Not Under My Roof I’m notI’m notI’m not under my roof These insects that fly aboutThey scare my sons to deathAll cos I'm not under my roof I’m not They’re notWe’re not under my roof So these flying monsters With their scales and hairy wingsContinue to bring nightmares and other scary dreams I'm notI'm notI'm … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #244
Tender Tribes / A Star To Be Born It’s 3 amHave you a friendTo call? If you doGood for youA tender tribe is born! What's that?You ask. A chatGroup for the lost? No my dearNot midnight beerCertainly not your boss! It's a communityOf men in unityA tribe to belong Tender and gentleNot trophies on a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #243
I See You As the season renewsAnd I begin againMy goal is this:I want to see you I know it sounds likeOf cos you should!You mean you need to Spell it out in black and blueI mean white?! Yes I do! You seeIn this fragmented world it's so easy To loseYourself in distractions that come … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #240
A to Z -- Alliterations Gone Loco! Acidic ArgumentsBombastic BombardmentsCataclysmic CatastrophesDevastating DestructionsErratic Elections Flame-throwing FanaticismGreedy GodpersonsHorrendous HolocaustsInane InjunctionsJokesters Jabbering Killing Kismet Licentious Lovers Madcap ManicsNarcissistic Neanderthals Obnoxious Ombudsmen Promiscuous PartnersQuixotic QueersRapacious RepugnantsSelf-serving SovereignsTariff-touting Tyrants Unleashed UltimatumsVicious VeteransWicked WhimpsXeric XenophobesYucky YoungstersZestful Zombies
Rounding Corner 25 Before we both could blink our eyesWe’ve rounded Corner 25Who knew it took but a moment of time We’re here still walking this fine line Our lives so deeply intrinsically tied No way we could slip and slideYes of course we rose and fellThese lines and wrinkles, oh can't you tell? No … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #237
I Suppose I... I suppose. I suppose Ishould put the books on my lapPick one up so it can be read I suppose Ishould resume my workingStop making excuses and stalling I suppose Ioughta plan for our dateThe all-important silver fate But surely no one'sGonna really mindIf I take some time off to unwind? Do … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #236
Life In A Time Of Transit MovingDustingMoving Life in motionLife slipping out the doorLife that was once yours PackingWrappingPacking Life in big and small boxesLife in little packetsLife sealed tight in dockets SobbingBreathingSobbing Life under a different skyLife in suspended timeLife in turpentine SquattingLimberingSquatting Life in tiny goodbyesLife in constant exitLife in a time of … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #235
In Time I Will Time to breathe deepTo slow downFeel my chest rise and fallShut the world out Need the spaceTo find it againSanityTranquilitySerendipity I can't be longAmong the articulateThe pompous and loudI need me my quiet Where can I go?Soon I'll be living in borrowed spaceAt the mercy of anotherWhere can I go? To … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #234
Boxes of My Life Everywhere I turn nowI see boxes of my lifeSome my kids'. Some my wife's. Boxes that holdBooks. Memories. Photos. Treasuries. Boxes containing meaningsAt the seams near bursting.Nostalgias gleaming. My heart is also grievingAs I bid farewell to souvenirsIn boxes for disposing. Boxes of my lifeHolding joys and strife.Compartmentalised. BoxesBoxesBoxes Sealing my … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #223
A Month To Say Goodbye The boxes scattered everywhereRemind me the time is nighDays go by so very fastWe're now a month to goodbye! Each box contains a memoryEvery one a piece of our past25 years we've lived hereWe thought it would last and last The books especially I long to keepEach one a special … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #222
