Writer’s frown

Why write at all? when one can think compose
and speak to touch the soul. Words are as bright
If sung or acted out on stage, offered in prose
Or turned in myriad ways, to colours painted
silently, creating image on the page.
why write at all? a thought alights then
Dissipates, voices go silent in the night
And quiet rests the [...]

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Unknown threat

Something I wrote a while ago…
Unknown threat
to escape from the past
hide from your fear
shy away from life
 
on the edge of being
waves wet your toes
days washing away
 
fear a life of sadness
mundane struggle
the unkown threat
 
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in the right place now
the view clear
inside and out
 
flames shimmering within
life alight
a fuse ignited
 
stress and worry
the acids eating away
your happiness
 
fear a wind
eroding your [...]

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Some of my poems

brightsilentthought
 
Hot memories of bright silent thought,
with wings extended.
 
Bright memories of silent thought,
searching in slow shadows,
Suddenly the thing I sought
Becomes the searchlight turned on me.

 
Sketches on Enchantment
 
A memory of flight as a bird passed the garden wall.
What are words?
Memory – it conjures images of loss, age, nostalgia and regret
Flight – as when one flees, escaping with [...]

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My Hope

On my blog you may find my turn of mind offensive, pleasant,  or uplifting;
I will write what I feel, and try to expose the potential of words;
I will try to express my fear, to reveal my soul to you;
I just hope my needle pricks your interest and leaves its mark on your thoughts.

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