Graffiti. Destruction Defacement ….or art? Where does one begin And the other takeover In the mind In the emotions In the thoughts of the one that holds the spraycan aloft In skill In talent Creative expression Or The mindless obsession with saying I Was Here Or Does the answer lie In the beholders eye That […]
There is a ghostly craft That floats Beyond the horizon Carrying the cargo Of all the choices I did not Could not Make The older we grow The more we unload Realising There is only one path we can walk this life And only so much we can carry Certain people, certain baggage So We […]
The pattern of a birds wing Against the sky Freedom Flight Light And in the case of the pigeon Home *pigeons have been known to fly thousands of kilometres from a strange place, home. Their navigation system is so strong They can do it blind How they do this is a mystery The heart is […]
Mother Nature draws a deep breath Just before the sun peaks over the horizon The cold air rushes in Chasing the warmth away And for those minutes, as she takes her breath The quality of sound changes The birds are silent And then A shaft of light Strikes If I close my sun warmed lids […]
Lighting candles at dusk The crickets remind me Their chirping begins around that time too The light is soft outside Low in the sky I chop kindling Set a stack aside To take to the fire Offerings to the chimney Please start easily It usually does I have a system Two logs either side Paper […]
Horses Life forces Of their very own Intelligent Capable And if you win their respect Honour it As the great treasure it is *My father was a great horseman – he broke them in, used them for mustering, played polo from their backs and had a great respect for his four legged companions. My Grandfather’s […]
Sunflowers They follow the sun And when night comes Or they are displaced They bow their heads And remember the feeling of warmth On their face I’m changing up my Instagram and adding more of my own photography when time allows. Find me here https://www.instagram.com/kate_duff_poetry/
Looking out the window Of a spaceship in flight An astronaut Could be forgiven For thinking this planet solid A simple spinning Green Blue Ball Zoom in closer And closer It isn’t a ball At all Closer in still Humans looming larger An eyeball Two Put them under a microscope Watch those globes disappear again […]
When jealousy alights on your shoulder And envy digs it’s claws in your chest Listen Because they are showing you your next step All too often these emotions are shown with a negative light Because they feel negative and can be toxic if not addressed maturely But if you slide the switch to the other […]
There is a place in the throat You can feel it when you swallow Words They form a clump Like a jar lid Keeping emotions inside Contained Be careful of the seal Things can go rotten in there Restraint is commendable But stomach acid does terrible Things To an inside that doesn’t ring true
