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Some shelled shore
Walking to the bus stop from our door We fell into a subtle harmony Like little children dawdling on the shore No haste, no chiding, wanting nothing more Like swimming in a balmy pale blue sea Or walking to the … Continue reading
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Quivering in the meadows of the heart
We saw the cows at Easter freed from barn We were on a hill beside our lane They were running in the meadow’s fresh green charm Renting a small cottage on a farm Dorset has its literary fame We saw … Continue reading
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Your sacred smile
Embraced entire , your sacred smile held me Until we both were one deep in our souls As still as a white dove held tenderly For a little time so warm and free As if your smile contained me, made … Continue reading
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Take your love and in your arms enfold.
Did anyone believe blind rage expressed Could benefit the agent without harm? Did anyone read Freud and then digest? Feelings need the heat of blacksmith’s fires Held inside until they find their form An image worthy of our right desire … Continue reading
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No words
If we had no language,we’d be good No communication but by sense What devil conjured up the demon word Made our dealings complex and intense? No Tower of Babel, nothing but mud huts Caressing,kissing,kicking, real contact Boxing,wrestling,killing the unjust No … Continue reading
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Happiness was like a golden shawl
The pebbled beach on which we walked at dawn The sun was dancing singing stone to stone The sea was pale as silk and gently ran The tide was coming in, the day began Why is my memory so deficient … Continue reading
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No defeat
Letting go of all my self defence As if I might touch all of you at once I opened up my body to the winds And covered you by lying skin to skin In the cradle of my being held … Continue reading
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The astral body
Tenderly I held him took him in As though we touched each other skin to skin Dying is what everyone must do Even when it splits the Me from You What we took for granted every day Had its end … Continue reading
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Like babies
Sunday dinner. roasted spuds and meat Yorkshire puddings, gravy,pepper,salt These are what the English like to eat Though microwaves may bring it to a halt Roly poly,syrup sponge and cream Apple dumplings,marmalade on toast Men adore hot puddings gently steamed … Continue reading
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The labour and the hurt that life will cure
I found a pair of knickers on the chair They must be mine,oh dear, that is bizarre I did not take them off,I am quite sure They make the entire room seem quite impure Yet why are knickers thought to … Continue reading
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Fortunately, he cannot bite
I dream at nights of my old friends My husband and his loving hands I dream of all the cats we had Alfred who slept on the bed He laid his head upon my foot As I wrote a poem … Continue reading
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Awesome now means medium at best
Rubbish is just something we don’t need Or something not worth mending we believe Where nonsense may be foolish talk or jest Or English humour at its lethal best There is no Judge, it’s people who decide Whether it is … Continue reading
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