The house

The house seems solid ,weight and gravitas
Wallpaper and pictures  of our choice
It is no stronger than a blade of grass

The  furniture is  mixed  but it will pass
As long as cats   don’t rip it with their claws
The house seems solid ,grams and gravitas

Gone the inkstand with the  heavy glass
Now we use  cheap biros, our envoys.
What is stronger than a blade of grass?

Who would now care if I cleaned the brass?
Women see the dust  ,does it annoy?
The house seems solid ,weight and gravitas

After I am dead, all this is trash
Noone wants to play with others’ toys
Love is stronger than a blade of grass.

I haunt my house, I never hear a voice
Except the television  I employ
The house seems solid ,weight and gravitas
It is no stronger than a blade of grass

Bless the hand that points us past the known

I cannot mend the lamp that we both chose
The top and bottom split when  he fell down
But I can make it look as if it glows

The candle burns, has fragrance of a rose
That takes away my sadness and my frown
I cannot mend the lamp that we both chose

I find it hard to  bear the pain of loss
The concept is  more verbal than it’s noun
But in my home  the candle  brightly glows

In Blythburgh church, a lighted candle  bless
See the painted angels and their crowns!
I  will bear this breakage and its cost

I will get the strength to bear my cross
Oh,haul me, holy one, if I fall down.
Beyond  these lights we sense  the Light of God

Bless the hand that points us past the known
Where each of us must travel, perhaps alone
I cannot mend our lamp that we both chose
I  wander in my grief amongst the low

What a diatribe!

He rang me up ,  oh what a diatribe
I am the monster dwelling in the deep
I feel lucky still to be alive

He raved,he ranted,  did  our worlds collide?
I am the evil witch , he gets the creeps
He rang me up ,  oh what a diatribe

I hope the Lord will not with him abide
I relive  the tumult  in my sleep
I feel lucky  that I am  alive.

I know I ought to take   him in my stride.
If only my  knee joints had never creaked.
He rang me up , what is a diatribe?

I went to Southport just to take a ride
Do the donkeys  on the sands still speak?
I feel  blessed  that I am  now alive.

I know many people that will  shriek
As we  rarely see a duck when we feel bleak
He rang me up ,  oh what a diatribe
I  think he has a  monkey in his mind

His voice caressed me as we sat alone

His voice caressed me as we sat alone
As tender as a dove, as felt as song
But he has gone and I ‘m inert as stone

His voice was mellow even when he phoned
Did I fail him,did I  do him wrong?
His voice caressed me as we sat alone

Sometimes I see his face , let out a moan
Where is he and where do I belong
For he has gone and I ‘m inert as stone

After him, I dwelled with the unknown
No voice, no word, no  greeting ,silence hung
His  memory  flutters   in my mind alone

If I did him wrong, may I atone?
May I confess my sin by writing  songs?
For he has gone and I ‘m inert as stone

Oh, you  angels, may I learn your tongue?
For  his love my little heart still longs
His voice caressed me as we  nestled close
But he has gone ,I wonder does he know?

 

 

What is a diatribe?

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Meaning of diatribe in English

Ranting

 

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I’ve been given a sentence

I’ve been given a sentence
For a book, that’s not enough
I mean I am going to jail
Time will be no problem then
Doing time is though
What was your crime?
It’s not mine, lots of people have  commiting it
Was it burglary?
No,I parked on the M1 to eat my lunch
You could be dead
I think I may be.
Who took you to court?
An Amazon delivery man
Surely they would not do  that
You’d be amazed
Well ,look after yourself
You too

When it was the time

Richard Zimler’s book are very fine
The Warsaw Anagarm, I love the best
I wish that we could meet to drink or dine

If my book were paper,I’d draw lines
Underneath  the sentences I’d rest
Richard Zimler’s book are very fine

Back  up North, we  ate our meal at noon
I don’t intend this sentence  as a test
I wish that we could meet to drink  good wine

Imagination, tenderness ,aligned
If only  men would kill each other less
Yet Richard Zimler’s book are very fine

The sorrow and the love, the feeling signs
My heart so moved ,I felt in in my breast
I wish that we could meet to drink  good wine

To lack of  feeling,I was once resigned
My heart blew open  when it was the time
Richard Zimler’s book are very fine
I wisht we  all could meet to drink or dine