Ah, to be in Paris in the rain
The tower dripping wet
The pavement like moist sheets
Beneath our bodies
...
I wish I could get angry
The way other people get angry
I see them lash out, yell, scream, abuse
I see their frustrations, hurts and disappointments
...
Gliding over muddy plains
Sliding with the crocs
Ripping snakes from rocks
Slipping down ice
...
“There is need for shrewdness here: if anyone is clever enough he may interpret the number of the beast: it is the number of a man, the number 666” Revelations 13: 18
Yawn, so many stupid TV and radio
Nutcases going on about devils and evil numbers
...
...
He withdrew from life completely,
Not knowing which way was up,
Or whether his life was a miscarriage,
Or what....
...
Hallmark is trolling this site
To see if you make rhymes right
If you do, there's a job
If you don't, please don't sob
...
A land of magic exists above the clouds
And a sad, old rocking horse sits by the window
Knowing he'd lost a friend.
A white tuft of hair is all that is left of a once grand mane,
...
Each stirring moment
of life leave us
with a.....
I was walking past a tree,
...
it's strange how fish behave
in water and on track
and how they take the brave
leaving us in lack
...
Slowly the square metal front moves closer
Lights useless blazing into the sunlight
Small windows with a driver sipping hot chocolate
Gazing intently at the green light
...
There was a dog
A stupid dog
I saw it lying there with eyes
That read my soul
...
In a gentle moment, time stopped.
The rush of a million events in one day
Stilled and whispered;
Hearts beat to a slower pace
...
From the nothing
From the no time
From before the moment which was the first
Sudden, entropy, movement, light, being
...
I parody the beliefs of the ruling elite
Those who point to the stars to find no meaning
Those who look to the atom to find that
They can see no eye looking back at them.
...
I teach, am married with three children and have a number of other 'projects' which keep me busy with life. Lived some time in the USA but most time in Victoria, Australia. I am also a volunteer firefighter and marriage celebrant. A great deal of the poems I have put on line have come from those moments in life when events have led to a poetic response - usually based on some turmoil in the journey of love which life brings most of us. There is a large group of poems from the early 80s (my late teens and early 20s) and another group from the early 90s as well as a few more recent bits and pieces.
Oh Paris
Ah, to be in Paris in the rain
The tower dripping wet
The pavement like moist sheets
Beneath our bodies
The taste of sweets on our misty breath
The sounds of music hidden under
Flashes of lightning and the roar of
A thunderous climax
Ah, to be in Paris
In the rain
(25 July 2006)