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Forest Rides
Forest Rides Spurred by anxieties my frantic thoughts Gallop unchecked full tilt through forest rides. Borne boldly down vague-shadowed avenues Of indeterminance my questing mind Quick-scans for some intransience amongst Dense-tangled unimportances that blur With Nature’s scarce-observed felicities As in my headlong haste they hurtle past […]
Childhood Revisited
Childhood Revisited Of life’s best pleasures I can think of none Comparable to that which came to me When sharing the developmental growth To adulthood of my own children’s lives. It was not possible in my career Always to […]
The Quest
The Quest In vain I sailed on various seas, Fruitlessly trudged misleading tracks Through steaming forests and across Soul-scouring deserts’ arid screes. Poor heir of Cook, Livingstone, bold Burton, I long traversed the world In […]
Future Hope
Future Hope Ancestral country of my dearest kin I come, Unprejudiced, with liberal intent; Peace I bear in my hands. My heart aches at your misery and shock. My eyes Weep for your desolate despair. I sense your moidered hurt. My death upon your bloodied land […]
Ireland (1970s)
Ireland. (1970s) Through fresh green fields and orchards ran The road he had to tread; Through straggled towns and villages His path of duty led. Till in some place he did not know – Although it seemed he knew – He saw the One he thought he’d meet […]
Beyond Belief?
Beyond Belief? Marking the South-West corner of Coolmela’s plot, Within the purlieu of the forest, stands a tree So broad and tall its age must be immense. To me, It whispers gently every time I pass; though what […]
His Monument
His Monument Si monumentum suum requiris, poesis sua lege. His monument his poetry; His words memorial enough To illustrate his life’s ideals And point the patterns of his mind. His passage through the fabric of […]
Amélie
Amélie (At 10 Weeks) How beautiful your tiny features are, Fine-boned and delicate as porcelain; As soft as silken threads your […]
Separation
Separation