Egoism

Always looking in a mirror and preening Your vanity is beyond any compare Always your job, your hobbies, your everything...

Sleepless

Form: Free Verse In darkness my eyes staresearching outwardseeking inwardthe precious hours of sleepsleep the space the soul can regretsleep the place the body can restsleep the space the mind can forgetforget the painof being awake and rememberingreminiscent of lost dreams and stinging eyesstinging eyes that never sleepstinging eyes scared by endless tearsrefusing to close …

Chocolate

That sweet satin taste as you first touch my lips Eager and hungry, I savour your first embrace From the end of my toes to my finger tips...

Dystopian Life

An old man paid his dues in a war by night sleeps alone on the city streets by day begs for a coin so he can eat...

I Am…

Poet’s Notes: I read through this one the other day and the first thought that struck me is despite all the big life changes of the last 12 years nothing really has changed. A bit surreal to be honest...

Recipe of a Man

Be her knight but hold thy tongue And keep your opinion to thyself Let her think she knows best...

Rising Upwards

Where do we fall from if we fall into love when love is a whole being...

Gateway to the Skies

Form: Free Verse I see the gateway lit above the cloudsTo worlds that lie beyond my dreaming eyes.The place she waits for me.Her face behind soft billows of wisp shroudsUntil I take her hand and reach the skiesThen once more love is free. And yet my dream is here beside me nowI feel her touch, …

Old School

Form: Free Verse Growing up getting smarterit doesn’t always make a pairhand in handwhen growing up had to be done fastand learning the ropes was taking too longlearning the answers that wanted to be heardand not asking questions of the wrong kindgrowing up too fastkeeping the head down when it should have been held highsacrificing …

Cherished Thraldom

Form: Free Verse Sit backlet me enjoy youlet me savour the momentthe vision of youthat thwarted my sensesand cheated me of own desiresilken touches and eyes of steelmoist heattaking me to your pleasurefor as long as I can take itam I ready for you?Ready or notI am hereyou are heredoing what you want to dodragging …

Sensual Attraction

Form: Free Verse Let me see into your mindshow me the beauty within your thoughtsreveal your dreams and deepest desiresshow me your soulromance me by being yourselfshow me the amazing that is youmale, female, or everything in betweenlet me fall in love with your personalitythe person that exists beyondthe superficial binary of gender ©JGFarmer2021

The Poem of O

Form: Free Verse Are you ready for thisare there any more questionsin need of answers before I start‘cause once I start it’s too lateI’ll be tasting younipping herelicking thereand sucking just to find…placing rough handsright where you want them mostand right where you don’tkneading fleshstroking skinfeeling my way in to find…Ohhhhh!! ©JGFarmer2021

The Machine

As babes we are all equalwhen leaving the wombblood that is redand mother’s milk to be fedand then as we growthe equality myth explodesas the elite exploit the status quoof the cheap labourof no educationof working more hoursfor even less payonly to dieas nobody cares ©JGFarmer2021

Snow Glistens

Form: Free Verse Snow lies deep on the earthand sunshine glistensas softly as the light fallson the hair of my loveand my heart explodessuch is the beauty of our worldas I am remindeddespite what we doour gods never forget usand like the ancient kingsof wisdom and loveas they share the wonder of the skieswith the …

Crying from Behind the Wall

Form: Free Verse Can you see a wall in front of me?That holds me tight never to be free.A world in seclusionIt is no illusionThat wall will remain inside of me. No bricks just pain and torture insideIn this dark place, I have to reside.No freedom, no releaseIt will never decrease.Ripped in half, sanity is …

Charioteers

Form: Free Verse Combustion engines and changing gearsthe power building behind the wheelfollowing the line of chicanes and bendsthe new charioteersbut what would the Romans have made of itwould the Emperor have shownthumbs down ©JGFarmer2021

Midnight Robe

Form: Free Verse I saw it swerving too lateI saw the car speeding from nowhereand I heard the squeal of brakesthe anguish of rubber skidding on tarmacand then it hit mea scream stopping silently in my throatmy body lay on the groundas I continued to walk homeand I sat in the chair by the fireshould …

Things I Can Do

Form: Free Verse It is not for me to understandthe struggles that others facewhen my own struggles with lifeare beyond my comprehension It is not for me to approve ofwhat people choose to do, to bewhen I am fighting to gain approvalfrom myself But I am wise enough to knowI can’t change the worldbut I …

Covered Eyes

Form: Free Verse In silky darkness I knewI wasn’t aloneyou were theresoftly breathing without speakingin the darkmy ears tuned into the rhythmof each breath as it became my securitymy sensual connectionto the solidity of you ©JGFarmer2021

The Henge

Form: Free Verse Chilling winds echo setting sun.carrying time backwardstemple of peace, focal point,herders’ lands mingle with grain,where bronzed traders negotiate Avebury Henge, Wiltshire, UK ©JGFarmer2009

Unspoken Words

Form: Free Verse The emotions that cannot speakas they have no words on my lipssurrendered as he kissed memy breath stolen by his mouthas his soul spoke softly to mineand I listened in the feelingof his whispers glidingfrom the back of his throatto graze over my lipsbefore growling into my heart ©JGFarmer2021

Oi Sunshine

Form: Free Verse What label should I wearfor you to understandmy personal beingmy own identityand why the hell do you need to knowthe genitals inside my jeansand the gender of who I sleep withit’s not your bed I get in at nightit’s not your bedroom I feel safe to undress init’s not your arms that …

Out of Nothing

A poet’s pen crafts words of love romantic lines sculpturing beauty out of thin air...

The Nine Tailors

Church bells ring at Fenchurch St Paul. A wedding, celebrated in true English fashion. A time for joy before the outbreak of war...

Poet’s Angst

Long nights writing my soul in lines and verse a poet at his craft, they say...

Puberty

I stopped believing in Santa when I saw the adults putting parcels by the tree and I never found the tooth fairy ...

Secret Admirer

A bit of a first for me in this poem. I have written many an unrequited love poem but never from the perspective of being the subject of that love. Challenging to say the least...

Yet…

I new the touch of your lips before we kissed and I will know that bliss long after the kissing has stopped in the intimate moments between dusk and dawn...

Romantic Thoughts…

I love the photography of Paul Militaru and I have wanted to write one of his images for a while now. This one has proven irresistable, My thanks to Paul for providing the inspiration...

Innocent Eyes

Innocent eyes flicker open Startled by cold water A child, the gift of love...

Come Home

There are places I love to go, where I belong and I’ll never say where or why when I have been to so many places already...

Old Timer’s Farewell

our last journey down the old bumpy road bouncing and swaying on our last ride the same old track from dawn ‘til night...

She Will Survive

You are the ,miracle of divine creation thirsting for water across the dry passage of time and when the rains come your body immerses in freshness...

Thinking of You

released butterfly wings soaring purple skies passions shimmer light...

Tickets

The streets of gold the world in an oyster and promises of a bright future...

Working from Home

Moments are there to be taken savoured and treasured like found gemstones...

Screw You

I don’t have the privilege I wasn’t born cis in a world of pink and blue and so what if I like purple...

Right…

As my wings soar I am the raven looking for flesh my craven call of wanting...

The Story of a Broken Heart

A drop of water fresh from the cloud fresh from the ocean capturing the flowing river...

Divine Presence

Sweet pleasure enjoyed in the midnight sky freely shared in the warm autumn air and my feelings possessed with flight...

Shattered Chains

Gaga sings I was born this way but I was not born to be someone’s perfection with my mind infiltrated...

Sensual Inquisition

I felt the solution caressing the insatiable answers to the questions of love...

Pleasure of the Mind

I heard you sigh softly on the cold air and I heard you sigh deeper bracing yourself as the morning light...

Facades

Removing the fake facades yet keeping our mouths shut not revealing the shame of it...

Für Ludwig

The music played on piano keys repeating octaves over again so many times, over again...

Chance

A chance meeting but I’m glad we met and took the chance to share moments in mutual delight...

Anonymous

Hidden behind the letters page of a conservative rag withered by decades of hate...

Wish List

Come to me lady of my heart find your place within my wish list...

Free Verse Notes

Without doubt the most popular poetry is Free Verse, despite a minority who would argue it not proper poetry because proper poetry must rhyme and have meter. I would argue that some poetry rhymes yet has no meter and some prose may not rhyme but it has meter. In fact, spoken English is dominated by …

What Chance of Love

Voyages of discovery in the back row of a corny movie with naïve kisses and indiscreet fumbling fingers on buttons...