The Arms That Understand Me there is a comfort in all those that you know away from the exhibition and … More
Category: Poems May 2009
All The Things To All People – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)
i try, i try to be everything
an nd again, find myself
having to recognise
accept and deal with faults
Stocktake – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)
Stocktake i loss adjust my life stocktake, then refill i total up the cost and i estimate the bill i … More
Up To My Ankles in Mud – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)
where it is not so funny
and the joke falls flat
up to my ankles in mud
and there is no going back
Do You Weigh Expectations? – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 36)
do our own needs always come first
are we hungry –
with insatiable thirst
Do The Children Need Your Labels? – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)
full of confidence, negotiating life
fully able to take the bends
will they fly their kites
with the very best of friends
They Have Never Told You the Truth – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)
six of one –
half a dozen of the other
a father playing games
equalled a mother
both playing for keeps
Sunday Lunch – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)
ultimately they are bankrupt
because, they pass judgement –
on my family relationships
yet, theirs are just the same
Raise a Child – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)
i am always –
looking at myself
i see reflections of the past
and they reveal nobody else
You Did Not Come Close – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)
you were not there
in a childhood that moulded
then almost enfolded me
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 