poetry

Inspired from birdsong 25 days old

When they said I should write some music, little did they know how hopelessly lacking I am. there is no gift for me there. So instead I write. Stuff. ...

Endless Note from birdsong 33 days old

Should I really be listening to TG in this mood? Anything Anything I do not have Anything For you Despite the screaming Anything Anything I do not ...

Tonight I walked across a bridge from birdsong 162 days old

Tonight I walked across a bridge Upon which the sound of cars made waves Above the silent water From there I came to here. From then - to now. The sunset ...

Mystical from birdsong 163 days old

What is not music This name? Haunting and pierced Penetrating and haunting Without ghosts Yet no more real Than everything else that happens Repeated ...

Rest from birdsong 319 days old

There should always be a pen I’m looking down from here Onto a world that’s freezing Below a silver moon She lies asleep and crying Icicle tears Fragments ...

A Poem for Night from birdsong 900 days old

Why do I feel gloomy? Wandering my sleeping house like a ghost. Nothing Is of any substance My brittle prayers Crumble unto dust Between my fingers While ...

SALLY AND EDGAR from birdsong 954 days old

SCENE: A London (Belgravia) townhouse c1930. Opposite a park. An empty room, one ragged curtain blowing gently in a broken window. CAST: He is not Edgar. She ...

Inspired to write from birdsong 975 days old

Something beautiful This way come Down here beside the river Look and see the moon up there Listen to her tears and say I will be here tomorrow And ...

Overlooked from birdsong 1109 days old

Found an inspiring new 'place to go' today during a wander around the back of the shopping centre that is our new home. I do like to get behind the facade. Reminds ...

Apples, witches and Reindeer from birdsong 1123 days old

Aching back today, after the exertions of planting the apple tree on my day off yesterday. Not painful, just muscles tht I don't often use.Drilling 28 ...