Geoffrey Brewer

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

A BIRTHDAY SONNET Prologue From distant land of latex tin and Palm With questing spirit 'cross the world she came And met with one resigned to settled calm Then turned my life to never be the same Sonnet My love's not passi... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

I observe in this medium, a strong presence of poetry with sad, depressed, hopeless or resentful emotional tones. While I don't have much taste for the 'all sweetness and light' genre, it is sometimes a relief to read a little good ch... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Mea culpa While the sins of others may give pain with which I'm fraught They don't cause me unceasing distress that lingers within It's those things that I did but should not have, or didn't but ought That nag me in the wee smal... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Starting as a short verse on the grammatical entity - the bare infinitive (the infinitive with the 'to' stripped off) as in the first poem.; I then developed a phantasy that gave it a spiritual beingness, taken further in the second, ... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

SBC Sonnet The road winds like an artery through the town Past rail and river, houses shops and field The heedless travellers pass and barely glance round No bend from anxious purpose do they yield But stop a moment, look ther... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

The Dreams of Library Ladies Library ladies could it be you sometimes dream With books (and children) all put in their place Do you imagine an alternate library scene A view transformed to more exotic space The British Museum... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Dogs, balls, games, and the meaning of life In Shepherd Meadows dogs are running free And from river bank plunging into the stream They leap and bound unleashed across the lea To chase and catch a ball, in joy supreme From beyo... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Once when that black ice cloud returned again Penetrating by mind and heart freezing all aspiration Taking me below resentment fear or pain To a hopeless state of dull weary enervation On the radio, I heard a voice that transfor... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

When I first attended infants school, my teacher was called Miss Dutton. The name seemed to suit her; a good natured, petite, pretty but somewhat prim young lady. Her main function as I recollect it was to teach us to sit still with o... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

SONNET: The dust or the wind Dust in the wind, such are we, it is opined To be blown about then lost without a trace Or clay moulded* by another's hand and mind Lives planned and crafted then put in our place Thus liability is... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

In the beginning was the word Before that, no noun, no thing Then no sound was ever heard And no passing bell would ring So therefore no adjective was needed to describe it or deplore it No preposition required to be positioned... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

TERSE VERSE A selection of miscellaneous poems who's only connection is that they are all short. THE PIG Oh pig! Our blessings are upon you. In our hearts you did awaken A sense of gratitude unstinting for bringing home the baco... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

HI! HO! A few years ago my wife and I made a pilgrimage to Memphis Tennessee. One of the less noted attractions there was to be seen in a down town hotel where, every day at a certain time there was 'The duck parade'. In the centre... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Poem written after judging in an enjoyable and impressive contest in English speaking by young students from all over the world, in early spring at Ardingly College. ARDINGLY ELEGY Note: Ardingly is pronounced ... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Why so sad Peter Ilyich? Such melancholy strife! What is the tragic loss for which you grieve An unforgot dark chapter in your life So you must wear your heart upon your sleeve That noble face that should exult your art Betrays a... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

TEMPEST Twin limestone tors thrust up through valley floor Like islands or icebergs in a calm flat sea Deep green save where shear rock can hold no spore To spawn in fecund tropic niche a vine or tree Midday and all is calm u... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

ELEGY FOR LADY DAY 'For all we know, this may be only be a dream We come and go like the ripples on a stream' Thus it was you sang with body wracked and failing Yet with that unmistakable voice and phrasing Lady Day we'll nev... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

INGRATITUDE This is a dark, sardonic, ironic poem; written in the voice of one who knows that they are right! (and you are wrong); who is justified in criticising, invalidating and trying to destroy another's self determinism; who... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Since discovering and participating in Pondrin, I have found it to be a valuable medium and continue to enjoy its service with not a little enthusiasm. Nonetheless it has aspects that have puzzled, intrigued and sometimes irritated me... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Sonnet for a craftsman The source of that which we perceive in the material world Is a question that exercises the wisest of minds Nonetheless it seems as our surroundings are steadily unfurled There's a pattern and form that sp... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

INTERSPACE I am here and you are there Though close in affection love and care We coexist in a larger sphere But I'm not there and you're not here Here I am and there thou art We come together then we part In parting we nee... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Sonnet for Hosei University at Oxford We came again to the city of spires and dreams Where England's aspirations were built and carved In honey limestone of Jurassic coral seas Wherein minds are sculpted, nurtured and preserved ... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Pondrin Rap I was browsin da web and an' my mind was wanderin When I came to a site wid da name of Pondrin Seemed a pretty cool place to drop in an' chill Where da peeps can be free to rap as dey will It begun by a lady nam... Read more

poem by Geoffrey Brewer

Grammar Series PRONOUN HOEDOWN Grab your partners he or she I'll choose you and you choose me We'll go left if you go right They'll keep dancing through the night Who can do the do-si-do Everyone and anyone can give it a ... Read more

story by Geoffrey Brewer

Opera Lite - SIEGFRIED Abbreviated (Ouch!) Dismayed and deterred by the length and complexity of Wagner's operas? Fear not! Here is the plot of Siegried, third opera of the 'Ring' cycle and a mere 4 hours 10 minutes in duration -... Read more