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Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom Soren Kierkegaard
About a month ago I sat next to a freshwater lake I was reading the works of Kierkegaard As I often do when sitting next to freshwater lakes Jane was feeding the ducks and geese Who happily consumed the bread and buns I felt quite free and not at least anxious So much that a […]
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Butterfly Vision Time
I explore the primitive To discover the roots Of the colours within
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evening train
evening train brightly lit reflected violet green flowers late of pink
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Sweet Roses Cécile (Fragments)
Accept these my sweet roses Cécile As a token of my love We stroll these summer fields Cécile And watch the tender skies Heavens choir Cécile Cécile Sweet songs from above John Sellers May (1934)
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Hummingbirds and Tortoises
Many years ago when visiting my home village I spoke to a farmer in a country lane Our discussion centred around change And why the fields and trees More or less remained the same He noted that hummingbirds Were only active for a few seasons Before they destroyed themselves The faster you live the faster […]
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The Garden of Sleep
Weep Weep From the cliff To the deep Weep My Poppyland Weep Sleep Sleep From the cliff To the deep Sleep My Poppyland Sleep
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Poppyland
The blood red poppies Covered the fields That led to the tower Which no longer stands These were our haunts Before their decline
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Poppyland
I can hear my guests Long before I can see them As the loose stones Warn me like geese Yet this lane Is rarely occupied As I do not receive visitors
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Nutbrowntown
I live in a nutbrowntown With a clown who will drown With a frown in my gown Happy stories always end sadly
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Rouge et Gris
summer red roses above my door bring me many pleasures yet the slate grey skies dull their original colour