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Fisherman My kingdom is rocks by the sea For I am a fisherman On many a dawn in the early light I stand erect In defiance of the waves That crash around my feet Cane rod pointing towards the sky Poised for the battle In my quest to conquer a dweller of the deep CunningContinue reading “Still More Reflections In A Broken Looking Glass”

Retrenched I am not employed any more Too old at fifty-seven Thirty-five years I worked for that firm Making electric motors I knew my stuff Learnt the hard way Went to night school for my trade needs Mastered all skills pretty well Endured the odd tyrant as a boss But that was no real problemContinue reading “More Reflections In A Broken Mirror”

Sad Thoughts Just a wearying for them All the sad folk who clutter up our television Getting our attention so very often For just a few contaminated moments That woman murdered by an estranged partner Two children killed by a father who shot himself later A black man kneed to death by a guilty policemanContinue reading “Poetry Continues”

Paper Boy I was a paper boy once Better that than school where I was a dunce “Pay-per, pay-per, World get yourWorld,” I would cry Shouting at people in the hope that they would buy Selling on corners or trams going past Carefully ensuring no step was my last That life was hard and neverContinue reading “More Poems Still”

Listen To The Voices The ancient forest is dying The angry sky is alight All the wild things are crying As wildfire cremates the night A child cries out in the madness “What have you done to my world?” Neocons ignore the sadness With fingers round profits curled The time-honoured farm’s under water As theContinue reading “More Thoughts”

Perchance To Dream Beautiful things will be shared by all Perchance to dream Kindness and love at everyone’s call Perchance to dream Hatred and fear will disappear Perchance to dream Each call for help someone will hear Perchance to dream The world will see no weapons made Perchance to dream Leaders will promise not toContinue reading “Latest Thoughts”

When The Stars Don’t Shine Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Bob Dylan Blowin’ In The Wind When I am alone and thinking And the light from the moon is shrinking I notice the stars don’t shine That’s trouble afoot in this life of mineContinue reading “Yet More Poems”

Guilty Words are brutal things If used for a sinister purpose They can start a war End a relationship Or build an army of discontent One thing stands alone Once uttered A word cannot be denied It stands beside your reputation For better or worse Your moment with kingdom come Or a devil’s curse SoContinue reading “Surprise: More Poems”

Virus I wandered lonely through a crowd Lost in thought not thinking aloud When something worthy of mention Suddenly got my attention An elegant, stately man crossed my path Gave me a nod and then a laugh And continued on his way Till the mills of chance came into play And we met again inContinue reading “Last Of My Poems For A While”