Monthly Archives: November 2021

Soldier What am I?A violent robotic agent of DeathTrained to kill without asking whyFor a cause beyond my capacity to understand?Not to reason, just to dare and maybe die?I am told I am to take action for a valid purposeWith licence to slaughterApproved by the shapers of my existenceBravery for me is not a recklessContinue reading “Poetry On And On”

University The manyTurned into oneA place where you can become awareOf wisdom that gives energy to countless mindsWhere knowledge is a sacred thingFree of greed or the self interest of businessAnd exists for itself in triumph over ignoranceLearning there down all timeHas comeBefore self aggrandisement and commerceBut not today alasNow it is the tormented childContinue reading “Poetry Lives On”

Teacher He taught me to thinkWhen I stood on the verge of ignoranceHelped me to see things as they really areAnd not as they merely seem to beGave me the power to read the messages of wonderThat now bring light to my darkened wayShowed me the paths of writingThat now and forever will let meContinue reading “Yet Still More Poems”

Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing Be silent always, when you doubt your sense;And speak, though sure, with seeming diffidence: ‘Tis hard to say if greater want of skillAppear in writing or in judging ill,But of the two less dangerous is the offenseTo tire our patience than mislead our sense Alexander Pope: An Essay On Criticism CanContinue reading “More Poems To Share”

Paramedic There I wasUnsure of my existenceAnxious and afraidBody mechanisms just not workingI wondered if my time had comeHis voice was gentleThat greeting almost tenderThe concern for me was obviousHe was calmly so proficientHe checked my blood pressureFelt my pulseLooked carefully at my eyes and faceAll the time talking in a friendly, unruffled wayHis auraContinue reading “Poetry Lingers Still”

Quest I wandered lonely as an honest manAmidst a crowd of politiciansMy torch in daylight outdid Diogenes as it had batteriesBut the result was the sameStill I wandered, ever hopefulAh! There was oneA large hat accompanied by a manHe looked honestIn a head piece like that and the sun so hotYou could cook eggs onContinue reading “And More Still”

Modelling Enter the modeller…SoThe alchemist returnsTurns lead into gold in his modelAha!It is pyrite disguised as platinumAnd how well the deceiver stands in statusPaid with lucre fit for kingsWith the well funded persona of counterfeit respectabilityA well paid shadow in the persuasive halls of pretenceFree as a bird, a bird of prey,To generate the illusionContinue reading “Poetry Still”

The Answer Man A Tribute To A Political Icon: Identity Obvious O have you met the Answer ManWho always has a reply?If you catch him out or discover his tricksHe will simply tell you a lieHis face radiates integrityBut he never provides any proofHe fakes a smile endorsed with guileAnd pretends to tell you theContinue reading “Yet Again”

Trust That portrait was my first wifeA happy smile the world beguilesContrary to modern trendsShe was my very first loverAnd I was very definitely matureOur togetherness was like my first breath of lifeA dawn revealing a landscape I didn’t know existedBirds seemed to sing their songs just for meThe windWrapping itself round the two ofContinue reading “Yet More Sharing”

The Gift Of Learning O I can build castles nowThat look down on the twisted worldWith understandingI am aware of solutionsTo uncertainty that once destroyed my self respectThe gift of learning is suddenly mineAnd I have the power to see things as they really areThe rulers of my pastSought the safety of my ignoranceAnd triedContinue reading “Words Still Matter”