well then
to move from strut
to stretch to stride
is rather a long step
a hop
who was it landed on the moon
and spoke of strides awkwardly?
well you remember
did you see that event?
I did.
That day I invited a young
Beginner programmer
to keep me company
knowing I would fire her next day
and so it went.
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Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
1969 that momentous day
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Protests:
Anti vaxxers get
together in the streets and
shout. Who cares? Not I
Police on horses
Raucous rioting fighting
I'll look after me!
You do as you will
I as I and wear a mask
Not you? That's your call.
Crowds swirl angrily
Coarse yelling surging shoving
Right middle or left
It's for them to say, to spit
Bemused, I just shrug.~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
misposted as a comment - removed to here
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I remember that morning
the early waking
I didn't think then of Grace
but of early sunshine
which never appeared
But is there a day she is not in mind?
Well yes, but few indeed!
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Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
On a long hike in China waking hoping to see the sunshine on rice terraces
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Listen,
you hear the surf
Police knocking at the door
Take you away, you are gone
But the waves remain.
Everything you say is French
Yet I understand.
The birds twitter,
now that is not French.
When you return
I will kiss you
And speak
Whatever you wish.
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Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
Random words, watching a Canadian movie with Innuit...
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in the groan of winds
we hear world swirling turning
morning winter yes?
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Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
just winter
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Faint outline shrouded
Sudden sun bursts through the haze
Pencilled pale it's there!
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Posted: Jul 2021
About this poem:
2017 summer visit to Hakone and Fuji - it is rare to get a clear view.
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Frogs on Taishan abound
Amongst the graves
the mounds
Of departed unlabelled
People perhaps poor
Family leave paper flowers
or money on the ground,
the mound, the floor
A car, an apple
Hands together, bow and leave
Perhaps grieve
but respect is paid.
I trod there carefully
Not so long ago
Dust dirt mountain trees
Streams dry then
In winter ice
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
Just travel on Ta'shan Tai'an climbing the mountain
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Why, I wonder do you pop
into my mind thus unbidden?
I didn't ask you to come,
but yet here you are!
I see you like at the station,
or eating chengzi
on the pathway up the mountain.
Gloves, thick pants, a scarf, a jacket all from you.
What gift shall I bring when next I see you?
Oh when that possibility comes again
Be sure I will seize it!
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
In China, taishan.
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Winter solstice here
can clouds and magpies ever
be seen thus again?
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
It is indeed winter solstice here
Blanket on lap
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If winter rainbows
each day greet opening eyes
is summer welcomed?
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
Continuing on the theme of winter solstice - winter is not so bad when there is no snow
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and equinoxes twice a year
all come around
don't they
This one here
our shortest day
Has snuck up on me
unexpected let me say
I'll count around 80
I think
And that'll be enough
The older I get
The more I stink
(I suspect)
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
Nothing to say,
just off the cuff two minutes ago.
That's not so quick
but it sure ain't slow!
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Her autumn my spring
So the world tilts at the poles
Apart can just sigh.
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Posted: Jun 2021
About this poem:
No travel!
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