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”
Category Archives: Poetry
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?”
Blue Without You
I want to communicateTo hearSeeTouch and feelBut all there isIs spaceI think about you all the timeAll your sweet and funny waysBut all there isIs hurtYou are part of meAnd now I am missingYet you stillAreSomewhereSo although I am incompleteI am a product of usAnd actuallyWe’re doing okayDeb Hawken2001
Forgetful
On a sweep through the universe I discovered my essence And reconnected with my source I was stardust Powerful Shining Eternal Then I came back from the dream Awoke into reality And forgot who I was Again! Deb Hawken September 2023
Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com This poem is a poem to myself. To the person I thought I was and the person I turned out to be.Maybe it’s a poem for you too, for the person you really were. For forty-five years you suffered terriblyFrom an anxiety that wiped you outObscured the fun lovingContinueContinue reading “Letter to a ‘Feeble Mess’?”
Definition
Photo by Life Of Pix on Pexels.com You were the light of my life I was too young to know that To begin to understand What your absence would mean When you died So did everything else Life as we all knew it And I stood alone in an ocean With no one to saveContinueContinue reading “Definition”
Love
Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Pexels.com Park me under a tree and leave me The tree will give me shelter and without my saying a word the tree will understand It has its roots in the earth and its canopy turned towards the sky It has seen and heard too many things to need toContinueContinue reading “Love”
Timeless Wisdom
Photo by Jean van der Meulen on Pexels.com Timeless Wisdom Time waits for no one But I wait for time I wait for the right time The best time The time when the signs appear That perfect moment when I should do… …something Part of the problem is That I haven’t defined the something ThereContinueContinue reading “Timeless Wisdom”
I Am
The problem with working yourself out.
Deb Hawken - Amorah 