My dog, covered in sticky mud, sprayed me with filth as he shook it off He smiled at me, even though I had just yelled at him five minutes ago for almost jerking my arm out of my socket – chasing a rabbit Dogs They act on impulse born of instinct, love deeply, forgive quickly, […]
I will create as I speak This is the original meaning of the word abracadabra. Real isn’t the opposite of positive. Real can be both positive and negative, with some of superlatives and hype toned down. Positivity gets a bad wrap these days, as all things that have reached their zenith in peoples consciousness do, […]
I struck a match, tried to light a candle It was a small match a difficult wick My fingers were burning before the candle lit It made me think of our lives. Broken into small matchsticks that we light each morning. A day, 24 hours, many spent sleeping. And sleep is important. Some days linger […]
This morning I am thinking about truth. It’s such a bendable issue, such a dangerous issue. We each live according to our very personal version of truth, but when our truth kills someone, or infringes on their sovereignty, who is to blame? Truth? This week two young police officers were shot and then shot again […]
Here within the parameters of me I walk Unable to transform into anyone different At least Overnight Here, with all the experiences which have brought me to who I am Despite discarding as often as I become aware Of self defeating habits and impulses Here, is where all that was has delivered me to Now […]
Some days begin and end so far apart The sun rises over the ocean I sip coffee, saying goodbye in my heart to my beloved seaside house Hours later, an entire day has past And I watch the same sunset amidst a dusty haze of green and gold paddocks Happy dog, happy I am home, […]
I watch you cut my hair Ticking time bomb in your chest I didn’t know it was there When I walked in You greeted me as you always do Full of energy Full of zoom And then, when I complimented your wing of white blonde hair Your eyes ducked out from beneath Met mine in […]
If you’ve ever wondered why a poet writes … I have written hundreds of poems, many that I love Some, I don’t even think I write, they are kind enough to write themselves for me, and fall into lines that I enjoy and share They are there in the ups And there in the downs […]
The truth is not the thing we think it is It moves, changes, morphs, transcends It is fluent, and it depends On only the deepest held feeling As to how it emerges and when In an argument it may stay hidden and never come about Our task therefore is to tickle it out Out of […]
What relevance is religion in the year of our Lord 2022? Oh my God, what if? What if my God? Two completely different questions, asked from a completely different emotional standpoint One is panicked and frightened , more a rhetorical question then anything The other a gentle query, uttered with steady faith, a peaceful heart, […]
