Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Friday, October 11, 2019

Octpowrimo 2019

Day 12







Black is the Colour





this takes me back to the time
we livcd  in paddo as students
all those years ago

you had just discovered counter tenors
you said you would perform with him one day
and you did
you did everything you said
you were ever going to do

ran into you decades later
you had not aged much
but you were unrecognisable

that warm funny person
who used to sing on the stone wall
outside the church waiting for the bus
had disappeared

the rock solid success
had come at a price
the chill and indifference
were palpable

for the first time
i warmed to my failure and began
to cherish my uneventful  life

Wild Friday with Saana Rizvi - Poets United

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Everyday Living


everyday living for the modern day superwoman or
how to ensure balmy behaviour in advanced age


they did it
she did it
i did it
some of us are still doing it

no one knows how
because it's not humanly possible
yet somehow we survive

i wonder
if it takes a toll on our sanity
at some point later on


please excuse me for a moment
i need to make a call to the police
i think the  sock thief is back
i can hear rummaging in the drawers







Poets United - Midweek Motif

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Carpe Diem Meditation # 105

waving long grass
all that remains of ancient warriors
trace of dreams

Basho






spirits still linger
of the struggling pioneers
almost 200 years ago

a pall settles
blue skies and sunshine
make no difference

Friday, October 4, 2019

Octpowrimo 2019 Week 2







starts 1:38

Day 8 - scent

October
The Season Of Poetry

scent of a woman
great movie
great tango dancing

oh

that could have been me
too many years  ago

oh   well

perhaps i am exaggerating slightly
she is much more demure
besides i always had a tendency
to lead
to take charge
al pacino  might not like being swung around
like a rag doll
by an aussie outback sheila

ho hum


curled up in bed watching this
in oversized animal print flannellette pyjamas
woolly socks with marmalade boy
a gal  can still dream

sigh

anyway al pacino is blind
so i could  be in with a chance

oh dear


 

 Day 9

A Cinquain

What do you see? 






i see
a huge struggle
to survive here on earth
our progeny will not thank us
good luck!



Day 10

Touch



Vladimir Horowitz ( 1903 - 1989 )


Cinquains


no one
has his deft touch
just inspirational
he will will not pass this way again
farewell

maestro
extraordinaire
you've given us so much
too few have even heard of you
pity


Day 11 - Silence or Noise

Shadorma








city life
rush hour traffic noise
crowds and stress
outback life
peace and quiet with no people
no water either

the silence
of the dying lambs
dead cattle
shrivelled crops
ongoing drought down under
farmers pray for rain




Tuesday, October 1, 2019

OctPoWrimo 2019




Day One

Dark Night Of The Soul


she can still hear
the lonely train whistle 
puncturing the night sadness
clickety clack clickety clack
it sped along
lights in the distance whizzing by
face pressed to the window
hugging her little suitcase
heading for the unknown
no one waved goodbye

Day 2

Changeling


who am i?


this beautiful angelic child
a picture of innocence
must have have been stolen by demons
and substituted with a changeling
causing untold suffering to most of the world

Day 3

Womb





a cosy kitchen
the womb of a home
where life boils and bubbles
with good conversation laughs and drinks
whilst peeling the vegetables


Day 4.

Cage - Pewter Silver or Gold




Michael Leunig-another loser has-been fades into obscurity

some cages
are more comfortable than others
nevertheless
all are  still prisons

freedom is precious
best fly into obscurity
ignoring the taunts of' ' loser '
by  those rattling their expensive chains


Day 5

Doorway - opened or closed




he was always mindful
about caring for his old friends
including them in his good fortune
on his way up the ladder

when he lost his wealth
on his way back down
they were nowhere to be found
all doors were closed to him

life -  the reality version


Day 6

Out Of The Blue



blast from the past
greetings from a hermit
a message from dodo
sent  this pic
from Saint Ninian's cave

it took a visit  to the austere saint's bleak outpost 
in the north sea to prod his memory
still
she was pleased to hear from the extinct bird
he had not forgotten her


a pebble smiley is
a nice celtic 'thought that counts' gesture
however




red roses -
expensive ones
(lots of them:)
uplifts the mood state
to a greater spiritual height
for a blue lady
of frankish papist disposition:)







Day 7

Tongue




this chameleon beauty
can zap a cricket
with its magical tongue
in an instant
a great testament
to the supreme artist and grand designer

Sunday, September 29, 2019

For The Weekend






WORDLE # 154    MLMM

trash talk, tough, ugly, opinion, galvanize,outre,leer,staunch,grid,murky, repair, fist bump

lovely party
lovely people
refugees
young and old across the grid
galvanized to repair to tolerate
and accept cultural differences
all staunch  decent folk
in need of a fresh start
a new home
no tough ugly trash talk
no outre opinions voiced
no murky creepy  leering
just everyone having a good time
cool
they deserve a chance





sadly
despite  the fist bumping
and the banners
the truth is:




the lip servers
the  many
opposed to this concept in theory
in reality
have practised it
since time immemorial

blame the fall
blame the popular prejudices of the day
blame whatever

tis unlikely to change anytime soon
on the farm
in the jungle
anywhere

and so it goes
and so it goes



Midweek Motif- Poets United


Saturday, September 28, 2019

Happiness

Poets United is losing
our tour de force of happiness

she inherited that contagious cackle
from her grandma

shines generosity joy and hope
on all who encounter her

roams the wilderness with wolves
cultivates little pot plants on her balcony

shares beautiful poems with us
written in her office - a big purple bed

hoping that one day management
will send a window cleaning team around
preferably the one with the brazilians

keeps her dancing shoes under the pillows
just in case:)

will miss you




happiness is spontaneous
an office dance party
courtesy of a brazilian window cleaner