I have a hatstand full of hats And yet usually I’m wearing a bright orange freebie Someone gave to me From OCG As a poet I love a metaphor So this has me thinking Perhaps the hat that suits me most Is the one that chooses me And maybe I should stop overthinking this thing […]
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 […]
I don’t know if you’ve noticed I write a lot I post most days But I have a lot more to chat about Plenty of other topics Some of you might like to hear a bit more and I just discovered my email list on here I have five subscribers! I don’t want to hit […]
Be careful of the confident step The overloud voice that says You’re headed in the right direction Beware of the puffed chest The broad smile The straight line Clear picture No hesitation Left or right? Stop Please Listen Deeper Beware of the robust, the simply must! The superlative The hyperbole The ad speak ad nauseoum […]
Explanation Is an erosion If it begins in defence An unravelling occurs Building momentum As it rolls Tearing strips from the soul Of any artist If it means to enlighten The words spill one over the other Over the other Not always going anywhere At All To the non verbal thinker And inward dweller Explanation […]
The sensation of watching through a car window Life rushing past All those people that drive along side Faces in vehicles Passing by I’m moving fast Faces blur Life is a journey Not some ambling detour That goes around and around Sometimes it’s only the people in the same vehicle that are still here We […]
I’m off social media for the week-ends I’m feeling diluted and need the head space So I left this older blog post here if anyone would like to read I seemed to be feeling the similarly back in February http://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2020/02/03/water-divining-inspiration-poetry/ Back Monday, my Monday, which is perhaps your Sunday Thanks for reading
I didn’t realise I Was wearing My Filter As some kind of invisible accessory I have taken it off now Please Tell me your story again… *there is a difference between hearing and listening And it becomes instantly apparent When we err Or it did to me this morning – hence the second post while […]
And the words come to greet me Yet I cannot write them down I am scared of what they reveal Even as I refuse They wait Stagnating at the front of my mind The back of my throat The tip of tongue They block everything Until no further words come Arising From wherever words spring […]
I’ve been at least a couple of people at any one time Parallel souls Different vibes Divided Sometimes fighting Within myself I was the drinker who loved to party Next morning sad and smarting Overplaying conversations Worrying about who I offended Finding out It was mostly just myself I’m an adventurer Who wanders way out […]
