(In memory of my mother)
This shyness is a burden to me That makes me feel a sham, That makes me blush so freely Me, a grown-up man. Blushing certainly holds me back,
I am become a river Of tears a waterfall A rag wringing out I am become water A washing away
Oh the ups and downs of it, The swerves and speed of it, Like a boat on the sea That once covered this land, The little country bus
The goose, head held high, squawki… Chased the peacock across the lane In front of our car. We stopped… The peacock with long tail feather… To the top of an old stone farm wa…
There’s a gentle lapping on the sh… A sunny day, we hope for more. The sea is saying come on in, Yet much too cold to take a swim. Sailing boats are out in force
Bright July Moon In blue dusk, In peace momentous, Your influence, Pulling this way and that,
The village church upon the hill Has had its fill Of bodies under slabs so still. A thousand years the tower has sto… Originally was made of wood,
There’s this dread Of living on our own, Of being home alone, Of feeling half-dead. We looked after mum,
Hundreds of dinners are cooking As I walk through the estate, Hundreds of husbands are drinking In the local pubs with their mates… Pork, beef, lamb, and ham,
Late stars, in dark blue, Not unlike the dew, In constellations, In such show, Place me in England:
The light we see From extinguished stars Travels ever on, free, So that someone On a star, who once looked on,
Our Winter clothes are long undon… The May-blossom has been and gone… So fast the seasons run, And summer’s warmth has just begun… Swallows veering low and high
The polar ice caps Like elders Our parents Watching over us Balancing us
There is a song I long to sing Hidden within me An emerging spring A song of love
You cannot know the things I know… For you cannot see them in yoursel… I know the things that make you wh… The things that make you what you… The things that someone looking fr…