Idle Thoughts 6

  To remember that first excitement of smelling a flower you have grown from seed Is to become a child again. Looking through binoculars the wrong way Is how most people see the world. Driving at the speed limit now I have become a moving chicane Just become the...

Cherubs Oh Cherubs

  Cherubs Oh Cherubs why can’t you see That I in my wisdom care only for thee I watch for your visits In the quiet of the night When you will repair and make everything right You fix with a love that would put me to shame But never no never will you try to make...

The Sherry Bar

  While sitting at the Sherry Bar With people there from near and far Just a quick drink to say farewell to the day Whose cloudless vista will soon fade away Belgium and German filled the night air While I just sat without having a care Dutch or Italian I just...

The Bamboo Forest

  In the bamboo forest That grows beyond this hill There hides the stream of life That flows along at will Its beside a quiet pathway That seems to lead nowhere Which you will find in places Is overgrown with ferns It takes you to a clearing Where the sun avoids...

Calming My Senses

  My senses calm as the day ebbs away Just a few lone songbirds on the air seem to play A seagull soars against the evening sky While old vapour trails disperse and die The trees in the distance in a rhythmic display Tell tales to the wind in whose motions they...

Adieu

Dusk falls and replaces the sun The moon in its splendor commences its run Dreamers in pairs search for their star As tides in each movement know just where they are The breeze in a whisper engages the trees Caressing each leaf to put it at ease Lights on the pavement...