Life
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As I watch the sun rise and set on the shortest day, I am grateful for my inner light within. As dark steals into the day, I rest in silence, feeling nothing but my breath, my heart beat. My inner calm silences all around, gratitude holds me like a fluffy cloud. And even if the… Read more
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The air bright and crisp Sun warming and bright Blue sky with seldom cloud Like a perfect spring day But the Fungi disguising themselves as leaves Forming garlands around the trees The Autumn colours carpeting the beech wood floor Tell the story of another season Leaves rustle and fallen cobnuts crackle under my feet Birds… Read more
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I was abandoned And alone In a strange world of conformity No love to hold onto No familiar smell Rules No freedom Regulation Lonely I wondered through the wilderness Falling into routine And regiment But there was always a little bit of me Fighting to get out To be unleashed And find love and freedom… Read more
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My spirits lifted as we walked, and talked And saw the swallows of the spring Over fields and lanes to Cissbury ring And homeward bound through farms and lanes, the azure sea a shimmering main I dream of when this Covid ends And we can walk here with our friends The South Downs already feel… Read more
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Cast aside the memory of nowOf an old and broken bodyAnd weary muddled mindAnd let the memories flow and floodOf happy timesOf the strong and wonderful mother and womanWho filled your hearts with joy Read more
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My tears flow freelyAnd inside my heart weepsYour purr, your furYour endless presenceLighting our livesSharing our homeRushing to find usAs we come in through the doorSneaking upstairs when no one is lookingSnuggling anywhere you can smell LucyScaling the gate when you were an old lady so you can go missing for hoursPlaying with dust balls… Read more
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Come with me to the mountains Every breath you take feels pure And there is no smell Only cold clarifying air Breathe deeply savouring every one All around is blue sky Every step on Virginial snow Like a freshly iced Christmas cake With fir trees lounging as decorations all around Feel the solitude Feel the… Read more
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So there I was Pounding up a snow clad hillside Deep snow Steep hill Pride in my heart and fitness Carrying a bag in each hand Until It was the same sort of feeling that I had that day on Lords Rake When I froze half way up and Godfrey had to hit me hard… Read more
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I think this is my paradise Imaking my way on a path through chalets deserted for the winter Crunching fresh snow under my feet Listening to the drip from the long icicles tightly holding the chalet eaves Feeling joy as every breath savours the crisp clean air Beside me the river rushes with reassuring urgency… Read more
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Unlike the forecast it was sunny after all We managed to keep out the wind with our warm hats and coats And the dog looked as though he’d been washed with fabric conditioner, back combed and blow dried I started thinking how clever it was that my brain could shut off from the roar of… Read more
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Starting the day with a strong tea in bed Family breakfast then show Bill the shed Then hop on the tram for a trip into town Rethink our plans as the north lines are down Meet at the port street I like it a lot Feels continental in 30 degrees, hot Stumble across a shop… Read more
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Cos they thinkThey cant hear a carThey can walk outSo I shoutRing my bellF***ing hellFast down the hillAnd they think that a bikeCan brakeSo they turn in frontI’ve a luminous yellow basket and I’m wearing bright pinkFor goodness sake! Read more
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(Thought for a friend)My tears are for a friend who’s hurtingMy heart aches with her every fearMy love is lost amongst the sadnessSo all I can be is here Read more
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Just back from the beach partyWe’re on the BBC!Fish and chips and lagerAnd a cornflakes cake for teaDancing to Arthur and the woodsmenAnd a Sunset to die for At the end of a day that sawDogs running, Kids laughingSand yachts yachtingKites flying, Wind surfingJet Skis playing It’s busy on the beach todayNo clouds just endless… Read more
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Lost in UffiziOchre stamps identityOf the region TuscanyAnd Dante leaves a memoryFor Firenze and it’s historyBut now its full of ernestyPeople looking wondrouslyAt all the things they think should beAnd not one of them stopping, freeAnd admiring the simplicityOf the city in tranquilityOut damn touristSave this place for meAnd let it rest it’s history Read more
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Up high in the mountainsThe dollops of snow on the branches of pineAnd glimpses through tree trunks of crystal sun shineClouds squashed in the valley and I’m out on topThe air that I’m breathing is the purest dropAnd the being alone with only just meAnd the sense of my being totally free Read more
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Goodbye I’m in BlackpoolMiles from homeTo see a band play I’ve arrived andThere’s a t shirt for saleWith a double decker bus on And I’m sitting in the cornerOf the ballroomOn the floorThinkingThis is goodbye Because I’d planned to takeA little toy busonto the top ofthe Aiguilles RougeAnd leave it there As a symbolOf loveAnd… Read more
Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon 