I’m not as senseless as you say.
I’m young enough to see tomorrow as another day.
I’ve watched the news, it don’t make sense,
Careless destruction, unexplainable violence.
Well I don’t want to know, can you tell me you do?
You say I sound inane, but I’ve listened to you.
When the sun’s shining and the waves are rolling in,
when I [...]
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SURFING YOUTH
Posted in People, tagged lyric, poetry, surfing on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BOTANICAL GARDENS DREAM
Posted in People, tagged lost love, love poem, love poetry on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where would I be now, had I believed
in your dream Botanical Garden of Love ?
( without rain or insects )
Had I chosen to live in your
carefully controlled ideal landscape
with you as my God ?
Memories, laughter, the clown ; You –
with the high cheek bones of a gypsy
and the ever watchful eyes of a hawk.
The tight [...]
A Touch of the Sun
Posted in People on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The river water is cold and cleanses
her hot feet, slipping between dusty toes
slicker than satin sheets.
Her skirt is hitched back in abandon,
chubby cherub toes
wriggle in ecstasy.
Fat ripples the skin on her thighs.
Warm and smooth the huge rock
supports her wide bum with ease.
She tosses her hair back, exposing her face
to the Sungod’s eye in the sky.
Closing [...]
The Child inside the Man
Posted in People on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a little boy inside him
who’s crying his eyes out
because no-one made him favoured
because no-one loved him best.
There’s a little boy whipping himself
with remorse for the pain he’s caused
and cutting himself down before
anyone else can do it.
There are tears enough here to flood
a river. Dammed and under control,
but always surging at the walls.
There’s also a [...]
