On Beauty and Hatred
Words of form fashioned in beauty Often placed in ordered lines and ranks By those whose order of their desiring Is founded …
A Poets Lament
This is an old verse of mine, found on a previous draft of the website. Poetry has got me free into a …
Sleeping Scribe
Sleeping scribe with inward eye Ponders life, its challenges, wonders why Through the jumbles of our dreams Rummages random through lifes scenes …
It is All For Little That We Poets Write
A poet writes his words that will Be read by someone who does not care And thinks it odd these rhyming lines …
Heaven Taught Ploughman
“A heaven taught ploughman” – Henry McKenzie speaking of Robert Burns. He learned much with plough in field Beast snorting, as ever …
Does Poetry Matter?
In an age of instant communication, where image and music is king, the question is often asked, does poetry matter? Judging by …
A Poet Tries Not to Write in Rhyme
I got mixed feelings on writing in non rhyming verse, and while I do every so often, I rebel against the current …
Born of Lonliness are the Arts
Born of loneliness are the arts… Spewing forth from depressed minds, Who, from solitude of isolation… Inspiration they can find… So it …