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Free Will?
Free Will? Are human minds decisively supreme Or merely agents, not determinants, Of what was, is, or shall yet come to be?. Does each have absolute autonomy, Or is it just one element within Some vast, intergalactical design By what believers […]
In Due Good Time
In Due Good Time This life of ours has much of grief and woe: How it will end we none of us can know; And that is just as well for us, since we Have quite enough of present misery!. […]
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.
Zelotypiac
Zelotypiac Just licence me And I’ll licentious be; Then shall we know, Together, how To pleasure mutually. There is no shame, Nor can be any blame, When licenced love Goes on to prove The promise of its claim. When both agree […]
Intuitions
Intuitions By the grey in my thinning hair I have knowledge that I could share With those who desire To learn what the fire Of inspirate wisdom may bare. By the learning lodged in my brain, (From studying matters germane), I hold the hid […]
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 […]
Cricket
Cricket Cricket (After L. Smart) A village church-spire watching from nearby; a white, Red-roofed pavilion shaded by trees. In front, Upon a close-mown […]
Mortal Deeds, Immortal Needs
Mortal Deeds, Immortal Needs Mortal Deeds, Immortal Needs Perhaps beside some sliding stream, or on More modish bed, they move barely as one – Bodies in lightshine bathed or nightshade swathed – Performing privately those ancient rites Which tune emotions to shared harmonies, Their interactions from profane eyes screened By […]
Naissance
Naissance Naissance I feel expectance in each sense, (Not of some tragedy or ill, Rather of pre-deliverance): A turmoil of crescendent will. I cannot ease this veiled unrest, […]