My heart was struck

 

When first I saw your limpid blue green eyes
That held me with a merry loving look
I  fell into  sweet love without surprise
Without consulting people or a book.

My heart was struck and rang out like a bell..
Like crystal struck by silvery rod or spoon.
And yet I hesitated,you could tell…
Is love a treasure or a road to doom?

For in the past,love’s robbed me of my soul.
I gave so much and gained not at all.
But with your love I felt I could be whole…
Free from those whose very touch appalled.

The sun looked down and smiled upon your face
As we held each other in a soft embrace

Like  sex and drugs and eating from my shoe

We spent 10 years  a -wandering  Southport Beach
You may wonder how but I don’t teach

I went to Sinai just to have a look
Now it is in Egypt . bless my boots/

The Bedouin people  have not found a home
In the deserts of my heart, they roam

I washed my dishes in some  water cold
They are greasy but I’m going blind

Would you vote for leaving Asia next?
Brexit  has put patience to the test

Are we  in New Zealand’s  trading zone?
We could cut the cord and be reborn

I read the Times and leave a comment too
To be quite  clear  I asked  them , is I you?

The Bread that is so sacred  feeds the poor
Jesus never wished to be adored.

I saw a beggar lying on  the ground
I gave him my down coat, is that unsound?

I thought I’d go out on the River Thames
But then I went to Kew to make amends

Did God wish to  convert the  Jews by force?
I hope he will be filled with bald remorse

The Inquisition, torture and  then death
Jesus would be shattered by this mess

Don’t we pay the Hebrews  for their Scrolls?
They told the stories , made the Bible  whole.

All of Europe forced to go to Mass
Those unwilling,  burn them up like grass

I hated sermons for  men gave no clue
How to do in practice what they knew

I made some salad green and ate it all
The slugs and snails are  looking up appalled

English grammar is no use to me
I want to go to Norway and catch flu

I made a rule :it is a sin to pee
Like  sex and drugs and eating from my shoe

Why not work out what we’re made to do?
Making babies may be the real clue

Getting mystic, lying on the lawn
Is that a cat that  bit me on the arm?

I fear my cat has grown her claws  yards long
If she liked my boyfriend,  she’d grow fangs

When in Israel  do  not speak in code
They invented it  to please the Lord

I wonder was  the first word ever   God?
Cr*p or Sh*t or F*ck   or Praise [the Lord]

Do you long fo marmalade in bed?
The duvet’s  bitter orange  matching bread

The cats are in the basket on the wall
They ate  up  violets  ,I call that absurd

My husband  phones  me when I am asleep
I can’t pick it up so it is cheap

Wandering in the Estuary of the Ribble
Stand on Sinking Sand and play the fiddle

If Britain  travels  like the great Titanic
Boris Johnson will sell us our own Panic

If you see a Polar bear at night
Take a photo  followed by swift flight

I’d like to phone my husband but he ‘s gone
Get BT to lay a line  for one.

I don’t believe in mourning over-long
I’ll  soon be dead myself and feeling prongs

Grief is free for all of us on Earth
It hurts like Hell and  makes the World seem cursed

Good night my little cat and my tame snails
I’m off soon  to New  Zealand  with my tales

 

 

We can’t phone God ,yet he talked to Dory Previn

 

 

 

God has got no telephones in heaven
The saints need no Samaritans,I’m sure
We can’t phone God ,yet he talked to Dory Previn

Better to take holidays in Devon
No airports and no  crowds to squash, endure
God has got no telephones in heaven

I like one man , I don’t need twenty seven
One is all I want . is that quite clear?
We can’t ask God ,yet he talked to Dory Previn

Boris Johnson’s Turkish, don’t you love him?
The  white cliffs  and the rocks  are getting near
God has got no match  for him in heaven

Stalin killed   his people when they threatened
He  said that perfect love was based on fear
We can’t phone God ,yet he  wept  on Dory Previn
Beachy Head ,  where is    love’s  right decision
Will sorrow add a little more   to our provisions?
God has got no telephones in heaven
He ignores us but he skyped with Dory Previn

 

Soon the hidden mind willall allure

Socrates evoked the answers true
The students and the citizens all knew
He did not give great lectures nor long tests
Of pocket calculators he would think, what pests

As we plan to do our daily work
Remember even geniuses get blocked
You who have no confidence nor power
You have a mind, so do not let it cower

Writing rubbish, nonsense, don’t expire
Soon the hidden mind will you allure
Act as what you wish to be today
Writing poems, an abstract sort of play

Loosen up your head and you will find
A better writer living in your mind