My Destiny
My Destiny I shall not always be The slave of circumstance. I have a promised destiny That guides me to the ranks Of those whose names prevail Across the years of fame. […]
Had I A Voice
Had I a Voice Had I a voice whose power could expand The boundaries of your imaginings; That could express the glories of this grand Existence; boast those beauties that […]
The Giant's Ransom
The Giant’s Ransom You promised you would pay, if I would free You from your bondage near Coolmela‘s wood Some twenty ago. So, with my magic Mantra, I made plea To elemental Noumena who could Release you from your woe. I am now bound in debt’s extremity, (With urgent […]
Astronauts
Astronauts (‘Challenger’: 28 January 1986) Riding flaming columns Into unknown space, Monitoring instruments Juddered by displaced Huge kinetic pressures Outwith your control; Juggling with computer-data — Utterly involved — Until some sudden defect Cancelled your bold try With incandescent epigraph […]
Night Queen
Night Queen ; How bland her features do appear, As if no force nor passion stir Behind or underneath her stare; And yet, her powers are immense!. She pulls great seas around the world, Causing huge tidal-waves to roar With tumult strength on every shore Where onto rugged rocks […]
As Moth to Flame
As Moth to Flame As moth to flame, so I to you Although I knew such fateful game Should best be spurned. Yet my […]
The Long Way Round
The Long Way Round (For my sons) Your lives’ ambitious targets can be traced […]
Beating Retreat
Beating Retreat (For: Gordon ‘Mac’ McDonald) (RIP 31/3/1985: aet 21) At the […]
The Promise
The Promise There bloomed a halo round the moon last night; A paley circle of unbroken light Some twenty moon-diameters across At least and glowing in my startled sight. […]