by Phil Todd | Apr 27, 2020 | archive
I am but a raindrop That wept out of the sky Here to nourish flowers As in their beds they lie Within my very structure A rainbow lays in wait To spread the joys of colour Upon sweet natures plate I once lived in an ocean Where no one else could see A vision of my...
by Phil Todd | Apr 24, 2020 | archive
I thought the theme this week should be about something we cannot do at the moment and that is travel. The first poem I wrote while waiting for a plane home from Bodrum in Turkey in 2011. Transient People Running for planes But where are they going Millions of miles...
by Phil Todd | Apr 17, 2020 | archive
I thought of two numbers 27 and 42 and counted down from the top of my archives list and these were the two poems I found. A LESSON IN PATIENCE TO STILL MY MIND AND HALT ITS TRAVELS TO LINGER LONG IN TIMELESS SPACE TO SEE THIS WORLD WITH EYES OF WONDER TO HOLD ONES...
by Phil Todd | Apr 10, 2020 | archive
A Poem for Good Friday… The Cross What gift is this, a crown of thorns Upon my head I must adorn What sin in life have I betrayed That on this cross I must be splayed What action in my wildest dreams Has led me to this great extreme What woeful thoughts have I...
by Phil Todd | Apr 3, 2020 | archive
Lets go back to a poem from 2005 WONDER BE STILL MY HEART THAT SINGS THE ANGELS PRAISE BE QUIET MY BEING THAT HOLDS THEM NEAR BE CALM MY BREAST THAT SWELLS IN JOY BE DRY MY EYES WHICH CRY WITH BEAUTY BE HONOURED MY EARS TO HEAR THEIR SIREN SONG BE GIFTED MY FACE TO...
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