Category Archives: Poetry

Tumbleweed

Photo by Alfo Medeiros on Pexels.com Matted and brown it appears already dead Yet it lives as it moves as it travels On roads never certain it is constantly led Through a truth that too slowly unravels This tough knotted weed must go where it must It must hope to survive whilst accepting its fateContinueContinue reading “Tumbleweed”

A Lifetime in a Voice

Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com She has a lifetime in her voice Although it is elderly and gravelly Her words are uncertain Their meaning unclear Desperately she tries again Anxious to be understood As she would once have been But all she sees is bewilderment She tries to read their souls Communicate heart toContinueContinue reading “A Lifetime in a Voice”

In Your Footsteps

Photo by Brady Knoll on Pexels.com You think I don’t want to follow them everywhere they goTo be there when they laughSee them walking life’s highwaysHopeful – optimistic – youngYou think my heart beats to a different rhythmAnd my insides don’t crumble at the temporary lossAs they walk out the doorYou think I rest easilyWhileContinueContinue reading “In Your Footsteps”

Tightrope

Photo by Adam Khasbulatov on Pexels.com I’m walking a tightrope To one side is my future To the other my past This is my reality I teeter I thrust out my arms as straight as I can Don’t wobble Don’t lose balance I could fall back into my past Or forward into a future I’mContinueContinue reading “Tightrope”

The Millionaire

Photo by MEUM MARE on Pexels.com I may not be a millionaire I may be the poorest pauper But I have riches that you can share Though I’m not a rich man’s daughter God gave me gold in the autumn In the leaves that fall from the trees And He gave me gold in theContinueContinue reading “The Millionaire”

Time Without Answer

There is always timeAnd there is always an answerEven if that answer is‘I don’t know’(Yet)Because not knowingIs a valid state of beingAnd being includesSometimes not knowingAnd not being afraid of thatTrying to be all things to all peopleIs like taking a thread of hope Attaching it to a Centurion TankAnd sending it into a warContinueContinue reading “Time Without Answer”

I Am What I Am

Photo by Jeffrey Czum on Pexels.com I tossed up whether to include this poemas it’s far from being one of my best. I decided that I would as it representsnot just the discovery of poetry, but howoften poets begin and hone their skillsworking out what’s going on inside them.I would have been desperate when IContinueContinue reading “I Am What I Am”

Peace

Photo by Odd Falch on Pexels.com This is the first poem I ever wrote. I had no idea I was a poet, and then one day I knew that I just had to get a notebook and start writing something down, it turned out the something was poetry. All forms of creative art can comeContinueContinue reading “Peace”

Numerical Stress

Photo by Black ice on Pexels.com Until I went to college to do a course preparing mature students for university, I was terrified of maths. When they tested me I did get my highest ever marks in maths, but they said my workings out were extraordinarily complex. 17.5% = 10% + 5% + 2.5%! TheContinueContinue reading “Numerical Stress”