TweetI’ll lighten up again, but given the tragic stories of this week in the UK, this seemed the right time to post this and the previous poem. (The report of Charles Roberts’ attack on October 2nd 2006 on an Amish School in the US killing a number of children, was on the same pages as […]
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TweetTragically, I never had to wait long for a current story to make this a topical poem to post. Lost Boys In the darkest secret part of Men for it is Men who we must face there is pure evil stark and simple beyond forgiveness beyond grace Don’t speak to me of God’s timeless plan […]
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TweetRemembrance – Your Day This is my remembrance day no bands or marching men no pomp or circumstance just private cherished memory This is my thoughtful day when I think just of you your kindness and your love the comfort I could see In your eyes This is my day to miss you feel you […]
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TweetMiss Understanding She thought He thought about her the way she thought he thought about her but he didn’t He thought She thought about him the way he wanted her to think about him but she didn’t tragedy in the making
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Tweet Remembrance Day Etched in unforgiving stone The Glorious Dead implacable stands alone washed in rain and bitter tears blood red poppies do not atone across the bitter years the sadness and the loss As each November nears we mourn our honoured dead with military pomp and facile prayers power privilege and marching bands through […]
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Tweet Legend (George Best) Let us not talk of genius but celebrate the two edged blade of a peerless gift from which legends are born This imperious Caesar’s slaves whispered in his ear you are a god not mere man and so he lived our dreams played out our secret fantasies and flew too close […]
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TweetMan and Wife His unwilling legs have felt such pain his eyes have seen such sorrow his worn down heart such loss his tears have no tomorrow for loves he can’t regain Three dead children haunt his nights their memories ghost his days his survival defies all sense courage shadows all his ways love his […]
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TweetA Loving Woman A loving woman is not one who lets a man make love to her whenever he wants A loving woman is one who makes a man still feel whole when he has failed to make love to her
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TweetAnd So My Son And so my son we have left the best and the worst to last You have asked me what I know of women and I wonder what to say How long have you got? for you will need nothing less than a lifetime and then some Of one thing I am […]
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TweetLove (2) Never forget if you would see the healed bird soar then you must set her free
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