Six Nights In Jeju We go to see an island far away,Its cliffs and seas, its mountains crowned with cloud;Yet what I hope to hold from every dayIs not the sights that draw the traveller crowd. For years have slipped like waves upon the sand;Two boys once small now walk with longer stride.The little hands … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #290 – Powered By AI
Pause & Try Of late I've been thinkingI needTime to pause and figure Things outTo meetMyself again becauseI'm losing me People ask and demandMore of meThan I'm actually readyTo give. Or even have (to give)But because I've been So willingMy plate is swiftlyFilling (like a buffet!) Learning to say noWas never easy for meThough as … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #289
The Voice Inside Says STOP Rhyming! I know I knowYou who have stayed with me this longCan see all my rhymes in all my songsOops I mean poems(Or are they? Maybe not!) Despite what many may deem as whimsyRhyming in poetry means everything to me (see?)I know I know it's more than sounding similarPoetry's more … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #287
He Stands Alone...Because He stands aloneWaiting by the doorOf his favourite busBecause He stands aloneBeside the driverHoping he opensBecause My son's too scaredTo press the buzzerThat signals alightingBecause My son fears the soundThe shrill of the buzzerThat signals exitingBecause He hears it like thunderRoaring VibratingTerrifyingBecause That's what it's likeWhen you're a kidWith a super powerLike … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #286
Noodle School Memories William Maxwell once saidTo writeAll I need is to remember the slamOf my childhood home's screen door I had no such doors but I do haveThe smell of a bowl of Yellow noodlesTo transport me backTo a time in my whites and blues From 7 to 12 years old in a dingy … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #285
The One I Was Meant To Read A gazillion of themAll over the worldA gazillion nanosecondsThen my life disappears in a whirl What makes me thinkI can read them all?Every page every prefaceEvery line however small Just because I love booksI don't need to read everyoneJust because I love booksI don't need to read a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #284
Anger Anger That's what moves meChampioningThe stuff that never failsTo sway me Anger It's what fuelsMy creativityCaptures me Brings out the beast within me Anger When the stakes feel highMy rage rockets to the skyCreativity to flyMake a difference passionately ChampioningWhat I believe inWhat moves me emotionallyDaily That's what keepsThe juices a-flowingThe inspiration millChurning Anger … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #283
My Aurora Astronaut He stands astride All decked in space milky whiteAnd shoots out beamsTo my pristine ceiling And lo and beholdMy Northern Light showComes alive and flowBringing me endless delight untold Though seeing the Aurora Is on many a bucket listI'm not really sureIf it'll ever happen for me It seems so far to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #282
On The Brink Ever felt on the brinkOf something massive?Well I haveEvery other dayBut then the lethargy descendsLike ether from the airAnd I'm narcotisised Ever felt on the brinkOf something monumental?Well I haveEvery other weekBut then reality bitesLike a snake in the nightAnd I'm anaesthesized Ever felt on the brinkOf something murderous?Well I haveEvery other … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #280
Ghosting Me? Or...? Still just one tickAfter more than one textOn WhatsAppDid my messages not get through? What happened pal?Are you ok?I even calledBut you didn't pick up at all! Are you ghosting me?Or...?I'm afraid to thinkWhat could have been?If only I knewVisited you In your home in the WestThough I'm East, I can travelBy … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #279
