Beautiful Blade

His hands calloused by time working in forging heat....

The Deadly Pencil

I killed you today I thought it out in fine detail an act carefully planned murder one of that I have no doubt...

The Cat

The cat Sleek and elegant, Full of grace...

Prisoner

Outside reality inside my mind The crowds of wilderness come Invading, degrading all that is...

Room to Breathe

There is a place not far from me That takes me away from life Where the mundane, stress and worries Merely disappear...

Saying It

I am always in all ways...

No Excuses

As I shut out the world who am I? Pushed aside and overlooked Who have I become with a change of name ...

#Writephoto – British Summer Time

Not the clocks changing confusing the brain but...

Can’t Clean That

Because of Covid we must wash hands heed...

The Dark Wind

Throughout the night it cries among the trees and around the houses...

Memories Within

Exquisite carved legs of days gone by the sheen of mahogany reflecting the light so many memories captured in wood...

Oh my Love

Oh my darling, do you not see Without you I am not able to be Each morning you awaken my body and mind And always beside me, you, I loyally find...

#Writephoto – Bridge Between

The day I was born the first step done and that bridge seemed a distance place...

Never Anyone’s Girl

Embracing the self bringing him out isn’t disregarding the past...

Sacred Rite

She brings me alive on those nights nights saturated with her lust nights quivering with intensity...

#Writephoto – Cash Only, No Cheques

It exists! It really exists! What treasures (or challenges) await those that plant one of these?...

Terms of Endearment

The glorious delight of being in love cannot be confined in the pseudo-morality...

#Writephoto – Prisoner

Did you hear it, poet whilst lost in your daydreams overthinking a line...

Kissing’s Worth

Sat on the edge of the bed watching silently staring...

#Writephoto – The Most Precious Stone

This week’s photo provided by KL to inspire us to write speaks to my soul, and the feeling keys don’t always unlock, but lock, securing what needs to be shut away. The prompt can be found here - https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/writephoto-the-secret-in-the-stone/ The Most Precious Stone The Secret in the Stobe by KL Caley I am the stone …

#Writephoto – M Rex

I missed Writephoto last week as I was away from home, however this week KL has supplied a prompt I can have some fun with. The prompt post can be found here - https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/writephoto-dinosaur/ This one was so fun to write, thanks KL M Rex His taloned feet of razor bladesscrape the forest floorwith armoured …

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...