Listen to the Wind

"Listen to the wind" From Visual Counterpoint

Thrown in a box,
Drugged out of my mind,
Both entry and exit closed,
Listen to the wind,
Whispering a way,
Then play.
The game to the end.


Checked by a knight,
While the queen slept,
A bishop lost his belief,
Listen to the wind,
Castles stand alone,
Pawns play,
The game to the end.


Here one or more,
Lie under a namesake,
Dead to the world above,
Listen to the wind,
The king stands castled,
One plays,
This game to the end.

The queen awakes,
With dreams remembered,
Her spirit living for all,
Listen to the wind,
Carrying ash and dust,
Game played,
To the end and beginning.

A Crown for Thorns

From Visual Counterpoint

With the vigour of youth,
And the ignorance of inexperience,
The bramble spread to cover the hedge.

While the sun shone it thrived,
And it grew sharp thorns for defence,
To give itself the edge.

When youth gave way to experience,
So the blackberry was born,
And seed placed with a pledge.

To give everything learned,
To the future and to keep
Doors open with a wedge.

With the colour of life lived,
And the prize of persistence,
The bramble now crowns the hedge.

Dear Connie

I have restored this blog in answer to Connie's plea.

I have continued writing because quite frankly I cannot stop.
I have not yet decided whether to post my writings

I have also restored two of my other blogs that contain photographs that may give pleasure.

so sorry but I must delete this blog.
I tried to make another one for my words Here There and Everywhere that had no pictures to accompany them. It was hijacked by morons that seem to delight in causing pain.

I have been forced to delete my new blog.

This one will follow because of the words I was writing.

take care my friends it is a dangerous world

Second Chance

'THE WONDER OF IT ALL' From Here There and Everywhere

Sometimes we see through the eyes of a child,
The wonder of it all,
While past memories call,
My father stands so tall,
I was once a child but I was born wild.


Take a second look and see the world’s lies,
The pity of it all,
While future dreams call,
My father still stands tall,
I was once a child and he hears my cries.


Give a second look of the world around,
The ignorance of it all,
While present demands call,
My father will stand tall,
I was once a child that stood her ground.


Throw a second glance; like a lance,
The shame of it all,
While our children call,
My father always stands tall,
His gift to every child was a chance.


Catch a second chance and know,
The wonder of it all,
While many echoes may call,
The father must stand tall,
So the child may grow.

To touch a star

I saw love today, given freely, with a look that I captured with a camera focussed on a dog that I have frequently seen accompanying his owner through the longest hours of the day. These hours surround dawn and dusk.

'I TOUCH A STAR THAT SHINES' From Here There and Everywhere

LIKE A Dog


I will walk beside you with love,
I will walk in your footsteps with pride,
I will walk ahead and clear any danger
That might take me from your side.


I cannot read your writing,
I cannot understand your way,
I cannot speak your words,
I only know; here I shall stay.


With you I always feel safe,
With you I walk o’er the earth,
With you I touch a star that shines,
In my eye for everything it is worth.

Autumn's Song

'AUTUMNAL DAWN' From Here There and Everywhere

I will paint love in the colours of autumn,
So all will remember,
Spring,
When warmth woke the seed,

I will paint love in the colours of autumn,
So all will remember,
Summer,
When the sun gave all life’s feed.

I will paint love in the colours of autumn,
So all will conquer,
Winter,
When the seed sleeps through the night.

I will paint love in the colours of autumn,
So all will remember,
Me,
When they dream tonight.


WHAT DARE HOLD SUCH LOVE?

'WHAT DARE HOLD SUCH FIRE ?'From Here There and Everywhere

The wild rose answers,
So all will remember,
Love's fire,
Held in the heart of all seed.

'HIP HIP HURRAH' From Here There and Everywhere

This is autumn’s song,
So all will remember,
Love,
In both word and deed.