The stones of Highgate shown in the moon,
Momentos of lost souls - gone too soon.
Vines of green, stream down from Heaven,
To touch my face and unite the breathen.
Along the corridors of green,
I wondered what those lying around me had seen.
Lifetimes of love and happiness flown,
memorialized by simple moss-covered stone.
Oh, there were a few here who would be remembered,
But most lived and died without time's passage ever being
hindered.
Their immortality now consists
Of a slightly leaning tombstone, obscured in mist.
Loved once in vain
Died once in pain.
Poem on rain
i made my way past that place
you lived all those times ago unremembered
nowas I found you again on a machine
and you were still you
but old and married and with kids
and you simply shred and shed all mystery
in that one moment of finding you
And I'd loved you forever even
HampsteadThere far beyond
lies Hampstead in the silky air of night
it belongs there in the fields
now given back once more
to their things, to their things
and to the immemorial time of times
Keats house is still there and his words
and his words
remain in the hedgerows
and the chiselled church
where he was
first annointedin garlands of meaning.
The night pours down over there
and juice and favour emerge
as the heath becomes
alive and renewed
Over there far beyond
lies Hampstead in the silky air of night
it belongs there in the fields
now given back once moreto their things, to their things
and to the immemorial time of times
THE POACHERThe poacher returns in dying september light
theres bread for the bag
but no joy or jewels
for things are coming
to conclusions,
so be it
for they must
but things hang on
the hand still gripping
something
intangible
and now the cold night air
brings a message
if only we could
decode it
PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST
at least I have understood the term
the means the wants and the needs
individual,
higher than your fun guy routine and crusading pursuits.
and those semi-religious,
patriotic to your cunt
serious pubic career work,
equal and higher plane involvement on
sexual thoughts and pursuits.
your brand of religion is mine,
your pursuit
a form of fucking government,I’ll follow.
My career mission above the valid
healthy wants and needs
of your significant pit
you cheapen the meaning of love.
you sacrifice the people closest to you
you slip away from the wants
the needs but
you know best
as ever
as always at least I have understood the terms
OLIVES
She sings of sun and Olive
and of herself for selfs sake.
The olives enrich that that grow near her
and enrich us as Socrates did
.
They enroach upon our night
and build low havens on earth.
You can touch them when they fall
and you can take them into your mouth
and feel her evenly.
You gather them with all their brusing
and in the garden of Eden
you are never alone.
Then hold them
and build your deepest wish
by the morning light it will
be gone
Do you choose the peace and calm
or does it choose you?
The Lady of our Valley can provide this.
meander and wander along the River Lee,
Otters, Herons, Orchids or Kingfishers,
it was a day of rain
but peace as well
rain brings peace
and in an old grayeyard
near the Lee
my dog
sniffed memories and lives lived
enjoy the refreshments of the soul as you may say.