POEMS


LET THERE BE …

Since words first fell Into the void White noise has swelled in Over seven thousand tongues It peaks and rolls In never ending waves Ordering you to come down here And get fleshed out, manned up Behind some cause

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PALM SUNDAY

The unwanted bray, Uncouth, uncontrolled Erupts from this embarrassment Of an animal in sudden surprise Heads turn, and the butt of derision Plods doggedly unaware Of good grooming and the dignity Of the occasion

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FRACTURE

Noise vandalises quiet Fragments of colour Dislocate and splinter In the heavy air Voices compete For a thin thread Of attention

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RECONSTRUCTION

Wounds healed over Stitches dissolved New skin shines pearl-like In the morning sun Stretches to touch The wholeness Of things placed Just where they should be

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WILDERNESS

High towers once inalienable Upended one by one The dust of their falling Sticks to the clothes, grits in the toes As we stagger ill-shod and unbelieving Through the wasteland Of past certainties Our hearts shot through With the insult of this And all betrayals

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ERASURE

It starts with a fingerprint Dirt denting the corner Of soft cream vellum Cotton fibres interlocked With care over time

Attention is drawn From artwork to stain

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SOUNDSCAPE

The music of โ€˜wellnessโ€™ Washed clean of all colour Plays out its servitude In the glass lift Boards of directors having concluded That calm can be conjured From shallow waters The panic of thought Contained by the bland

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NOW

Now canโ€™t be edited Burnished in the looking back Until it is past

But the fear of winterโ€™s devastation The unravelling it brings Can derail it

Sitting quiet with Now Takes some attention

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