Poems, written as footnotes on life as it unfolds.
Towards healing part one/3: Would you dance?
There came a day when I was driving and for no known reason, and rather embarrassingly, I thought of the 00’s song ‘Hero’ by Enrique Inglesias. (https://open.spotify.com/track/24Gxm7Eh7tO83E26LG0CsY ) Or at least a few lines from it. Almost against my better reasoning...
Shrines
What takes up space in our homes? In our lives? In our time? How do we know when we have run out of space? Or when a little space makes itself known? From time to time I run out of space and I only realise when a little has been clawed back, when I catch myself...
Eye level
The view from two inches off the earths’ surface Eye level now with the determined grass It’s sweet smell like life eternal I lay face down Even as the dusk comes And the earth grows damp I let it soak in The ground is softer than I remember The blades more gentle As...
Mapping
If I were to map my footprints they would be in lines drawn thick with repetition my commute to and fro the direction of travel always up down left right straight along back again Daily paths predictable rigid angular I see kids and how they map their day how they...
Know your place
It is a wonderful thing, to know your place in the world and to fully inhabit it. Very good things stem from taking up your space. I've put together some of the people and places who do this so well on my 'inspired by' page. To this I must add, Olympians... In the...
Kites
I could do with some help. I am not good at making things. But I need to make a kite. You see some time ago now words were written and things said that caused me great pain. And I have not known what to do with them and so they sit in a box in the loft. I even...
Borders and branches
Resolution, reconciliation and redemption. No matter what I know about these 3 R's on this day, there will be more to say about them tomorrow. As with most matters, this can only be all I know so far, such is the beauty of time and life - that we may change our minds....
Three P’s
Not my idea of course. Someday, some time, long ago, some folk gathered the 3 P's together as landmarks of life, or at least what was life-giving to them. And so were established three pillars of Celtic spirituality. Poetry. Pilgrimage. Presence. I tie my flag to...
Peaches
Even at the end of a long road, even when I have reached a landmark I am always still hesitant about celebrating. This may be to do with my history of having celebrations sabotaged in some way. But I reckon it is more that I am always looking for the three R’s. For...
Six to One
A study has shown that there are around 50 billion wild birds in the world. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/50-billion-total-wild-birds-inhabit-planet-study-estimates-180977753/ Birds outnumber humans 6:1. The way I see it that means each person alive today...
Elements
This past year there has been a disease upon the earth, upon humanity today, that has managed to weaponised our very breath. No wonder our spirits have felt stifled along the way. It is the final straw in the outrage of the elements. Up till now we have found ways to...
Calling back
When you turn around and find yourself lost Somehow wandered too far outward or too far inward to places dark and tangled having roamed so far out or been stuck, curled up, frightened in one of the many corners of the world. When things have turned sour and you find...