Shakespeare Sonnet 116

Love is not love when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove.O no! it is an ever fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the start to every wandering bark,Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.Love’s not time’s fool,...

Rictus Politicus

Smug, self-satisfied smile.Rictus sardonicus twisting the truth,Appeasing the old, appealing to youth.Hand-shaking, head-shaking, hiding behindThe smug self-satisfied smile.Promises, promises, meaningless rantMaintaining the can, denying the can’tRule-bending,...

The Power of the Dog

There is sorrow enough in the natural wayFrom men and women to fill our day;And when we are certain of sorrow in store,Why do we always arrange for more?Brothers and sisters , I bid you bewareOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.Buy a pup and your money will buyLove...

One More Day

Just one more dayBefore you go awayOne more dayTo laugh and play We’ve been friends for so longNow you’ve gone the world seems so wrongOne more day to hear your songOne voice only can sing that song One more time I give you flowersOne more day which we talk for...

The Lost World

Time on earth is running outAs man pollutes the airRainforest, Wildlife all extinctThere is no future thereRivers of blood run deep and wideFamine, drought and diseaseAll helped along by mans own handWith only himself to pleaseHunger, thirst, floods and lifeWe are...

Death is Quiet

Rage, rage at the sight of devastationViolent noise hisses past me as I scrabble to clear bricks.A child appears from nowhere in shocked disbelief, the chubby legs unsteady.An arm reaches out but it can no longer touch the small figure, as a column of cementand dust...