A never-ending bleep of a phoneCrisp packets rustling in the corner of a roomA dry mouth coughing your favourite tuneLaughter hissing like a tortured snake.A feeling haunts your mind on your coffee breakThe squeaking of a chair and creaking floorboard.A thought was once there, now absorbedby the printer’s whirring and constant gurgling. God. This isContinue reading “Hot off the Press”
Category Archives: Lives
I’m Searching
I’m searching for the large alternative I’m searching for the feeling The deep elemental grooves; the great spiritual healing I’m searching for right and wrong in all those places Still all I find is song Great minds hold great faces Earth and dust leave traces Burning the flame of ages I’m searching for a signContinue reading “I’m Searching”
I’m Here
I’m here to spread joy and that’s a fact I’m here to embrace pain; leaving love intact I’m here to lead you into battle I’m here in your mind I’m here to set you free I’m here to never let you down I’m here to always understand your frown When time gets tough, and daysContinue reading “I’m Here”
Where the Sailboats Sing
When the roads rise with welcoming tides where the sailboats singwith parking meters and electric heaters above the tenement trimsas red brick surrounds the houses and all the people descendan early sun offers promise through the morning’s dincoming home to a brand new place where time has stood stillIn a muffled land we can seeContinue reading “Where the Sailboats Sing”
Chatterton – an ode
As high as a cloud wandering on Bristol’s towerForever will I sing his nameFruitfully brought me to his finest hourForever a great organ plays its painWill I go no more to St Mary Redcliffe?A fine repose now in a sea of modernityIn whose gothic ramparts held religious communitySang a song worth, ten men, when Chatterton’sContinue reading “Chatterton – an ode”
Parisian Poetry 