Cruel day when moved to hate
Those I love the most
Yet perhaps like love after all
Honesty in trying times
Like love
05 Jan 2016 Leave a comment
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Valentine
14 Feb 2015 9 Comments
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I may try
The patience of a saint
But never doubt my love
It shines through the darkest cloud
As hot as the day we met
As loyal as the earth
Beneath your feet
My heart stays with you
12 Dec 2014 1 Comment
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No matter the path I walk
The words I say
Or the deeds I do
Amongst other folks
Where work, duty, or my own folly has taken me
My heart stays with you
Always
Conquer Fear
27 May 2014 Leave a comment
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One cannot conquer fear
Only love something so much more
You would happily die
To save it
The gift of life
28 Aug 2012 Leave a comment
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Don’t do what you hate, for this is to spit on the gift of life.
Find what you love and love living,
And this more than any rule or discipline,
Shall put you on the right path.
Object of my desire
19 Sep 2011 14 Comments
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Gooseberry poets
Eat the bitter earth but spit sweet on hungry paper,
Cloying fermented words
Much more than crushed grapes
Finally makes me tell you,
You’re all I desire.
Objective reached but never conquered
Proud sea
Let me lose myself in you
Words…
03 Jul 2011 18 Comments
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Being Human
29 Jun 2011 40 Comments
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A time for thank-yous
20 May 2011 6 Comments
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I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to Sonia at Doing the Write Thing for awarding me the Versatile Blogger Award!
It has meant a great deal to me to be read by writers I respect. Sonia is one of those like-minded spirits and a generous and talented writer to boot. Call me extraverted but the feedback I have received since blogging has given me a whole new reason to put pen to paper.
In accord with the rules of the award here are seven hereto (possibly) unknown facts about myself:
- I used to want to be a musketeer until my best friend at the time, a six year old called Dorothy, told me they didn’t exist anymore. Needless to say I was very upset.
- As a child I had a cat called Albert. He was black as midnight apart from bright green eyes, had fur as soft as silk, and used to bring us headless birds as gifts. He is buried in the garden now, but sometimes I still catch a glimpse of him out of the corner of my eye.
- I now live in a thatched cottage in the middle of the countryside. At night I can’t hear…anything at all! It’s amazing.
- My most precious possession is a Katana (a Japanese Sword). But I rarely practice with it outside, in case I frighten the old lady next door.
- I think my life really turned around when I was twenty-five and started practicing the martial arts seriously. Since then I’ve never had to use my fists and rarely 🙂 wanted to.
- My girlfriend is very beautiful, refined and organised, but when she laughs she looks like a little girl and sounds like an old woman. It cracks me up every time.
- In personality I am most like my mother. When she was dying of cancer I wrote her a poem thanking her for everything she had done for me. The last thing she said to me was ‘thank-you for my poem’.
As I have already said being read by other bloggers has made a great difference to me. It has also been inspiring reading work by other writers. Here are fifteen of my favourites. Check them out and give them all the encouragement you can and they will do the same for you.
- erbdex at apriljournals
- Elli at Elli Writes
- Eva626 at herenownotforever
- The Hook at You’ve Been Hooked!
- Holly at writerinspire
- Ina at inaweblogisback
- Fey at mixxieboomboom
- halfwaybetweenthegutterandthestars
- mywordswhisper
- Stephanie at bekindrewrite
- Becca at beccagivens
- Jamie at Musing By Moonlight
- P.V.Zim at The Earthling Writes
- The Lonely Recluse
- Pat Cegan at Source of Inspiration