So World Poetry Day in the midst of a horrific madness?
Maybe as a distraction I offer a couple of poems, the first written over 2 years ago, is perhaps apt even for these desperate times, the second a love poem. We always need love! …..
Don’t Write it Off
I suppose I now have a mission
With my written thoughts in verse,
For as I scan the worldwide scene
I fear it’s all getting worse.
For it seems there are wars everywhere
With the world once more on the brink.
So great leaders please take care
And give lots of time to think,
Of amazing wonders, good, and values
At new risk from conceited power.
Which can lead to mass destruction
In much less than an hour.
Of course there’s been great wars before
And yet somehow we still survived.
Learning from the mushroom cloud
That insured we have now arrived,
At a state of chilling acceptance
Of just what harm man can do.
But now it seems we must again
Test out if it’s all true!
So what use then is my puny verse
That on a world scale’s just a jot?
But for me it’s hugely important,
To give our opinions than to just not
Do anything or our make a protest,
As generations have done before.
When on monumental occasions
It did bring an end to war.
So I will scribe away my thoughts
To let my feelings be known,
As you won’t succeed, if you don’t try
Thus I may not stand alone!
Indeed and now add “Shelf Clearers and Stock Pilers” and Fly Tippers in our beauty spots to that sorry list!
The love poem from my 7th and latest book, (soon to be a Number Eight…
Desert
A desert with its vast distances
Of desolation and lonely quiet.
Would seem to many undesirable,
But for me and you just right.
For I could have you all to myself
So not have to worry about others,
Who could perhaps discover us
And maybe blow our covers.
But I have special plans for you
My stunning and beautiful queen,
Who has put this magic spell on me
That I’d never before felt or seen.
So therefore I must act now
As you would desire me do,
Though I am finding it easier
For I have put my spell on you.
Thus together in our own desert
And alone beneath a sky of stars,
I can take you on ecstatic journeys
Soaring across both Jupiter and Mars,
Before fluttering back all a quiver
Across your entire being and soul.
For our desolate loving motions
Have made our bodies whole.
So indulge this sand-less desert
That will always be our own,
With you in captivating wonder
As you see how I have grown,
In my total devotion to you
When we are joined by all parts.
That gives constant bliss to make
Just one from our two hearts.
Stay well, and stay safe,
Love, Laurie xx
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