verse poetry

January 20, 2013

You are gone

You are gone I am in you I have gone too. I should have stayed, to be sure With gentleness they washed And dressed you in […]
January 20, 2013

The Silent Voice

People of power, leaders of lands, Listen well, as we are buried underground. Threatening clouds of evil are again swirling around, Can you not feel the […]
January 26, 2013

The Present

My cat left me a leaf at my bedroom door; It was big and bright the best I ever saw, Lovely to receive a present so […]
January 27, 2013

Something Sinister

Is there something sinister in the air And has it always been there? As conflict in the globe daily grows Neighbours once friends now deadly foes, […]
January 27, 2013

Rise up

Let us all rise up as one And pledge we wont kill, anyone. Our days of murdering, are at an end Our will to evil homage, […]
January 30, 2013

If

If the world had the will to unite together Famine and starvation would be gone forever. If those who have, gave to those who have least, […]
February 4, 2013

Lawrence

Lawrence is tall, with a hesitant gait, Younger than a child in a man’s form. His innocence and trust in others absolute, He is, as we […]
February 4, 2013

Dancing

Smiling blue eyes asked me to dance. We floated up and away, Into a magical world, no place, no time And I felt so alive. Will […]
February 4, 2013

The Mediterranean Sea

With no fanfare or warning at all, On this evening of dreams, Mother nature modestly displays, Her silk chiffon shawl of the sea. Streaks of soft […]
February 4, 2013

Graffiti

What inspires those to deface a wall, What is this anger to deform, Why, in their wake leave ugliness behind, For all to find. Will they […]
February 4, 2013

My Home

My home, with outstretched arms embracing all who call. The swallows, every year make their nests above the lanterns in the cloisters. They dart and swoop […]
February 4, 2013

Resting Place

I want to be buried next to Makarios’s grave; Up there in the hills where the breeze blows softly. I want to be visited by coach […]
February 4, 2013

Troubled Thoughts

Thinking of true friendships, troubled thoughts of others fade. Golden thoughts of friends, replaces this disquiet. To be immersed with loving smiles in my mind, To […]
February 4, 2013

Margaret

Like a reed in the breeze, Her form, like a serpent sways, Her tousled red hair as flames cascade. The Irish dancer, dances the dance, of […]
February 4, 2013

Peter the Padre

With humility, Peter the Padre wears the cloth of God; Giving compassion and strength to the lonely worried soldier’s wife. He helps to decompress the soldiers […]
February 4, 2013

The Sentence

The Judge on the bench looks solemnly down, The weight of poor law upon him. He looks down on the worried young soldier before him, Both […]
February 4, 2013

See Me

See me as a soldier, trained and ready to go To serve my Queen and country and give my life as well. My uniform is made […]
February 4, 2013

The Widow

Dinner is done, conversation ceases, Music strikes up, loudly insistently, Couples dance, hectically chaotically, Lone lady ponders on the rhythm of life. Lone lady listening at […]
February 4, 2013

The Fire of Akrounta

The narrow road winds into a loop. The billowing white clouds of smoke, Are on my left. On my right, the dried up reservoir. The grass […]
February 4, 2013

Depression

I am not going there, down to dark depression’s lair. I want to feel the summer breeze in my hair, The wind on my face, the […]