Rain like bullets White pellets longSlicing sideways Billions of light sticksPlummeting from the sky Cymbals and drumsPommeling above the cloudsThunderous. Relentless.So help us God! You promised no more floodsYet this seems unstoppableRain like bulletsWorse than hail Keeps my son and me inHe's cowering in fear (as am I!)Who will end this torrent?Of sky that's fallin' … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #274
Cycling Our Whole Life Through Each time we cycleI discoverWonders and sightsUnusual to behold People in yellow (above)Seated on green lawnsThe peace that radiatesFrom them apparent A different yellow (below)Not too far awayCelebrating marital unionIn a breezy special way Source: Poet's Album (22 Feb 2026) I love these unexpected sightsThank you son for bringing themBecause … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #273
This Week An Island This week an islandI will buildI'll surround it with acid waterLet no one swim intoMy private isle of rest and peaceThis week an island I will build This week a moatI will buildAround my dwellingLet no one else inMy castle sanctuaryThis week a moatI will build This week a heavenI will … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #272
When The Sun Hits The Hills When the sun hits the hills Someone once saidWhen the sun hits the hillsA ringing goes outAll over God's Green Earth When the sun hits the hillsSong birds launch into a choirOf arias and hallelujahsLeaves waving unfurled When the sun hits the hills The land's covered in a soft … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #271
Window Metal birds high upDescendingAscending Feathered birds outside my windowChirpingFlapping Mornings are a-callingEvery day in this sacred spaceLifting the veil of nightCurtains up revealing delight Soaring DippingPivoting RivetingI love the theatrical panoramaThat plays outside my window Affords me time to museTo dream and wonderTo pen down ditties or random haikusDoodle and ruminate Just inside of … Continue reading My Metrical Musings #270
Things I Can't Shake Off Things I can't shake off. Weather woesNoises tollBusy beesOther's seeInsects DirtAlone nessNeed to be always doing something More things I can't shake off. Restless nessIgnor anceLoud train passengersUpside-down slippersLoose stringsFloppy skinsFriends who turn 180 and leave Still more things I can't shake off H.U.M.I.D.I.T.Y.Piercing screamsThoughts rushing withinWhithering staresCruel commentsBlown away … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #269
Art By The Sea Who knew a walk with a friend by the seaWould offer up more than sea salt and breeze?That's precisely what happened this Monday mornMy friend and I stumbled upon a lawnOf wooden art pieces still not quite doneWe wandered around them and realized someWere still being formed with identities unclearWas a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #268
Delights Galore It's hard to describeWhen delights descendBut when it comesYou're never the same! Like me this morningMeeting strangers over coffeeWithin half an hour we were deepInto sharing our life's longings Who could imagine suchSerendipitySo unexpectedSo divine? Who would have thoughtAt my ageI'll still experience connectionsSo rich so sublime? But I did And I'm gratefulTo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #267
Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea CulpaI tried so hard to tell him Mea Culpa Mea CulpaSomething's wrong with me, not them The friends that I thoughtWere mine foreverDisappearing, leaving me to falter They never actually leftThey just promised nothingIt was all my wishful thinking Mea CulpaMea CulpaI realised it's all my fault Mea … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #266
Another Auld Lang Syne In the blink of an eyeWe'll be singing auld lang syneWhere did the time go?No one really knows In one month's time goodbyeThis busy year of 2025What happened this whole year The joys and the bitter tears In the blink of an eyeI'm older than I likeYet there's a certain joyLeaving … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #265
