I don’t mind growing older On mornings when my hands are covered in garden soil My feet wet with dew And I’m laughing at the dogs Chasing each other I don’t mind getting older On days when I’m busy And have hardly checked the mirror I’m not thinking of wrinkles Or lines Or grey hairs […]
Full moon Wolf moon Howling moon Echoing Resonating Penetrating Pulling and gathering and emptying A wave that slides Cutting through the ocean Carrying emotions Karma washing from the souls that bathe beneath Emerging clean once again Years in arriving it seems to me Yet to the great unfathomable energy Time is just a drop of […]
I should be writing Instead the writable words are a jumble A tangle of chords And wires That I know I have to sort out But have put it aside The knotted mess That lies at the back of my mind Simple words come instead Thanks Yes Mango Sorbet please Are we going for a […]
When George at Zoolon Audio posted last year that he would accept poems and turn them into fully produced songs, a light went off in my head – perfect priceless Christmas gift for husband. Brownie points Wife of the year medals Possibly even an Australia Day honour (though that was a rank outside chance at […]
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 […]
Approach Smile Breathe This is your life It is everything and anything you desire Terrifying And freeing At the same time You are solely responsible For who you are And who you become So Become glorious Become wonderful Become Whatever you want *Welcome to 2020 – be whatever you want. These words bubble up from […]
Eagle lifting Thoughts sifting Foot connecting One after the other Mind drifting Hearing sentences Running through my head What he said She said Barbs that stick like burrs As consciousness whirls Memories dredging What does this mean? What did that? Nothing particularly matters Once you understand It’s all just words Habits People’s verbal vomits Things […]
Had a conversation with a man about dying He was terrified But I wasn’t frightened He asked me why And I smiled Said “I guess as writers we live in our heads One foot in this world And one in the next We walk through lifetimes And a thousand heads How can I be scared […]
The moment before you get what you crave Desire That which you have been aspiring Perspiring Towards Chiselling away Right before it emerges Out of the clay The rock The stone That step just before you arrive home At the epitome At the point Is the best non point in your life (Until another one […]
It takes me by the mind Walking in kingdoms that are not mine Wanting things That are not useful As I pine for all And crave everything My empty hands grasping Picking at the stitches That sew everything together Neatly Moth chewed holes in the fabric Of the pattern Leaving trails behind me as I […]
