Along with the new & out with the old
I'm excited to watch my futures journeys unfold.
Too long in a rut, too many memories of pain
In past years of experience in the life I refuse to throw down the drain.
So up I stood, on my...
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My mind is a battle within thought's occurrence within
My Web of entangled emotions are an ongoing drumming noiselessly din.
I've dined with the devil
I've sat at his table to dine.
I've walked upon the coals of hells fires
And...
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Im now eating a dish best served cold
Karma on a plate thats began to rot & mould.
It's serving consists of fresh gone by its expiry date.
& now i eat in my regrets
& my selfloathing hate.
For what I've cooked up for ot...
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Raining damp moist
Aches and pains, got to work
Heavy weather enjoys
Flooding flashes spark
The map navigating my voice
Twitches and it jerks
Jobs for the big boys
Office filing clerk
Autumnal alloys
Cho...
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Not being one, who was born with a green thumb, or one of any other colour
I’ve never had a yearning to plant, nor care for, any type of flora or fauna
But as good fortune would have it; I was blessed, with the mind of a sc...
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My heart is in Mukilteo,
watching the blue heron bird,
gracefully fly over the
clear blue water.
My heart is in Mukilteo,
watching the seals
poke their heads out
of the clear blue water.
My heart is in Mukilteo,
watching ...
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Early friday morning an envelope
Dropped onto Edith's welcome mat
Inside was a Birthday Party Invite
Adorned by a picture of a siamese cat
The party was to celebrate the birthday
Of Edith's old nemesis, Mary
They'd never reall...
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While waiting and watching for Everett's Para transit bus,
a friend sat down next to me, glad I was reading a book of poetry.
"I am waiting for my ride," said I.
"You don't have to tell me your life's story."
"You are so right, I ...
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Now that Easter
Is in the offing
I’ll be searching for
What that bunny’s dropping
In nooks and crannies
He will hide
Those Easter eggs
All nicely dyed
I’ll look around
And try to find
Those eggs ...
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I'm out there in the garden at sunset
As the daytime is turning to dusk
The mozzies are ready for dinner
Sizing me up as the main course
They sneak up while I am hosing
They must know I can't hear their buzz
I only realise whe...
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What the fuck? Who the fuck?
How the fuck did this all happen?
No ones got a fucking clue
So does it really fucking matter?
Fucked if I will ever know
It does my fucking head in
So why the fuck do I think of it?
From the whol...
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"I lived my early childhood in Toxteth Liverpool 8,
my memories are still so vivid, here's a few I'd like to relate.
I lived with my Auntie Marie, just off Lodge Lane in Liffey Street,
a scruffy little ragamuffin, with worn out sh...
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Edith had been suffering from shoulder pain
She'd developed a stoop and only her left shoulder would sag
When she went to see her doctor
He put all the blame on her weighty handbag
One afternoon she had time to spare
So she dec...
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Edith had to take her washing
To the local Launderette
Because every time she hangs clothes on the line
It starts to rain and everything gets wet
The machines are dated and very noisy
So everyone has to talk louder
Edith hears...
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I remember, way back when
And this is not a joke
Right after having sex
I usually had a smoke
But
My doctors said, I must desist
Before my life it wrecks
So, forced to choose, I had no choice
And thus, I gave up sex
So n...
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They are the integral & eternal links between us and our parents,
They are the divine, precious and inevitable elements.
Sisters are God’s wonderful blessing,
Adorable, sensible and always seeking.
Vulnerable & possessive a...
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"Do you remember the days when we were all small?
Life was all fun, and games, isn't it so lovely to recall?
Innocent games like, "off ground tick," and "kick the can,"
also "postmans knock," remember how fast we all ran.
Yummy sw...
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It’s eight ‘o’ clock on Monday morning
And a certain someone is on the bus to town
It’s the start of another hectic week
In the life of Edith Brown
At ten she meets her old friend Pam
In the Pink...
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The intense distraction of my febrile heart
trapped me into love.
Now two years after the addiction started
and you wouldn’t satisfy my need
you appear in my tinder feed
like another face in a stream of shallow filters
...
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I’ve just had a week of Monday mornings
Anything that could go wrong went wrong
Why is it when everything’s against you
The whole week seems too long
I’ve avoided walking under ladders
And when I needed luc...
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