The Yellow
Underneath the canopy the yellow on the ground the changing of the seasons as autumn comes around The beauty at this time of year takes my breath away enraptured by the wonder on this fine October day...
View ArticleNature’s evening slumber
Upon the ground this time of year the yellow, red and gold A carpet of pure loveliness from trees both young and old Crunchy in the sunshine fragrant in the rain It always brings a certain cheer when...
View ArticleEndings
It’s easy to see the beginnings of things, not so easy to see the endings. With eyes like cameras, the silent guide can tell you things you will not believe. We look at each other and confused by...
View ArticleHappy World Poetry Day!: An Homage to Maya Angelou
So little do we value words That lift and breathe and fly. Some still use words that no one should. Regardless, I will try.
View ArticleFarewell Poem for Kitchen
House empty, I’m in the pilot light, an eye unblunk in the stove that yawns, I remember, the delicious and burnt feasts I cooked here wearing only my drawers, small breasts pulled down by gravity,...
View ArticleThe Circle II
This time of day it changes at each different time of year Certain little nuances as morning time draws near In winter it is brittle with a chill upon the air And this time you’ll find me wrapped up...
View ArticleNovember II
No. 3 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months II’ series November and the brittle chill settles on the land Winter time has come to stay felt by its colder hand Eleventh of Gregorian Chrysanthemum its flower...
View ArticleAutumn Lovely
Raining now and cooler Autumn’s finally gotten hold But there’s still a little warmth out there and it’s not yet all that cold Some days when the sun comes out the summer I still see Although the...
View ArticleTri-Haiku IV (Change)
And as winter comes I am yellow with summer Sunshine in my mind But as summer fades Yellow changes into blue Winter takes a hold And as my palette paints here a changing picture the canvas moves on...
View ArticleHUMAN NATURE
By Charles Robert Lindholm Forgiveness Second Chances Grace Do Overs We Don’t Like To Think Of Ourselves As Cold Unforgiving Prejudicial Or Judgmental We Like To Believe In Hope And Change, And It Is...
View Article-08.09.19_14:38-
A choice that I made It was supposed to be until the end The one and Only, Again. Abandoned amidst predictions Now true, Watching as life goes on for others But not for me. September Song Project
View ArticleSeptember 30th
The last day of September Summer’s waxed and waned away Yet with warmth still here around me Autumn’s yet to have its say There’s still time for shorts and t-shirts and for sitting in the sun for...
View ArticleFirst II
2 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months III’ series October is here as autumn waits in the wings and the greenery turns brown leaves begin falling for the underfoot crunching into the face of winter ©Jemverse
View ArticleWelcoming the gold
There’s a nip in the air but the door’s open wide and I’ve yet to feel chill when sitting inside There’s still colour out there and the green’s yet to fade as though it was hoping that summer had...
View ArticleRearranging
Every so often my soulmate and me feel like a bit of a change So oft with a plan we’ll move things around and the furniture we’ll rearrange Some things move up and some will come down but not much...
View ArticleMemory
Memory is the not-quite-living museum of our lives, and dusty. You’re not sentenced to remain what you already are. You may change, grow and split the hardened carapace of a self that no longer fits,...
View ArticleTime passing
So the sun sets on the month of May and June is almost here already we have seen pass by not far off half a year Unsure where that time has gone it’s happened quite so fast and life has changed...
View ArticleBeginning II
2 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months IV’ series October arrives and autumn is come now the last day of September is done Days getting shorter shadows are long and though the sun stays it’s not quite as...
View ArticlePrecious moments
I sat outside and mourned the fact That with us here north facing The sunshine now has left us For cooler winds more bracing Yet still there is this pocket And I’m thankful here for this As with longer...
View ArticleTo the woods
To the woods in the rain To sit by the fire And warm up my hands in the dry The sound of the drops As it hammered down lots And the summer hurried on by To the woods in the rain As autumn came fast And...
View ArticleTreehouse
In the woods which my daughter Called home for a while Stands a structure quite tall Full of mystery and guile A treehouse built high Now abandoned and sad Though its stairs and its walls With wood are...
View ArticleA nod to summer
And though the darkness now appears earlier each day it’s good to see the summer lights still twinkle here I’d say For even though it’s cooler now they speak of pleasure past and keeps the memory...
View ArticleHUMAN NATURE
By Charles Robert Lindholm Forgiveness Second Chances Grace Do Overs We Don’t Like To Think Of Ourselves As Cold Unforgiving Prejudicial Or Judgmental We Like To Believe In Hope And Change, And It Is...
View ArticleTri-haiku XXXII – Time’s Passage
The last of the month where has February gone? already it’s March But no complaints here for summer’s ever closer Warmer daytime soon Coupled with new growth Springtime around the corner with grass now...
View ArticleNot quite turning
There's promise in the Western sky this morning here I think for as the sun begins to rise he's tipped me here a wink No letting go to cooler times not yet and not today as we cling on to summer though...
View ArticleNormality
It's a first for me today no trains for quite time not since the first lockdown have I braved the ridden line And yet today to Worthing I must venture yet again for my first day in an office and a...
View ArticleOne II
2 of 12 in the Jemverse series ’12 months V’ One for the first day now of October and I thinks the summer's now ended as although there's a warmth remaining we have now the woodsmoke of autumn...
View ArticleGarden Fade
I stole some summer's magic kept it back a while to hold to rekindle momentarily at least these days when fades the gold All too soon I'll be forgotten as lacklustre my waste is laid and the sun will...
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