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Ghost Riders

Horse Racing January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
Ghost Riders

A wilderness of wildest grass Sweeping like waves across a sea, As green as time, as fresh as dawn, The wind that cuts us drives us on There is that sound that sweet refrain It’s in my heart it’s in

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Entre Chien et Loup

Later Poems January 7, 2022January 7, 2022
Entre Chien et Loup

Bright is the portal of our memory, Which like the sun lights up our life. All the constellations are our friends Without whom life would be intolerable, And in that light of memory we bathe Enhancing every passing day Hope

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Black Velvet Night

Later Poems December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Black velvet night, and cold steel days, Sprinkled with stars, whipped by wind, Which curls the leaves as they fall, Turning our lush green into grey. Into the underworld the sun. Doors of light are closing now, And lives flutter

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The Three Magi

Later Poems December 23, 2021December 24, 2021
The Three Magi

Three men star struck Astrologers of great renown, Following long roads, high mountains Deserts red and black On and on, Knowing they would arrive. The dromedary stumbled A gift shifted its weight A man sighed, Three silk turbans wrapped heads

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The Dancer

Later Poems December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

The Dancer   He looked like a lumberjack, but moved like a swan He asked me to dance, as if we were one He took my hand, and the rhythm was strong, I knew with this dancer I could do

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Christmas in London

Later Poems December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
Christmas in London

Christmas in London Perhaps then I am dull of soul, That I can walk through London’s lights And see only crowds, impenetrable. Jostling, confusing, noisy, A shock from my quiet home. The bare trees seem to have no place Amid

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THE WAY

Horse Racing October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
THE WAY

The Way began long time ago, In spring and winter deep in snow, I saw the Way I knew its charm, I knew that it could cause me harm,   In that place such as I find, Courage, power and

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LIGHT

Later Poems October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
LIGHT

‘ Then there was light!’ Give me light, early morning light in all its delicate fronds Scraping through clouds or burning the edge Of the earth with cold fire. Give me dappled light, broken through trees Hazelnut light, bracken light,

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A Tale of Two Cities

Places June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
A Tale of Two Cities

A wall rose up to trap ideas And trapping people too, Those who stayed became the East Those who fled the few. Written in the blood of hope Martyr’s to the West. They came they saw they cried They chose

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The Patchwork Quilt

People June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
The Patchwork Quilt

THE PATCHWORK QUILT.     Across my bed silently it lies, That patchwork quilt, Its weight is warming, The colours vibrant Cathedral-like stained glass, It many stories tell. Each piece so delicately made It could be sewn By the Tailor

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