When I Was But A Lad There were trials aboundBut he saw them offGrab them by the hornsAnd launched them overboard That's the hero in my dreamsHim that I could count onSure as a rod and steadfastLike the God of the Old Testament I think we all hope our trialsWill never surpass our inner SamsonThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #294
I "Fell" To Let Go It finally happened to meAfter months and months of revelryCycling pathways with my sonWas wondering when or even ifWould it happen all at once? There was a young audienceSo my embarrassment was obviousToppling onto the pavementLike an overflowing bird feedI was a grass blade away from chewing weed! Yes there … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #293
That Thermometer Thing! There's something about returningTo routine oh so familiarIt's comforting yet a tad wearyFor it means a holiday's over I know I sound mansplainingBut listen and hear me outHolidays should be fun and sunshineNot rain or fog or a kiddy pout Not falling ill on the flight backOr losing items left and rightJust … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #291
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
Audition He drowns in his dreamAn exquisite extremeI'm singing in the rainAnd happy again Those are feelings I desire to invokeAs I take part once moreIn an audition Once every decadeThat's my recordWondering if againI'll be so fortunate this decade To get up on a stageAnd release my inner thespianIn an all-male musical audition callThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #288
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
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
