Category: Poems
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The Vain Hope
When the bugle calls, men or those but boys, Shine their shoes and join the camaraderie of arms. They see no further than the cordite smell, Of training range and playground toys. Pints of beer with barrack mates, Old hands telling tales of glory, Eyes … Continue readingTo My Father
The Moon and the Yew
Trees of the forest know my dear beloved Witch, A knowing from times long past. They made the beams that spanned her hovel, Their besom growths did thatch it from the rain. The straight ash made her spell bound staff, The yew her hunting bow. … Continue readingTo My Father
Of A Morning
Impotent are my words, For moments of knowing crave eloquence beyond my wit. Inadequate and as blunt a tool, As the woodsman’s axe to prune a blessed rose. That I should by chance, Stray upon a wild orchid, hiding within long, secure grass, And kneel … Continue readingTo My Father
Dark Air
When the sun goes down, Darkness fills the air. Those healing rays, That mother sun washes, With wavelengths of spectral science. Wither as the horizon reaps its cull of light. Then we have dark air. The air that is the night. A shroud of air … Continue readingTo My Father
Union
So the complex constructs fade, As our twin exotic shadows, Become our individual teachers Their cries remembered, dark ghosts our vanished children, Trembled so upon their abyss. Too rich a blend of power and pain, Searching in the night in vain. But our so knowing … Continue readingTo My Father