As a River Flows

To lend an ear,

Notice a tear,

Time to hear,

There to care,

As a river flows from a soul.

Easy as ABC

Easy as ABC,

A tiny dancer said to thee,

For what you seek,

Is seeking you,

For a man that is sentry to a heart,

Must learn to dance again,

If the rhythm is right,

Then the magic will begin,

Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights sparkle bright,

Lighting the streets on a festive night,

Chestnuts roasting,

Mulled wine poured,

Carol singers by the door,

Joy to the world the festive season brings,

Lovers kiss under the mistletoe,

Presents under the Christmas tree,

Some for you,

Some for me,

That special day is getting close,

The day after Christmas Eve,

Pine Cones

Underneath the conifer trees,

Scattered from the fall,

Pine cones lay on the woodland floor,

To let nature take its course,

Pine Cones

 

Spirit Dancer

Never going to stop this dance,

This dance with you,

Rhythm of the dance to music true,

Dancing in time,

Connected in life,

A heart rhythm in beat with two,

That tempo that stirs the soul,

Igniting that flame,

In which one glows.

Spirit Dancer

 

A Winters Tale

Naked branches of the trees,

Grace the skyline this time of year,

Winter storms have made them bare,

Golden brown the leaves grace the ground,

A winters tale,

Told every year,

As nature takes is course,

To fertilise the earth,

For where there is an end,

A new will begin,

That is the circle of Life.

Winters Tale

As Easy as ABC

As easy as ABC,

A love message wrote so simply,

That look with silent words,

Only a heart would have heard,

A whisper from a lover's mouth,

The ones we need to hear,

I love you

A magical time,

Dream come true.

A Magical Time

Carol Singers can be heard,

Ten drummers drumming,

Joy to the World !

Lights on the tree twinkle and sparkle,

On a cold clear night,

Lovers arm in arm look on,

While others walk on by,

Oh its a magical time of the year,

Sleigh bells ringing,

The aroma of chestnuts roasting,

It is Devine

Only a Wish

It was only a wish,

A wish cast in a wishing well,

Of hopes and dreams,

That wish for change,

That wish made when a coin was cast,

Into the depths of darkness,

Received with a splash,

Heads or tails,

Win or lose,

Only time will tell,

If that wish comes true.

 

Wishing Well

The Sycamore Leaves

To rest under the Sycamore tree,

Protected by the canopy,

Strength of the tree giving security,

Covered in the dying leaves for an eternity,

A reliable bed of cover,

A resting place for a divinity,

Sycamore Leaves

The News Today

To sit and read the news today,

Hot off the press,

Coming your way,

A tabloid's print,

Edited their way,

A picture or two,

That secret to be told,

False news or truth,

Who knows,

Do you? 

The Star

The beat quickened when you came into view,

Aroma of perfume filled the room,

Waltzing across the floor,

In an air of grace,

With that smile,

Upon your face,

Lighting the room,

Like the star you are,

Adored by many,

Far and wide....

 

Your not Alone

To walk in the sunlight,

Your not alone,

A shadow by your side,

In the dark of the night,

Your shadow is there,

Invisible out of sight,

Always there,

Your quiet companion,

On your journey of life.

Waltz in a December Moon

A gypsy Queen waltzed in a December Moon,

Waltzed around a burning fire,

In the chill of the midnight air,

A loving glow showed,

As a Prince shared a tender kiss,

The violins played that romantic tune,

At a magical time of year,

As the matchmaker watched from a distanced place,

The cherub with a smile on his face, 

Let an arrow fly,

Hitting the heart of destiny's mark,

Lit by a shining star, 

 

The Dark of The Night

In the dark,

The dark of the night,

Pitch black,

Guided by a star,

Way up high,

In the depths,

Of a midnight sky,

A bearing point to set a course,

To help you on your way,

An Edge of Reason

On the edge,

An edge of reason,

That boundary line,

To a heart is treason,

In a state of control,

To balance on an edge,

As a head is in a spin,

Fate is in the hand that tossed that coin,

If it is tails,

They left again.

Going with the Flow

Floating on the river,

Tears of yesterday,

Going with the flow,

Being swept away,

Staring at the clouds,

Which are fading today,

Looking at the rainbow,

A magical display,

Drifting towards a future,

A future that will unfold,

Heading forward to destiny,

A fortune that was foretold.

Bare Foot

Bare foot on the grass,

Folding the blades as we pass,

Bare foot on sand,

Imprints washed away,

Bare foot in the mud,

Vanishing traces of where we had been,

Bare foot on the stones,

A path of pain,

Bare foot and grounded with nature,

Memories to be made,

As we walk on the paths every day,

The Beat

The sound of guns carried on the chilly air,

The beaters on the ground,

Barking dogs and beating sticks,

The pheasants start to run,

Afraid to take to flight,

A target in the sky,

They might become.

The Beat

The North Wind

The North wind came,

Its winter again,

A chill in the air,

That bitter kiss,

Wind and rain,

Hail and snow,

Through the winter months who will know,

The weather can change as the forecast will show,

Calculating from Afar

To spy from way up high,

Watching from afar,

Looking to see what is moving about,

Observing with a keen eye,

Calculating prior taking flight,

Eagles Eye 

Echo's

The echo's of the rain drops reoccurring in the dreams,

Oh the colour of the rainbows after the storms,

The memory of the first dawn on that new day,

The steps on a new path that lead you away,

The music played on the paths you walked,

That music that helped you along the way.

 

A Transformation

A vacant mind,

Open minded,

A vacuum in time,

But time goes by,

A state of transition,

In a cocoon,

Protected from the storms,

Hidden within,

Transforming silently,

Out of sight,

To return to society,

A beautiful sight.....

Choices

A handful of straws,

The short straw pulled,

The toss of a coin, 

Tails called,

Heads it is,

Three of a kind,

A Royal Flush shown,

The pot has gone,

Sometimes that is the way it is,

Roulette with a one chip bet,

Testing an individuals strength of what is left,

Dancing to a Singing String

Dancing to the singing strings,

Strings played upon a heart,

A girl dancing in the dark,

For  the visions and dreams played upon the screen,

Hidden behind the curtains of the windows to the mind,

As a cherub plays with the bow,

Striking the strings very slow,

With a melody only one other will hear,

That special one with that loving ear......

Hunting a Dream

Hunting a dream within the sleep,

Hunting that dream within the dream,

Searching high and low,

Nowhere else to go,

But deeper in the sleep,

For a dream that is hidden within the dream,

Cannot be seen,

Is this just the dream?

SWIRLS

A Harbouring Heart

A harbouring heart,

Protected from the storms,

A heart that had sailed the seven seas,

Battered and bruised,

Repaired and mended,

Ready to sail again..

The Saturday

To sit for a while and watch the world go by,

Sat on a bench watching the tide rise,

People watched the day through,

As they walked on by,

Dogs running having fun,

Chasing a ball that had been thrown,

Children playing in the sand,

Those that were brave swam,

Lovers walked hand in hand,

Sat on a day called SATURDAY.............

The Rose Garden

A rose grew in the garden I knew,

Against the wall that was bare before,

Rambling away in different ways,

Over the years it grew,

Displaying the colours in a natural way,

Filling the air with a perfumed scent,

Memories from the chairs,

In that rose garden I shared,

Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the rain,

Playing a game,

Jumping in the puddles,

Getting wet again,

A grown man acting young,

At an age but still having fun,

The blue days and the dark nights,

Are yesteryears, 

Just having fun with the wellington's on,

Counting the rain drops as they drop,

A Polka Dot Dress and Disco Lights

Polka dot dress and disco lights,

A Dancing Queen on a Friday night,

Moving to a rhythm,

Feeling the beat,

Watched by others when on the floor,

Dancing without a care,

Like they were not there,

A crystal ball spinning around,

Trusting the DJ to pick the right sound,

Dancing on the Path of Life

To dance in the lunar light,

On a cold and chilly night,

With stars twinkling way up high,

In the depths of the midnight sky,

Shooting stars and casted wishes,

Hoping dreams will come true,

Dancing to the dawning light,

Bathing in that warming glow,

For a new day born in the now,

Dancing on that path of life,

To that music with that beat,

Oh, that rhythm that stirs those feet, 

Castle and Bridges

Sausages and Beer,

In the land of poets and thinkers,

A Federal Eagle held a high,

With castles and bridges far and wide,

Alps that climb to the sky,

The Unwanted Message

Knock, Knock, Knock,

Ding, Ding, Ding the door bell sings,

Ring, Ring, Ring the mobile screams,

Letter in the post,

That email ping,

The unwanted message sent to the bin,

For when photos past stir memories shared,

Has regret sunk in,

For what once was will never be again,

Young at Heart

Peter, Peter, Tinkerbell thought,

Shaking her fairy dust to cast that spell,

For manifestation could not work alone,

For Peter Pan had taken flight,

And was long gone,

To travel on his own,

For one who is young at heart,

Refuses to grow old,

On the travels that the path will lead,

Just making memories alone every day,

Scent of a Bonfire

The scent of a bonfire fills the air,

A guy on the fire in despair,

Fire works exploding in the black of the night,

Colourful displays light up the sky,

Rockets reaching a height,

Bangers go off stirring a fright,

Children with sparklers in their hands,

Making random patterns as best they can,

Winter Sets In

The cold wind blows,

From the North that we know,

The temperature drops,

The nights draw in,

Seeking creature comforts in a place we live in,

With a glowing fire,

Heating the room,

Sitting in an arm chair with the TV on,

Watching the news of what's going on,

Looking at the weather forecast,

With the wind and rain that it brings,

Possible frost with icy mornings,

You never know there could be snow,

Creating a wonder winter land,

As winter sets in,

Tick Tock

Tick Tock Tick Tock,

Listening to the sound of the Grandfather Clock,

As the pendulum swings, 

Oh how it sings,

Hands conducting on a dial,

The bell chimes on a quarter,

A chorus sang on an hour,

How grand it stands in a place of honour,

Keeping a house in order,

Dark Matters

Hidden in the night sky,

Hiding from the naked eye,

Out of sight from those that seek,

Camouflaged and out of view,

Hidden from you,

Watching from high above,

Everything that you do,

Dark matters,

A background to starlight,

Halloweens Whispering Leaves

The ghost of you comes around,

This time of year,

To hear the sounds of whispering leaves,

Heralding that your presence is near,

Comforting the scent carried on the breeze,

A natural fragrance that you are here,

In a woodland copse a mother natures spirit true,

With trees and plants,

Where animals dwell,

Witches gather to cast their spells,

Ghost and Ghouls will appear,

A trick or treat will catch an eye,

Until the dawn will break the line,

Then pumpkins rot with open eyes,

A sign of the night that has passed by,

When all is left is that memory made,

But is it real or has imagination taken place,

 

The Witching Hour

Spirit Dancer on an October night,

Dancing past the chimes of midnight,

Caught in the spell were time goes back,

Getting that extra hour is a Spirits delight,

To dance in the now,

With the Ghosts and the Ghouls,

As Witches cast that spell,

A spell over you,

For in the morning when you wake,

You would have gained an extra hour,

Now is that a mistake.

Spirit Dancer

 

A Bitter Kiss

A bitter kiss the wind does bring,

As the winter starts to creep in,

With whispers from The North,

A chilling bite it will bring,

With colder days now on the way,

Long gone are the summer days,

Hibernation is natures way........

Love Murmuration

A whisper carried on the air,

That murmur carried on the wind,

A gathering of souls,

Prepared to go,

A murmur in a heart beat as the adrenaline starts to flow,

For South is the direction they will go,

A phenomenon in the skies,

As birds love to dance as they fly,

Migration 

 

Yew

Yew be surprised,

Deceived are the eyes,

As you blink,

A foot step it would take,

To creep up on you to see what you would do,

Ancient as time has passed,

Old and wrinkly is the trunk,

With open arms to embrace those that rest in this place,

 

October Moon

October moon graces the sky in the day light,

High above a tower at day break,

That morning stroll under a lunar glow,

St Mary's Church Totnes

A Startled Burst

A startled burst,

Take to flight,

A need to get to a higher height,

To escape that predator below,

 

Serengeti

Mara, Mara was heard on the wind,

The herds of Elephants and Giraffes would sing,

As animals migrated the plains,

Wildebeest, Zebras and the Gazelles,

All of them on their way, 

To that annual location where they must be,

Serengeti National Park

Life as Destiny Unfolds

Tomorrow starts when yesterday ends,

The present is that thought between,

A vacuum of time in life where it is real,

For memories are just of history past,

Dreams are for future hopes,

Life is as destiny unfolds,

Stranger Things

Stranger things have happened to be,

Stranger times have made a stranger become,

In a strange time, time is strange,

A mirror image now that is strange,

Strange to think how strange things come over time,

When times are strange,

Stranger becomes the mind.

Travellers Tale

Ink drying on a realm of paper,

Words in defence of a realm,

Words unfold to describe a story to be told,

The history of old,

A kingdom so bold,

To explore the world,

By sea and wind,

Mind Scrabble

Mind in thought,

Scrabble is the game,

Seeking to select the letters,

To try to explain,

Letters to spell the words,

To write the sentences to form the paragraphs,

To be heard,

The times that what is written is with good intent,

Has been misread,

News misled with fake news,

To confuse the many,

Planting seeds to gain popularity,

Conspiracy theories,

There are many,

However what you read keep an open mind,

For control is what some seek to keep you in line,

ON/OFF

To switch the button ON,

Then OFF,

ON again,

Don't know what's wrong,

Emotions high,

In dilemma mode,

Check the power source,

Ok,

Thinktank time,

Conspiracy theory,

Conclusion,

Don't play the game.  

Flying High

Flying high in the sky,

Birds eye view from above,

Looking down all around,

Watching what is scurrying around, 

Hedge line rows, 

Little woods,

If in open fields find cover quick,

Flying High

Scent of the Woman

The scent of the woman filled the air,

A perfumed fragrance dominated the room,

Graceful and elegant she glided over the floor,

A confident posture with a radiant glow,

This beautiful rose, 

Captured hearts,

She won the show, 

Scent of the Woman

The Sea Breeze

The sea breeze came with the smell of salt,

Clouds darkened as the sky changed,

The storm's on its ways,

The sea changed,

with the crest of the wave,

With white horses running away,

With the wind getting stronger,

Stripping the leaves from the trees,

With branches and twigs left naked with ease,

Now summer has gone with winter on the way,

Days are now shorter,

The birds are migrating away.

Sea Breeze 

Catching that Wave

A board in hand,

Waiting for that swell,

To test those skills,

Practiced well,

To catch that wave and ride it true,

Not to wipe out and look like a fool,

To ride that crest to feel alive,

To find that pocket,

Cutback and realign,

To the ramp for that aerial view,

Duck dive back to the start, 

To line up and start again,

Escaping Thoughts

A thousand thoughts escape and flee,

Like fallen leaves from the trees,

Carried on the breeze away from thee,

Gone forever from their source,

Now one is free,

A Humming Song

Where to begin,

With a flap of the wings,

Humming starts,

Contentment seen,

A darting flash here,

A darting flash there,

The humming bird is in the air...

Weeping from a Tree

Catkins weeping from a tree,

Next to a lake,

Where the wild ducks swim,

Surround by woods,

The trees grow tall,

With natural paths for those to explore,

To watch the natural beauty of the nature that is about,

In a place where mother nature takes care of its self.... 

 

To be Nuts

To be nuts jumping from tree to tree,

That bushy tail following thee,

Running around that trunk of a tree,

On the ground foraging around,

Scampering, leaping marking its ground,

Hiding stock for the winter months,

Living in a drey it can be found,

 

WHO ?

Who would read what you wrote,

Who could decipher a code,

Could you understand,

The hidden meaning created by man,

A message if understood,

Would make you understand,

If you chose, 

Dawn of Time

Until the dawn of time,

The night will pass in the mind,

For the visions in the sleep will awaken dreams from the deep,

To transfer you to a different realm,

Another dimension in another world,

Things you see are hard to believe,

That deja vu,

Personal to you,

Looking through the windows of the mind,

At an image in the mirror of a stranger to those eyes, 

A Careless Heart

 

A careless heart can fall in love quickly,

That tender look,

That gentle kiss,

A loving embrace,

Lost in the thoughts of dreams of tomorrow,

Thinking how to get through the day,

An image of that crush,

That makes a heart rush,

As Cupid's arrow flies,

It's on its way,

Environment

A world that is going potty,

With seeds planted growing out of ones head,

To sit at a Mad Hatters party,

Discussing life as it is,

With a pot of tea brewing,

Ready to put a mind at rest,

Topic of the day is the environment,

To do what is best,

Cutting the emissions so the plant may live,

 

Samurai I Am

Swimming around as Koi as can be, 

In pool of fish like me,

Busy doing what must be done,

Some days in the rain,

Some days in the sun,

Samurai in nature I am,

As I face my destiny,

As a man

 

Koi