Above is a link to me reading poetry on Utube – it’s one of the poems that I wrote when Mum was sick – a long time ago now I hadn’t read the poem for a long time So I got a little emotional as surprisingly it brought up some hurt I left that in […]
It spins Like a roulette wheel Like a compass seeking North Like a random Chopping knife Dicing close across the board Move your fingers Slide surreptitiously deep Hide them in pockets Where the mind cannot reach And know Whatever comes You’ll be fine You’ll be fine It’s just life It slides this way and that […]
Chaos Catastrophe Accidents Uncertainty Interruptions Don’t get too caught up in it Outside the weather continues The soil opening daily to the sun Our feet landing solidly Against the earth we walk upon I like to think of the depth How far down it goes Miles deep Where the dust blows It shifts But further […]
Writing is solitary And whenever we make it less than that We dilute ourselves Yet we have to go out in the world to gather stories Gather fuel Food for the writing It always shakes me up I’ve been travelling So Routine falters Concentration wanders And the word birds fly to other fields This morning […]
I’ve been having a lot of epiphanies latelyThose moments when life shifts completelyDoors open into rooms you didn’t even know were thereHadn’t consideredThings so shockingly mind bending that they rattleAnd discombobulateFamily thingsInner thingsOuter thingsIt’s like a constant vibration is on the roll within and without at the momentIn the momentIt always has been this way […]
Telling lies to yourself Integrity loss Bad connection Truth is you rope Hold it Tightly My recent trip home (original home) clarified and solidified so many things that have been drifting. We don’t always recognise the lies we tell ourselves – but I can feel the bumps in my mind – like a pimple on […]
A tree grows from bottom to top Roots all around stretching into the distance to hold her up. When half are cut leaving her leaning, balance can never be achieved The long post explanation of the poem is written on the Patreon blog ($5 per month – less than a coffee a day! Check […]
It is good to return Without the filters And masks To breathe and just be grateful For all that was Is And ever will be To not carry things under my skin Where they dig in Like burrs Sharp stones To not mourn what is gone But instead see all that remains unchanged Interminable through […]
I have flowers beneath my skin Paper petals The memory of touch Sinking in Long ago The aroma of earth Is lodged in my nose It travels to my brain Recalling me again and again To a childhood of bare feet Red dirt And the crackle of leaves Dodging burrs It’s September And the wildflowers […]
Ego Is me In front of me Blocking me Preventing me From seeing Anything else When I look at you I see me When I look around A thousand meeeeeees Spring up A forest Of trees Falling For the sake of me And I’ve had enough Buddha said if you see your beloved on the […]
