from green to gold and red.
As the days, get shorter
as we head
towards winter’s wonderland,
which is not that far ahead.
However, while we have it
lets enjoy the autumn sun
and the wonderful colours
that brings our way.
Lets enjoy it while we have it
for all too soon it will be gone
replaced by the winter
and its frosty song
when the world becomes
winter white again.
the right and the wrongroads we travel down.The highs and the lowswe all at times endure,our achievementsand our failures.Each life experiences theseall spread out in a lifetime.All the fame we gatheror the infamy we shed,but when we dieour gravestone readsour name, born – died.Only a dash expresses our life,there are no wordsto express who we…
and years vanish almost completely.It does not seem forty-three years agoI put pen to paper and wrotewhat has turned out to be my best poem ever.The one that has attracted more attentionthan any other I have written.Its accolades still confound meas I am in wonder of them all.Especially as it was never writtenas a poem…
The dogs take them,wherever they want to go.The owners have to stopwhen they want to sniff around the treesor do their toiletries.So who is taking whom for a walk,and who is on the lead?I suspect that it is the ownerswho are on the lead.(7 July 2007)
my eyes exploring everything I sawand filed it away in my memory store.Now as I’ve got olderthose insignificant thingscome back to me now and then.They fill my life with sanitywhen I think I’m going around the bend.Some of those thingsI incorporate in whatever I write.A touch of nostalgiafor others who remember them as well.28 April…
Some lives fall on stony groundand fail to grow at all.We are like the seeds of flowerswe need a base to grow,to spread our rootsand watch our seedlings grow.11 April 2009
there is no turn off points for happiness,no turning for joy.Just an empty barren roadthe way we feel sometimes,there seems no lightat the end of the tunnel anywhere,just a ribbon of darknessthat stretches out to nowhere.3 February 2008
