Poetry, stories and strange odds and ends from the desk of a writer
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 105 Only love can caress a broken heartEnticing it to feel the joy againBy easing the pain that tore it apartYet understanding the truth of a shy smileResisting the urge to give all once moreAs finding that strength within takes awhileLearning to trust is harder than beforeTo love again requires a … Continue reading To Love
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 104 She comes with her basket ready to chooseAnd the farmer comes with his goods to sellIt’s a bargain of faith neither will loseShe wants some apples to bake her a pieHis orchard trees were laden with ripe fruitHer fingers select the apples to buyEach one shining in its autumn green … Continue reading A Taste of September
The warrior that hides his tender heart Defiant he battles for truth and love From this, his quest he can never depart...
Lost in the forest I heard a twig break Like a soft whisper hidden in the dark I’m not sure if I’m asleep or awake’....
Watching the sun rise and the world sleeps on Unaware the night saw another death A short lived life, sunrising and it’s gone...
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 100 My soul is defeated and lost in timeAmong cold echoes of karma’s revengeIn endless repetitions of past crimeI’m driven to the edge of existenceTo breathe emptiness and stare in blacknessFor living this life is fate’s penitenceLike a worthless pawn in a game of chessThe church of madness says I’ll go … Continue reading Dying Angels
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 99 (Tetrameter) From the sea to my glassware pigThe salty songs are sung to meFrom oceans deep, a seasoned gigEssence of Earth and seas, they singTheir broken song in mournful voiceThe price they paid for our tongue’s zingFor salt on chips we made the choiceThe mourning tunes of what we doDraining … Continue reading The Song of Salt
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 98 The password of passion within a kissUnlocking my soul free to her embraceIs not a moment I can e’er dismissOn melancholy days we disagreeI hear her words, their so eager to fightAnd with my silence I let her thoughts beAs I recall our kiss from late last nightIf her frustration … Continue reading Shadowed Doubt
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 96 I see your silhouette set in my mindLike a shadow on a flat sandy beachA perfect outline so clearly definedNot for a second do you leave my thoughtsBecause in a moment I can see youIn a binary print of ones and noughtsA blink of eyes colours come into viewAnd how … Continue reading Invisible Hug
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 97 The dandy young men with the debutante girlsWhile the widows watched over cups of teaAn old time revue of cream cakes and pearlsAmused the old cat for an afternoonAmid the tourists and stripy deck chairsOn a warm summer’s day in early JuneAnd the old cat sauntered with graces and airsGentleman … Continue reading Gentleman Alone
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 95 I used to say don’t go so far from meBecause I didn’t want to feel this lostCircumstances changed that yet still we beA union blessed by a love divineAnd learning that patience will see us throughNo matter what, I’m yours and you are mineAs each day passes I’m waiting for … Continue reading Because
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 94 https://youtu.be/_bpS-cOBK6Q Without pain she’s making me cryWhile my fingers expose her fleshPetal by petal, never shyHer pale beauty my sweet delightAnd yes I know this sounds absurdBut her flesh is like the moonlightAs beautiful as any birdI mean every written wordHer fragrance is that of the earthShe’s pungent and so … Continue reading Sonnet to an Onion
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 93 On a summer’s day its juice shines the sunIn slices between the salad greens and plateOr layered on cheese between burger and bunIts summer sweetness runs unabatedYet all that’s wasted in a ketchup jarThe fate of fruit for summer createdThe only goodness in summer by farWhile the crazy lounge out … Continue reading Tomato Sonnet
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 92 Such sadness echoed in beacons of lightMagnified in the silences of timeReflecting the loneliness of the nightAs the eyes opened to the tears they cryAnd letting them go like the melting snowNo more questions to ask of reasons whyJust letting go; letting emotions flowBut still it felt cold in the … Continue reading Moonlight Sonata
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 91 She is the guiding light flaring through the mistInto the darkest places in my heartRevealing the feelings so long dismissedAs she brings me to a place, calm and stillHer light shines brighter than the stars and moonAnd here I’m safe from the world of ill willAnd I listen to her … Continue reading Goddess of Light
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 90 https://youtu.be/PtoK2CSTehQ We are lost and alone in the twilight We’re caught in shadows where none can see love As deepest blue welcomes the coming night And they watch from their windows but don’t see The spirits of falling night as they dance As with our souls clenched in the you … Continue reading Love in Death
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 89 The corpses lie cold six feet undergroundBut are they dead or just waiting for youA hungry zombie; he waits without soundHe lets you walk by looking at your phoneFollows in the shadows matching your paceEyes on the screen don’t sense you’re not aloneHe bides his time; the hunt is not … Continue reading Stalking Prey
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 88 A lonely walk across the old graveyardWith silent bones resting beneath the groundForgotten souls, no floral calling cardsThe lives lived lost to the darkness of timeWhen history I know was here and nowOf Victorian streets coated in grimeAnd Shire horses powered the farmer’s ploughI ask has the world improved anyhowHas … Continue reading Silent Bones
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 87 What magic is cast beneath ocean wavesAs turbulent whiteness crashes on beachThe power of tides breach coastal enclavesWhat do the seas seek from the rocks and landAnd I ponder this while sat in its roarThis tempest louder than any rock bandInviting senses to want to know moreMy world is changing … Continue reading Rough Seas
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 86 You, the woman, radiant ray of lightYou just as you are right now, standing thereLike a flame burning my soul of the nightSo my soul dances seared by curls of fireWhile in my heart your voice echoes the tuneWaking me from solitude to desireOh, woman, I know you cast magic’s … Continue reading Her Spell Cast
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 85 The shouting waves crashing on the dark rocksThe sea running free in its frothy whiteA stormy night revealing tidal shocksViolently stretching towards the clouded skiesNature’s rage displayed in passion and strengthOn a winter’s night her power defiesThe manmade resistance on the shore’s lengthProving again that Man’s will bears no strengthAgainst … Continue reading A Question Asked
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 84 Entwined in tangled webs of solitudeYou are distant, so far away from meAn empty void within love’s attitudeYet my soul is held in the captive stateStifling the tears in the shadows of hopeAs egos of passion are forced to waitAnd heart’s desires, in darkness, lost their scopeEndlessly falling down destiny’s … Continue reading State of Insanity
Those eyes of truth of an innocent child Shine with the wisdom of knowing nothing To grab the heart with the senses beguiled...
I felt their cold hands reaching out for me Demons of the night there as I walked home Stealing my soul before I thought to flee...
‘Just write out the words and express your feels Let your voice say it and say it to you’ This is the beginning as your soul heals...
‘I love you’ is not enough when it’s said Just words that can never see what you feel The feelings entwined with fate in my head...
What do I see then, just before we kiss Before my eyes close to the world outside What temptation invites me to feel this...
On the table the pitcher waits for it As the ice mingles with pieces of fruit Then some orange juice for that citric hit...
The drifts of snow carry life into caves Buried beneath like old catacombs With liquid cut walls forming icy graves...
A fine afternoon wine reflecting sun Smooth sensual moments in golden hue As it spirals wonder upon my tongue...
My soul is falling into the pits of hell Unexpressed sorrow churned around my pain And in that sorrow drowned the tolling bell...
The terrible and jaded brief desire Found in a frantically emptied glass With dying kisses failing to inspire...
Like a child lost in the mists of my soul With wounded wings, unhealed, lost to the world My heart clings to desire to make me whole...
Sweet echoes of you emerge from the night To mingle within my slumbering dreams To hold me close until the morning light...
Everyone needs it, their own special place Where all is calm and the soul is at peace As peaceful as moonlight, a secret space...
One to another they passed the message On an autumn breeze hidden in a song In golden hues of the winter’s presage...
Oh, how many times I have envied her Her femininity as the earth Inspiring me as her litterateur...
I shall not speak of sadness in her name Of a love lost when all I feel is love For love does not die, it goes on the same...
She has died leaving me behind in time Her ashes buried beneath the rose tree In the garden where she played roses climb...
As I sleep my silent fears grow too much Like a giant tiger chasing my soul As in darkness I dread the slightest touch...
Relaxing by the fire watching her sleep Upon my lap, she’s purring through the night And the night flows softly as dark tears weep...
I watch her snoozing in front of the grate She’s robed in her mystery furs of time As a goddess biding her time to wait...
How contentedly my cat sleeps her dream Her paws twitching and stretching here to there As lazy claws exposed wickedly gleam...
Recalling that morning I can’t forget Acrid fumes of smoke sticking in my throat The fires of hell burning the earth, and yet...
The loud voices echo over fruit and veg Arguing which tomato is the best To serve with bacon rashers and an egg...
Geraniums bursting in ev’ry nook African violets bloom on windowsills And katydids sit there to read a book...
I lived in the suburbs trailing out from town An overlong train on a wedding dress But that old town was no beautiful gown...
Where are the words that can seduce your heart In metaphysical kisses of verse Is that not the point of a poet’s art...
Oh, delicate heart, how you torment me From behind your armour of scalloped scales But you seemed such a good idea you see...
High in the canopy monkey’s make love As the trees hustle braided vines and leaves In the violets startled eyes look above...
