Old

Quietly you creep; you creep to my door,
Tap; tap too persistent to ignore.
Tales you spin;...

A pitter-patter of tiny feet.
Grasping, grabbing, sticky hands,
“I want that!”
You...

A ninety one year old man played the piano today
Nothing unusual in that I hear you say
...

The hair on his head is now fading away
Is it better to be bald or better to be grey
The...

The words on the label are smaller I’m sure
That’s why I can’t read them like I did before.
...

Caught your stare in another smile
paid for the ragged stranger's drink
as the que broke...

Stranger day

I watch her fold her fingers
into some forgotten child's game
an...

She sits in an armchair,
Breathing in old air.
She sits, wishing she had a dime,
...

Her faded picture from another place
repressed beauty weeping on her face
Sad eyes are...

Encased in sculpted clouds
Are worlds and societies all alike
When the rain falls so too does...

Well I’ve got my inspiration from clocking our local 10 o’clock news
Now I’m extremely interested...

That playful glint
under furrowed brow,
a mind still sharp
but wondering,
in a...

I can jump puddles how clever am I ?
I can also climb trees and I'm learning to fly
I can in...

Piss off and sit
somewhere else,
He said.. you're getting
on my tits..
We're...

I look past the debris, the chasm of time,
Stood back from the threshold on planes sublime.
I...

A knightly gallant reign
Began a dismal campaign
Past great fields of France.

A...

Eureka! After 4 years of trying and trying to find the words to write this poem I have finally done it. I...