put your earth in harness
Planting bulb and seed
Then await the happy miracle
As they find the sun they need.
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Robert Lenkiewicz was right.
Every single thing which life has come through,
Is a one off, unrepeatable, unique!
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Four billion years ago small life dies;
After three billion years
Enough small stuff has lived and died
To enable bigger stuff to live and die.
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Spring out of bed with a smile
Even though you’ve got backache and piles

Make the most of the time you are given
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