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soul
Click here to hear the poet read his words: soul when I look into your eyesI am absorbed by their beautygreen and darkly sparklingbut I see something elsebeyond the surfaceand I remember why they’re calledthe window to the soul now … Continue reading
rose
Click here to hear the poet read his words: rose lightningwhen it strikesusually comes from a dark storm-wracked sky when it hit meit came out of the blueof a Mediterranean morningin springtime that’s when my life changed abruptlyandI became fascinated … Continue reading
no name
Click here to hear the poet read his words: no name sometimes I waken in the nightfrom a dream or distant starI hear you breathing close to mebut I’m not sure who you are others too have walked with meand … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry, Sound Bite Fiction
Tagged bitterness, crippled, distant star, dream, love, memories, poem, Poetry
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old
Click here to hear the poet read his words: old holding my mother’s handI’d walk to the swing parkthat was the big worlduntil the day I went to school in a tiethen I puffed my chest outand thoughtwow I am … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged mother's hand, old, poem, Poetry, regrets, rock n roll, school, swing park
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Hallowe’en 2022
Click here to hear the poet read his words: Hallowe’enaw Scotland’s scary myths and legendsfae Tam o Shanter tae Sawney Beancreep and slither yince mair fae the shadowseach year the nicht o Hallowe’en (interlude) nae bairn can contain their excitementas … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious
Tagged bogeyman, ghosts, ghouls, guising, Hallowe'en, poem, Poetry, pumpkin, sawney bean, tam o' shanter, treacle scones, trick or treat, turnip
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and then
Click here to hear the poet read his words: and then sometimes you drive me crazyI start to think that maybe I’llbe better off without youI wonder is this all worthwhile it isn’t easy getting closewhen we have long lived … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged broken nerves, dark clouds, hurt, poem, Poetry, selfish, single lives, smile, worthwhile
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somewhere anywhere
Click here to hear the poet read his words: somewhere anywhere you saidwith a laughlet’s gosomewhere anywhere we went to Scalpsie Baywhere the sealsfeeding in the cold dark waters of the Clydeclambered onto rocksjust to see you pass and to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged bonporteau, eagles, Lighthouse park, mermaids, poem, Poetry, ravens, river clyde, scalpsie bay, seals, Vancouver Island
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a life in the day
Click here to hear the poet read his words: a life in the day this morningthe sun shoneand it was hot and lasted foreverbecause I had so much to dorunning learning and laughing this afternoonthere was a mixof blue sky … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poetry
Tagged 3 stages of man, a life in the day, adulthood, childhood, life, old age, poem, Poetry, weather
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if
Click here to hear the poet read his words: if ifyou were to walk the broad beachesbetween the rivers Ayr and Doonand farther to Greenan Castlegazing across the broad firthof the historic Clydetowards the the Isle of Arranwhere the Sleeping … Continue reading
