rainbow
high arching
rain on eyelashes
wind
whipping leaves
in a loop
blackbird
flies upward
singing the sky
puddle
reflects me
shimmers and shivers
you
a stranger
do not smile
rain
for you
obscured the sun
rainbow
high arching
rain on eyelashes
wind
whipping leaves
in a loop
blackbird
flies upward
singing the sky
puddle
reflects me
shimmers and shivers
you
a stranger
do not smile
rain
for you
obscured the sun
In golden silks and brocades I appear,
on a horse so white he gleams in the night,
the horse that pulls the high sun in its course,
is mine, in this fertile land, shedding light.
Pwyll sent his horsemen in pursuit of me.
For two days and nights we ran, while they tired,
my stallion never lengthened his stride.
Pwyll the Prince of Dyfed, a man admired,
came out to hunt me, through the wild lands,
I fled him, ahead of his pleading words.
I delighted in the thrill of the chase
and stopped for the solemn promise I heard.
I had come to this place to possess him
but I am never so easily won.
I rebuked him for the harm to his horse.
To wed the Prince of Dyfed I had come.
My name is Rhiannon, of the horse, the land
and the moon. Queen of the Horses, riding,
mother of the lost one, later returned.
Three mystical birds fly with me, hiding.
I come from that Otherworld, fairer far,
my fathers domain, the deepness of seas,
Find me in the wind that runs in the grass.
I shimmer on waters surface in breeze.
When you stand on the high, ancient, hills
where the wind whips and tugs at your hair,
when you see the breath of a horse on cold air,
beneath and between, I am there.
sitting alone here, in my room, lost in my thoughts,
sifting ideas, drifting in dreams
but stop!
was that a sound I heard outside?
is something sneaking about in the night?
i hear my heart beating loud in my ears
ba-boom ba-boom ba-boom ba-boom
i had a nightmare about this once
people were climbing the garden wall
they were hooded, and secret and carried long knives
i barred up my windows and locked up my doors
i fought then with fury
i beat them off
ba-ba-boom ba-ba-boom ba-ba-boom ba-ba-boom
waiting, listening the time passes slowly,
my ears are alive to the sounds of the night
i turn off the light and look from the window
a thief in the darkness rummages about
then delight
i see there’s no danger
it’s only a stranger astray in these parts
a beautiful, nervously watchful
red fox
The Mad Hatter sees
to the deeply crazed core, the heart of the matter.
When he dropped in today , escaping the rain,
I was thrilled and delighted to see him again
When you look at the world in a different way
There is wonder, adventure, in each new born day
Mad, a bit sad, never bad
He’s the truest friend I ever had
Next time it rains I hope he comes back
He reminds me so much of something I lack
It’s always good to have a long natter
There is wisdom aplenty in tea time chatter
sitting in a summer street beneath a sunlit tree
people passing by
fleeting thoughts showing in their eyes,
eyes that hold delight, dismay, disbelief
this moment, in this day,
memories flooding in, fading, flying, dying
the growing gravitas of this ones frown
shuffling feet, passing through the shadows
children running, laughing, shouting
a shoal of flashing fish, sparkling,
crowds parting,
flowing and repeating
i see her passing
she is thinking
can i buy that dress today,
what will I wear tonight
is my hair alright,
she sighs
i see her sorrow
does all love fade and die
a man stands alone an hour
gravity weighs him down
his feet deep rooted
i could go and greet him
a simple walk across the street
a meeting
the moment passes
i stay beneath my sunlit tree
watching how a leaf falls
the summer hours are fleeting
good poem
To cross
you must first
trust the strands
to hold.
The second tentative
step precedes
the next,
each successive one
gaining strength:
here to
there, now
to then, a summoning of
entreaties
within
one’s faith.
Vapor meets cooler air,
forming droplets,
clouding the far side.
I have feared endings
and the strictures of the unseen,
but here
in this vast
swaying,
I know
one line
bisects the void.
Go gentle, gentle, into that good night
Old age brings acceptance of this last fate
Fly, fly to the beckoning, golden light
All seasons will end by pre-ordained right
The wise men know that when the hour is late
Their soul will take leave for eternal light
Good men do not fear the long, deep dark night.
Do not rage, sadly berating your fate,
Go gentle and rest, return to the light
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
Will sing in their dreams with no wish to wait
They will fly swiftly, to shining, bright light
Grave men will ponder the beauty of night
They will pray tenderly, knowing their fate,
Remembering all that was loving, bright
And you my father, in that blessed night
Look upon me, with no sadness, and wait
I will not rage at the death of the light
I will go gentle into that good night
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(sorry Mr Thomas – you know this means no disrespect – you are my favourite poet after Shakespeare – and I will pray for you often)
leaping off from a mountain top
grasping the trail of a star
alive on the cosmic roller-coaster
clinging on for dear life
to a hope, a wish, an idea
the tender world spread out below
looks up to the shining sky
All around is illumination
Blazing with wisdom and joy
Open the doors wide to life
Inspired and at one with creation
The world needs your light
Let it shine
throat of a blackbird
opens to sing the morning
dew sparkle on lawns