Dance Upon The Mountains
Category Archive: Poetry and Songs
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Mind Unlimited
On rare occasions A soul wears its body with Such magnanimity That those around it See not the physical Nor the tangible But instead hear its graceful whispers Carried on the inhale of… Continue reading
The Long Goodbye
And so the final sunset creeps over those poppies, Whose crimson petals Are the life blood of a proud and grateful nation. The glorious sea of red, Brought to life that it might… Continue reading
The Final Lullaby
In honour of the fallen, on Remembrance Sunday 1914 – 2014
Hope follows Courage
Never give up, no matter how scary something is. Keep believing, keep going forwards!
The Haunting of the Dark Ages
The Haunting of the Dark Ages A Lyrical Ballad The castle has laid dead for seven centuries, its mortar corpse unwilling to erode, The soil on its hillside bronzed with leeched blood, the… Continue reading
The Blaze of Possibility
The fire of life, The cardinal call to a man Who doesn’t squander the green wood of possibility and hope, Which cracks and pops, Dancing in the flames, Unable to cleave to the… Continue reading
Ditty of First Desire
I love Federico García Lorca. He may have lived and died many decades before I was even born, but his poetry is so fresh, so vibrant, it’s as though written this morning, at… Continue reading
I Believe In You
I believe in you, Always, With a heart of infinite love. For you are like a pebble bashed and beaten by the breaking waves, That emerges from the tumult a polished stone of… Continue reading
If-
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their… Continue reading
Let Me Do This For You
LET ME DO THIS FOR YOU You keep still and hidden, Concealing from others the harrowing things you have seen and think you therefore are. But I am not afraid of your tears… Continue reading
The Invictus Games: Be the Change
This week Britain will host the inaugural Invictus Games, a sporting event for wounded servicemen and -women, to be held in venues made famous by the London 2012 Para/Olympics. It is an opportunity… Continue reading
The Raven
Ok, he’s probably a crow! Taken in Devon in July, he turned and looked at me just as I took the photo.
Sunlit Memories
Memories flit about like butterflies Dancing out of reach, Elusive, unpredictable As translucent as camera film, There, but not quite, Insubstantial in the darkness. But then hope, a reversal, Held up to the… Continue reading
Red, Red Rose
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep… Continue reading
A Drop of Peace
It’s Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK. Ergo, it is raining. Yet it gives us the perfect opportunity to take a deep breath, still our minds, curl up with a good book… Continue reading
Crimson Loneliness: Why Aren’t You Ever There For me?
They come to me When words are spilling out of them, Unstemmable blood oozing from a wound, Inflicted by sharp tongues On the soft tissue of friendship. And I wrap them up in… Continue reading
Rise
When you hit rock bottom, When you can no longer stand because of the weight on your back, When the darkness has won and you claw at the dirt Not to escape, but… Continue reading
Reteaching Someone Their Loveliness
Most of us know someone who isn’t sure of themselves, who doubts their worth, has lost faith in themselves. Quite often we feel that way ourselves, and let’s face it, it hurts like… Continue reading
