Thursday, 28 August 2014

Rubaiyat




she no longer trusts anyone anymore
no one can enter  beyond the front door
chain and locks are wrapped round her heart
her spirit crushed broken smashed glass on the floor

first they were happy good looking and smart
but lying and  cheating became his fine art
the resentment was jagged bitter too wide
twas no longer bearable and so they did part

they split she stumbled a lot  in her stride
sometimes she felt she already had died
her grief inconsolable a long shadow cast
a miserable time no one at  her side

the sad years did pass at long long last
found another to love with passion steadfast
her love for him burst to a soft aching flow
but the demons of fear returned from the past

she would not survive more treacherous blows
being dragged through the mud relationship woes
so she tossed her love on the rocks gone with the wind
sits alone with her cats  looking out at  the snow



Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Haiku For Joel Robison



 he carried  demons
in his long black woollen coat
could not shake them off



 
i saw three ships
come sailing in
you were not there





urban warrior
imaginary dragon
in pursuit of him






would do anything
to avoid a queue he was
so mary poppins



 

her love transformed him
he found his wings and could fly
 for a few minutes

 

who needs a piano
he played his typewriter like
a virtuoso

Thursday, 14 August 2014

The Singing Lesson


dverse

i'm trying to teach him how to sing
he doesn't get it not his thing

a howl is hard to execute
more difficult  to learn than playing a flute

he plays the piano that's alright
but his howls and growls could start a fight

i keep him on cos he looks good in a suit
makes my dinner thinks i'm real cute



Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Home





home is where you are
as long as we're together
nothing else matters

Truth






beautiful truth
nature still radiates love
mankind defiles her

Friday, 8 August 2014

Baroque Pearls





the musician's boat
glides over the baroque waves
sails dripping with pearls

a pearl  drops from heaven
encased in a frail old man
performing magic

Thursday, 7 August 2014

Tanka






this cost you a lot
the rest of your life in fact
it cost him nothing
middle class morality
an unforgiving fixed star