The key to get our of your house?Photo by Martins Krastins on Pexels.com I can’t actually remember if I’ve ever posted The Caves on this site, it’s been published a few times so it’s hard to recollect where it’s been, but it’s one worth reposting, and in the coming days I will post the twoContinueContinue reading “The Caves of Ismaron”
Category Archives: Poetry
Judge or Problem?
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Politicians, eh? They’re such liars* Sorry I couldn’t come today, bad headache(No worries. But didn’t I see you in townhaving coffee with someone else?)* Yes we will be happy to insure you(But claim and we will give you as little as possibleand charge you more next year)* This affordableContinueContinue reading “Judge or Problem?”
Balance
Photo by Shiva Smyth on Pexels.com Balance in all things is desirable “All work no play makes Jack a dull boy” It doesn’t do Jacqueline much good either On the fun front Life is a series of trade offs And happiness can be part of the trade But it may clash with the needs OfContinueContinue reading “Balance”
Birthday Cake
Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com I want to write a birthday cake In sugar sweet poetic line Script a fruit-filled luscious taste Not an ordinary rhyme I’ll word it full of rum soaked fruit and underline with marzipan Ice it in a winter blue And scrawl my name on If I can On topContinueContinue reading “Birthday Cake”
Shredded
A little bit of light-hearted fun, and as close to risqué as I’d dare to go! ****** I bought myself a shredder I shredded everyday To make the heaps of paper Go noisily away I found piles of paper everywhere Under every sink Why I kept this mess of stuff I didn’t like to thinkContinueContinue reading “Shredded”
Wishing Words
Photo by Nita on Pexels.com I wish Happiness into your life So that you attract joy Luck and abundance In all good things I wish that the sun warms you The stars guide you And the moon reminds you Of the cycles of life Only love never ends I wish That you knew how magnificentContinueContinue reading “Wishing Words”
Who?
Photo by KawaiiArt1980 on Pexels.com Who is this perfect person you want to know?This flawlessFaultlessVision of brillianceThis sparkling example of humanity?It isn’t meI am humanI am fallibleI have weaknessesStrengthsAnd everything in betweenI love deeplyI forget things sometimesI daydream when I should be workingOccasionally I leave a tap runningBut I am respectful and considerateI love myContinueContinue reading “Who?”
All
What is everything to you?Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels.com This is the anchor poem of the ‘All’ series. AllIs everythingIt is the beginning and the endThe Alpha and the OmegaThe I wishI hopeI wonderAnd I amIf you want everythingYou must be allAnd if you want to be allYou must be everythingYou must not feelContinueContinue reading “All”
Hope More
I find sunflowers hopeful and upliftingPhoto by lil artsy on Pexels.com When you want to illustrate hope there are so many ways to do it, but for me nature reminds us that we can come back from a winter of the soul. Year after year, decade after decade, it does what it does, and nothingContinueContinue reading “Hope More”
Breakdown
In hiding within No one knows how anyone else feels, nor can one person explain how another will react to the same situation. As such, this is a very personal account of how it felt to be me, in a way that I found more comfortable at the time, trying to bring a little lightContinueContinue reading “Breakdown”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 