When you’re in love

and lived in a different country.I used to go into the back gardenand sit on my swing.Rocking back and forwardI used to gaze up in the skyand watch the Daks flyingacross an unmolested skyon a sunny afternoon.2 March 2008Author’s note:Dak is an abbreviation for the Douglass Dakota Aircraft.

we are rich love and caringfrom our family and friends.We are rich in what we giveour wisdom and our laughterthat we share with everyone.We are rich for all sorts of reasonsand none of them includes money.If you think, you are poor,forget it and think again.Think of all the things you haveand you will be surprised…

There are many storiesfrom my mind still untold.With every stroke of my penacross the blank paper here in front of mecomes alive with another characterto fill out with a diamond crown.My pen goes where my mind directsin lines across a blank canvasto write and shape lifewith lines horizontal and verticalwhich have a life of their…

Ask anyone of loved ones lost.Hopefully in heavenwe will be reunited with them allwith no more tears of sadness only joys of reuniting.In dreams we can hear themtalking to usas we rest our head in sleep.Although you can’t hug a dreamthere are times when you dearly wish you could.It is only in our memories we…

cool, refreshing with a lift.It brushes away the strifeyour life was clogged withthat dragged your soul down.Relief lifts you upfrom the depthsthat have saddened your soulmaking you feel whole again.Ridding you of the feelingsthat have slated your life.Relief now lifts youand gone is the emotional turmoilthat blighted your being.Refreshed you feela new wellspringin which your…

I have the world at my feetand nothing can go wrong.I whistle to myself as I stroll along.Life holds no mysterythat feel I cannot solveand I feel like singingas I wander on my way.25 September 2008

at the chalk pit and hill behind.I remember what it was likebefore the houses moved inand decimated the view.They called it progressremoving the bushes and treeswhere the wildlife flourished.They never gave a thoughtto the natural habitat they destroyed.They built their houses never thinkingthat the new occupantswould use their neighbour’s gardensas a short cut becausethey were…

I think of as my best friends.If ever I have a problemthat was eating away at meI could go to either of themand they would comfort me.I’d do the same for themat anytime night or day.Not only are they my best friends,they are my writing partners in poetrywhen we write underJoJo Bean, Dodgy Dave and…

that speaks volumes to us.Yet other music we cannot stand,voices of a different generationspeaking words we cannot understand.Each of us enjoy music,but only from a generationwe have become accustom to,everything else we turn away frombecause we fail to understandthe sounds behind it all.11 October 2014

who drifted from border to border,flotsam of the war, each reaching outto find somewhere to call their own;displaced by everyone as they triedto adopt a homeland,a place they could call their own.Etched on each face was the agonythey felt being turned awayeverywhere they went.This flotsam of war.10 November 2010Author’s Note:It is hard to believe that…

The clock is striking against you,but the mind can’t accept the fact.To the mind you can do,all the things you used to do.Age has a way of creeping up on you,making it impossible to do the things,that when you were twenty one,you used to do with ease.At some point the mind has to accept,the body…

and the conclusion is out of your hands.You say you want to give up somethingbut others objections are so loudyour decision is reversedwithout your protest being heard.Their agreements are persuasivethat you reverse your decision reluctantly.This happened to me recentlywhen I tried to give up my churchthe powers that would bewould hear nothing of itand just…