Category Archives: Poetry

Listen

Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com There is a love that flows through the universe Just waiting for you to listen Waiting for you to stop And hear It is infinite and infinitesimal It can flow through you And around you If you pay attention It is not a thing of belief Or logic ItContinueContinue reading “Listen”

The Edge of Forever

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com The edge of forever is where A seeker can live if they dare No teeter and totter No ambling along Leaping and jumping Momentum is strong The edge of forever is never no never A place where the scared could belong Forever is never you know But forever isContinueContinue reading “The Edge of Forever”

Enigma

Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com Darkness that is cold and lonelyWords that keep the past aliveEvoking dreams of once and onlyA verse to help our language thriveLiving through a world of rhymeReleasing souls once trapped by barsFreed by stanzas line by lineSo they can dance among the starsA poet’s jobTo plumb the feelingsEmotions areContinueContinue reading “Enigma”

Tell Me Your Psyche’s Song

Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com I wrote this poem whilst observing the very public break-up of a couple who had generated such hope for the future. The woman appeared to becoming progressively more lonely, isolated, and eventually lost. I felt for her. I just wanted to understand how she might be feeling. Was itContinueContinue reading “Tell Me Your Psyche’s Song”

Deciduous Waltz

Photo by Dasha on Pexels.com This is one of my favourite poems. It was written at Bath Spa University whilst doing the Creative English degree that I then abandoned for History, on the advice of my tutor who said that these degrees were for people trying to write, not those who could write. In theContinueContinue reading “Deciduous Waltz”

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Photo by David Kopacz on Pexels.com This poem is very close to my heart. For my entire life I’ve never understood the damage humans do to one another, using a random set of excuses why it’s okay. It’s never okay. Even as a toddler I told my parents that unkindness was stupid. I was bornContinueContinue reading “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Who is This Perfect Person?

The only time we were all perfectPhoto by Daisy Laparra on Pexels.com This flawless Faultless Vision of brilliance This sparkling example of humanity It isn’t me I am human I am fallible I have weaknesses Strengths And everything in between I love deeply I forget things sometimes I daydream when I should be working OccasionallyContinueContinue reading “Who is This Perfect Person?”