Wandering Ways With Words

Rhythm of the Opposites!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:03:23 +0100

Rhythm Of Opposites.
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The sun will rise and set,
The Moon shall wax and wane,
The Tide will flow and ebb,
Inexorably, unendingly.

Summer will succeed Spring,
Winter will follow Autumn,
Spring shall issue from Winter,
Autumn tail out the Summer.

Plenty depleted, famine ensues,
Abundant rain, crippling drought,
April showers, fresh green shoots,
Refreshing colours, fruitful smiles.

Where there is no sound, silence,
Stillness marred by clamour;
In the absence of activity, calm,
Serenity is disturbed by busyness.

Peace is blighted by conflict,
Love is scarred by hate,
Hostility resolved, peace restored,
Hate dissolved, love enriched.

Thus swings the pendulum to and fro,
Constantly, consistently, measured,
To predetermined space and distance,
Thus is the rhythm of the opposites.

What has gone, must needs return,
Successively recurring template,
Alas, that which lives must die,
Can this be the only exception?

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Fear!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:27:27 +0100

Fear!
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Anonymity;
Banal excuse for cowards,
To vilify us!

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Finesse!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:11:52 +0100

Finesse.
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Inner self exults
When goodness masters baseness;
Issuing in grace.

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Surprised!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:23 +0100

Surprised!
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Reflected sunlight
Smiling on the shaded corner;
Spotlighted the rose!

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One Year On!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:08 +0100

One Year On.
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Autumn fills the home,
Winter waiting at the door;
Another guest arrives.

Astounded stranger,
Winged in from an alien land,
Enters unlatched door.

Fifty-two weeks on,
Much of mansion still unknown,
He is buoyant here.

With his many friends,
In this blog community,
He is pleased to be.

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Ouch!!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:06 +0100

Ouch!
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Grinding concrete drill,
Menacing my fragile mouth,
In the dentist’s chair.
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Becalmed!

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:10:47 +0100

Leaves defer their fall;
While summer sunshine lingers,
Doldrummed autumn stays.

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The Fox!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:00:23 +0100

The Fox!
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Light traipsing footsteps,
Flitted down the garden path,
To the water pond.

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Shackled!

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:32 +0100

Shackled!
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Autumn thoughts persist
Of years with curtailed freedoms,
Leaving lasting scars.

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Tragedy!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:02:04 +0200

Persuing her dream,
Fearlessly, relentlessly,
Untimely, she died.

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Listening!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:55:16 +0200

Listening!
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Not in what is said,
But, in what is left unsaid;
Nor in what is done,
But, in what is left undone;
There lies the nub of what is really meant.

Those smiling eyes,
Or glaring gaze;
The tilted head,
Tightly drawn lips
Belies a truth, could not be truly dreamt.

A sideways stance,
That flashing glance;
The angled foot
With upturned toe
Are warning signals to tread with care.

A raised eyebrow,
No doubt allow,
An intervention,
Has hit the mark,
Tread warily lest flimsy feelings flare.

One lowered look,
An elbow crook’d,
Then fleeting sneer,
Quite gentle snort,
Foretells the dawning of deepening trust.

Lo, dropping shoulders,
The arms unfolded,
A quivering forelip,
One glistening eye,
The verbal deluge now needs must .

When floodgates opened,
Healing beckoned,
Sixty tortuous minutes
Deluge down to trickle,
All would be well!

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Heroes and Heroines!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:09:10 +0200

Heroes and Heroines.
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Armed with deep-seated conviction,
Born out of decades of repression;
Nurtured by an unshakeable resolve,
Founded upon prescient vision;
Resistant to the wiles of the oppressor,
Who were driven by a fallacious belief;
Bravely they engaged in the battle,
To free their country from fear.

Their spouses were not unaffected,
Tending their vulnerable offspring;
Like pawns in a game of chess,
Their lives were always at risk.
Deprived of normal family life,
Benefactors became breadwinners;
While mothers languished at home,
Fathers languished on an island.

These are heroes and heroines,
Unheralded by countless young;
Disparaged by a jaundiced world,
Intent on its selfish designs;
They sought not fame nor fortune,
The 'Freedom To Be', they persued;
Some made the ultimate offering,
A new dispensation was born.

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Siesta!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:53:59 +0200

Siesta!
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Light pitter-patter,
Gently on the window pane,
Soaking autumn rain.

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Long Distance Runner!

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:20:50 +0200

Long Distance Runner.
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The last quarter mile,
Breathing with the utmost ease,
The athlete sauntered.

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Strange Interlude!

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:41:36 +0200

Strange Interlude
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Bright and sunny was the day,
Not a cloud in the sky;
Feathered friends were entertaining
Every pleasant passerby.

Slowly from the silent sea
It drifted eerily to land;
Consuming all that lay before,
A stifling greyness filled each void.

Tender warmth leaked from the air,
Imbibed by thirsty thickening fog;
The erstwhile genial tenor gone,
Retreated from the alien fiend.

Now, there is calm and foe has fled
From brother sun’s redeeming rays;
Refreshing birdsong fills the air,
While laughter echoes everywhere!

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Growing Old!

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:51:12 +0200

Growing Old….
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Growing old can be such fun,
Keep those aches on the run;
Eating out, don’t be late,
Mind the size of your plate.

When young studs parade their wares,
Respond benignly with a smile;
Subtleties convey who cares,
That is a more effective style.

Keeping mind and body in tune,
Grumbling gremlins stay at bay;
Pleasure goes to rack and ruin,
When the game is not in play.

Arrange a space to pause for thought,
Recovery times increase with age;
Helter-skelter stresses court,
‘Slow Down,’ says the seasoned sage.

Memory lapses are excused,
Oversights will go unheeded;
Audiences are quite bemused
When three-and-ten are exceeded.

The tide of life, ebbs and flows,
Providing both the rough and smooth;
Years have taught that in the throes,
Resides the balm the wounds to soothe.

Its not the length of life that counts,
Where-withal or where-without;
The measure of the water fount,
Abides within its quenching clout.

Gladness at heart is free to folk;
Receptive outlook holds the key,
The doors of being to unlock;
Leading to serenity!

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Caution!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:56:43 +0200

Caution!

Green apple moments,
During youthful innocence,
Bring early harvest.
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Telephone Call!

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:56:16 +0200

Caller!
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The telephone rang,
Anxiety cloaked her face;
The news was rosy!

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The Idiot!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:04:31 +0200

The Idiot!
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Insufferably inept,
Infallibly inefficient;
Impeccably imprecise,
Incomparably comical;
Incredibly ignorant,
Inescapably engaging.

Incorrigibly inconsistent,
Impossibly indiscreet;
Inexcusably insensitive,
Inconceivably incomprehensible;
Intolerably uninteresting,
Irresistibly adorable.

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The Flower Girl!

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:39:08 +0200

The Flower Girl!
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Her two little hands,
Fashioned by a skilled craftsman,
Held the golden rose.

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9.9.9. In The Garden!

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:25:39 +0200

9.9.9. in the Garden!
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One hour in our garden
Frantically working,
Cutting back unruly hedges,
Left me quite exhausted.

That is all that's needed,
Only sixty minutes
In our low keep haven,
Made for stress-free living.

Colour and diversity,
Reside in perfect harmony;
Assorted birds are cheerful,
In this little reserve.

Not much mortal toil here,
Designed to please the idle;
The minimal maintain it,
Ideal for the thoughtful.

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Bread (3)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:44:50 +0200

Bread!(3)
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Not by bread alone?
The bellies are empty,
The eyes spit gnawing need;
Words do not still hunger,
Food does!

Sleep defers distress;
Warmed by tattered garment,
Comfort found in grubby thumb,
Fitful slumber brings relief;
For now!

The images persist,
Vivid as they ever were;
Reality still reigns,
Raw, untended,
Somewhere!

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Bread (2)

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:33:32 +0200

Bread (2)
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Crusts will do;
So too, stale and mouldy;
Fill an emptiness,
Sustain a soul;
Survival!

Hidden from seeing eyes,
Hearing ears excluded;
Human shame exempted,
Heartless future beckons;
Despair!

Hunger will return,
Scavenging must persist;
Wherewithal provided,
Self-help will suffice,
Life!

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Sound Investment!

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:25:19 +0200

Sound Investment!
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Gems of patient words,
Spoken by caring parents;
Stand the test of time!

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New Birth!

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:45:09 +0200

Beginning!
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Chilling infant screams
Echoed down the corridor;
A new life was born.

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I Care!

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:54:53 +0200

I Care!
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Let no one withhold,
The tender touch of kindness;
Need is everywhere!

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The Laugh! (2)

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:53:56 +0200

The Laugh!
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For many it comes naturally,
As though to it were born;
The slightest incongruity
Evokes a loud guffaw.

Even a stifled sneeze is known
To bring on the titters,
Or when a hapless nose is blown,
There follows instant sniggers.

‘Tis hard to keep a straight-laced face,
When gigglers are around,
Glum and gloomy feel disgraced,
There’s plenty to be found.

An empty life, if there’s no time
The funny side to see;
A poorer life no more sublime,
If that is all there is to be.

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Tit for Tat!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:19:52 +0200

Tit for Tat!
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Eye for eye,
Tooth for tooth;
No blood, mind -
Not in the deal!
This be the norm,
Applied to both;
Make it even,
That be fair!

Kill, be killed -
Maim and be maimed;
Reciprocate in kind,
Is that the rule?
Collateral damage
Quid pro Quo?
Senseless reasoning,
Who’s the fool?

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Seagulls!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:58:12 +0200

Seagulls!
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With consummate ease;
Master tars of the airwaves,
Glide into the breeze.

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Young Ballerina!

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:23:42 +0200

The Young Ballerina!
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Graciously she danced,
Floating like an autumn leaf
Through the captive air.

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