Effortless Floating down a riverA mere ten inches deepLooking up to heavenSeeking some reprieve From this madcap worldThat's rushing us Down a gorgeI'd rather not Effortless EffortlessAdrift and set freeBest place to beEven if the world can't see That it's hurtling towardsAn unending abyssWhen it fills its daysWith rocks and boulders I want to stay … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #277
My Beautiful Beautiful Disaster My beautiful beautiful disaster My beautiful beautiful disasterMy one and onlyDrowning me constantly Rescuing me daily My beautiful beautiful disasterLights up my lifeAdds to my strifeMakes me feel alive My beautiful beautiful disasterAsks affectionate questionsWhat You Doing? You like it? With Who?Just to get my attention My beautiful beautiful disasterTurning dull … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #276
Tree You stand tallImperviousUnswaying Stoic How do you do it?Me I'm in aweMe who's always vacillatingUnable to stand tall Like you! Teach me O Mighty Tree How to stay rod still No matter the storm beImmoveable Strong You stand calmResplendent in the sunUnmoved by the buzzIn this city island chaos I'm frazzledUnsettledFrenticBedazzled Unlike you! Think … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #275
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
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
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
Finally. Yet. FinallyIt's overMathPhysicsHistoryThe works! FinallyLife's rebootingFootballBasketballChaletsGym! FinallyMy son's doneWith examsUniformWhite shoesFootloose! FinallyI'm about to seeWhat the next phaseThe next stageLooks to Be! Yet. Part of meFears the unknownFor himPart of meFears the unknownFor me! 'Tis what we Sign up for As parentsIt's what he'll Find out moreAs an old teen Finally. Yet.
