Sunday 28 June 2015

A Sunday poem

Two Whiskery Old Fellas

Sitting on a sofa
On a Sunny Summer Sunday
Enjoying the peace
Just a chap and his cat
Two whiskery old fellas
Who've seen good times
And bad
But we're still sitting here together
Two cosy old lads.

Saturday 27 June 2015

The impatient man

Give me a minute and
I'll be there she says
It's been a minute
You've done nothing yet
Walking off as she
Struggles to catch up
That was me once
The impatient man
No longer
Now I savour time
Wait for the one I love
And live life to the rhythm
Of the day not pushing
Or rushing just going
With the flow.

The sands of time

The sands of time trickle on
Taking our lives through
Good and bad to an end
No one can foretell
So make the most of the time
We have, enjoy the good
Endure the bad, enjoy this
Life, the only one we have.

Alnmouth Beach

People strolling with their dogs
As the sea shimmers under a glorious sun.
The tide slowly covers the golden sands
And a gentle summer breeze caresses
The grass on the dunes looking peacefully out
Over the flat calm waters.

Thursday 25 June 2015

Small

Sometimes when you're
In the city, you feel
So small it isn't pretty
The buildings loom
Above your head
Making you wish
You were home in bed.

Far away

What is it they say
When you're far away
From the person who once
Could make your day?
That absence makes
The heart grow fonder?
As time goes on
I sometimes wonder
Those feelings have changed
Like the man who had them
He's different now, not such a
Person not who clings to  a
Past that is long gone.

The Sun

The Sun is shining in my eyes
Streaming down from clear blue skies
It makes a change from dismal days
When clouds and rain
Block out her rays.

Again

Heading for the North again
The land where darkness falls
In summer late and
Winter days are dark as night
But the pubs are open
So that's alright.

Wednesday 24 June 2015

A dream

I had a dream last night
The one I loved
Was leaving me
I knew the face
But the voice
That was of another love
I'd lost
To lose one love
Is unfortunate
To lose two
Careless

Smoking

Smoking is bad
So they say
You do it, you'll die
So they say
Tobacco, it stinks
So they say
A filthy habit
So they say
I like to smoke
So they say
Your choice
I say.

Love

They chat in a pub
About relations
And love
About splitting
And connecting
About attraction
And separation
About why do
They love
And why do they
Split
About ending
And starting
About love.

Monday 22 June 2015

A Summer day

The rain is falling this Summer day
Soaking the world below the clouds
I wonder if it will go away
And cease to drench the crowds
Who slowly make their way
To work or play hoping for the sun
To shine as it should on a Summer day.

Sunday 14 June 2015

Social Media

Social Media
On Twitter and Facebook and Google plus
We lay open ourselves to the world
I wonder sometimes if it’s worth all the fuss
To let people into our lives
We Tweet when we’re drunk
And DM in a funk
Annoying the folks that we like
There are times when we should
Just shut up and be good
And keep our thoughts in our minds

It's Sunday and I'm writing poems.

The Tale Begins
‘It was a dark and stormy night’
So the tale begins
The prelude to a fiction
Leading the reader
Into a world of mystery and Intrigue
From which there is no escape
Until the final page is turned
And the sun comes up

A poem about a house

The House
It was a lonely house
Standing sad and neglected
Like a single tooth in an otherwise
Empty Mouth
No joy emanated from its silent walls
A gloom hung over it
Smothering anyone who encountered it
Many did, but there was no welcome here
It’s in the past now
Happier abodes beckoned
The residents moved on to happier lives
And the house?
Who knows or even cares.