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Father!
Father! “Who is this stranger – solemn, pensive, mute – Who haunts our house with vacantly vague looks; Whose mind seems more engaged with dreams than facts, Oblivious of problems; distantly Preoccupied with abstruse reveries; Muttering incantations to himself whilst Counting numbers on his chin, with fingers […]
Isometrics
Isometrics (Sentimental Values) It’s really not a picture worthy of the name; Five crudely figurative, annotated forms, Sketched thinly on pink paper in black ink, with no Æsthetic content that can be perceived therefrom. It must have some extrinsical significance That […]
Age
L’Âge Les jours et les nuits Ma chevelure grise Tombe comme les pluies. Je dois rester sage, Reprendre courage; C’est juste mon âge !. [ Age By night and by day My hair, silver-grey, Rains down without stay. I must remain sage, Regain […]
Family Substitutes
Family Substitutes i. Zealous, as guardian, am I Of Fred, (the cat), Sandy and Gemma, (Labradors), Caprice, (the goat); They form my small menagerie And are my welcome company. ii. Fred is a tom-cat, black but white Across his chest, With green-gold-amber eyes and […]
Morning Glory
Morning Glory Each dawn, when from night-sleep I’m stirred, My ‘Morning Glory’ wakes with me And stretches out its fullest length, As if to prove its potent strength And latent creativity Remain completely unimpaired. Perhaps it’s just a reflex sign Which, […]
Morty
Morty (Margaret Bennett née Mortlock) (b.22/9/1931; d. 1/2/2009) Morty, our darling ‘Queen of Hearts’, we mourn. Broken-hearted, you left us suddenly; And we who loved you are ourselves reduced Also to broken-heartedness. Throughout Your long and dedicated life you were So […]
Pearls
Pearls (For Ana) All beautiful girls Should wear lovely pearls Because, though their own charms are granted, Pearls’ delicate glow Allows them to show Their beauty to its best advantage.
Juggernaut
Juggernaut Lovely the sunlit dawns; beautiful, too, Such dusks: their pastels paint the air with light And brush soft colours onto clouds in tones Which, through my consciousness, induce delight. But lorry-driving is no pleasure-jaunt Uncomplicated by frustrating ills Of mental […]
Imagery
Imagery I draw in words what other sketch With pencils, and my draughtsmanship Must be as accurate as theirs To realise my images. I paint in phrases details which […]
Orphan
Orphan Have you known the loneliness Of a child forlorn?. Have you felt the hopelessness Of a child, (rough-torn From the careful love of mother And the shelter of a father), Friendlessly withdrawn?. Some have […]