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Category: Favourites

This category is a collection of my favourite poems on this website, so those written by myself. This is different to my favourite collection of poems written by other authors.

Each poem has a different reason for being here. Some, I think, are quirky or witty; others, emotional and melancholic—but all ones I am proud of. Many of them carry particular significance to me. But none, of course, are perfect. I am still very much in the process of learning the ropes of writing poems.

Fatigue

As the fog rolls in
you cannot see the shore;
much like when
you are tired once more.

A grey-blue haze
of midnight blooms
comes rushing in;
it swiftly swoons.

You dread it coming
but avoid it, you cannot
the ship’s arrived
ties you up in a knot.

Your time has come,
the slow bells of slumber call
run away, you can try
be like running into a brick wall.
Either way, standing or sitting or lying;
the heavy curtain will fall like lead
little time left for complying,
it cares not whether you are in your bed.

Otherwise, should you wish to evade,
it will not be lead next time:
the shrill whistle of falling stone
as you draw your last breath, alone.

Conversations

Don’t fret
I remember what you said
and the way you looked
the last time we met.

Every detail of every glance
Yours, thoughtful, patient interest
Mine, the same, but with a dance
Hidden deep within my chest.

Your life, full of accomplishments
A gobsmacking list of achievements
Mine, a bit more restrained
One destiny has not yet ordained.

There aren’t many things I can do
Take a picture, write a poem or two
While you, it seems
have already fulfilled your dreams.

Someone to look up to, be inspired by
Not even knowing you helped me fly.

If only she knew

I look into her eyes:
they are like a sunlit forest,
a terrestrial Lothlorien.
Green and brown,
rich, lively earthly hues
I’m already lost in them, to be honest.
My breath comes out in sighs,
she is smiling:
a real comedienne.

Moments like these
could last forever;
and in a way, they do.
Forever on replay
in my mind,
if only, if only she knew.

She won’t ask
and I won’t tell her.
How could you?
You can’t say
that every second
since that fateful day
I’ve been wanting to tell you
that what I feel is true.

It’s a shame that moment never happened;
you were never that close.
Your eyes, only distant;
not glancing my way,
not even for an instant.
On a picture I hold
as my hands tremble.
At least the tears, I mumble,
wash away the dust as they tumble.

The ambulance

An azure-blue sky
so bright, shining.
The sun set into it,
like a gem,
a glowing amber,
radiating heat,
radiating life.

And the bumblebees bumble by bushes
looking lost.
But this is what we think.
With our big societies,
rich civilisations, think.

A glimpse of a bright car
on the road
a van, flashing lights.
Oh no, I think.
Not again.
Not here.

Screeching suddenly, it stops.
Suited-up silhouettes sprinting.
A rush,
a deathly urgency.

Life is in slow motion
now even more so
like pressing ‘rewind’
on a remote with no batteries.

A person, on a stretcher
comes out.
The masks and gloves
slam doors
and all of it
is over.
As quickly as it began.

That’s life
or what remains of it
under quarantine.

I’m not tired!

I’m not tired
I’m wide awake.
With eyes bulging
and adrenaline rushing
sleep is no option to make.

I’d go flying,
But I have no plane
I’d start reading
But the sentences are too long.

I’m sitting,
not lying down.
Upright, back straight
or that’s what I think.

Glancing at the downy duvet,
the plump pillows,
the mellow mattress
I reflect.
Is this what I want?
To melt into its supple embrace?
But I’m not tired!

I won’t sleep.
I’ll conquer the world
become President
or an astronaut!

Tomorrow.

Blues

Do you know the genre named “blues”?
It’s got its special moves.
Some say it’s a type of jazz,
it’s got a similar type of pizazz
But both no longer feature in the news.

Rainbow

Seeing a rainbow,
the leaves on the trees rustling
and the birds flying around.

Looking at this beautiful world we live in
through a window
locked in a big concrete building.

All the colours,
watching the world go by.
Through a window.