A SELECTION OF SOME OF MY POETRY
Life Poems
When we
first knew we were one
Sharing all
our thoughts and freedoms
As though
life had just begun
Yes we knew such sweet completeness
With the
one and with the whole
You could
read my heart; I could read your mind
For we
had each other’s soul
Summers that
we knew were endless
And the days
all full of love
With the
friendly earth blow us
And the glowing stars above
Yes we
knew such sweet completeness
With the
one and with the whole
You could
read my heart; I could read your mind
For we
had each other’s soul
We would
walk the autumn highways
We would
travel with the wind
Keep the sun
and rain there with us
Each would
always be our friend
Yes we
knew such sweet completeness
With the
one and with the whole
You could
read my heart; I could read your mind
For we
had each other’s soul
Over stream
and cross the river
To the
mighty ocean’s shore
In the
Winter where we wandered
There was
always to be more
Yes we
knew such sweet completeness
With the
one and with the whole
You could
read my heart; I could read your mind
For we
had each other’s soul
WHERE I STAND
I stood gazing from my island
To the larger realm beyond,
I saw a land full of cold emptiness
While my land was full of song.
WOULD
THERE BE A BRIGHT NEW RAINBOW?
WOULD
THERE BE A POT OF GOLD?
IT’S
ALL OUT THERE, COME AND FIND IT
SO
THE MEN IN SUITS HAD TOLD.
Once my thoughts had turned to leaving
Just to see what I could find,
In that land full of bright promise -
Leave my island home behind.
And I walked the hills and wondered
Sat down by the stream and thought
And I came to the conclusion
I might give this up for nought.
So I strung the lines and whistled
And I lay the pots and smiled
Ten green acres where my heart lay
Worth more than a million golden miles.
Where my head would fill with thunder
And my heart weigh down like lead
And put back my worldly chattels
Kept the world I had instead.