Category Archives: Life & Emotion

When I Die

Posted on October 31, 2021 by ShirleyB

When I die, I shall not die. My body, frail and failing, yes, surrendering to time’s request, will leave. And yet the ‘I’ I am will blossom forth, continuing with love. The love that never leaves, the love we know … Continue reading →

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I Am

Posted on September 29, 2021 by ShirleyB

I am the face you see so clearThe voice that whispers in your earThe cheeky smile you know so wellThe moods that only you can tell.I am the candle’s flickering lightThe Robin hopping into sightThe butterfly that flutters freeThe feather … Continue reading →

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Kissing Out Scrumping

Posted on June 19, 2021 by ShirleyB

squabs squatting on treetopsstuck between bide and fly how do you know if wings work? the youth club was a place for the biggunslittluns allowedthursdayssix thirty ’till eight we strode along the spinney pathyou in your tan suede jacketvoice on … Continue reading →

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The Circle Turns

Posted on June 13, 2021 by ShirleyB

Don’t whisper under ancient limbs of yewwhere cherished breath of past must surely go,or bid the daffodil to dip and bowto spirits bound in sanctuary below There is no death within these marbled tombs;no melancholy legacies to own.Rejoice! It is … Continue reading →

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She Lays Flowers

Posted on August 28, 2020 by ShirleyB

She lays flowers by a green painted fence.Others lay them too, but not so often now.Some tell her, stop, but she knows he can senseshe lays flowers. Today she leaves tulips and a quiet vow;she’ll keep him close. A meagre recompense … Continue reading →

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Encounter

Posted on August 27, 2020 by ShirleyB

‘Your face held a history that I wasn’t part of’ Continue reading →

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The Gatekeeper

Posted on August 26, 2020 by ShirleyB

Father said that compliance was the gatekeeper of life.A concept not easily embraced by the mind of a boy.Obedience from wife and childwas a man’s entitlement.Mouth shut.Ears open.Obey, respect, praise, pray.When Mother was raped,I was mute.When her wounds wept,I shivered … Continue reading →

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She Sees Him

Posted on September 14, 2016 by ShirleyB

sipping Earl Grey through Flora Danica porcelain she tastes traces of his mouth singing echos of Nirvana at speed she plays a fingerprinted disc again walking loose-linked hands cutting steps in the sand she closes her eyes kissing like a … Continue reading →

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A Time

Posted on April 4, 2016 by ShirleyB

  Victoria has set the Quadrille prompt for today. Dverse Poets Pub.   A Time It was the end of a long, damp summer late mornings early elation discovery learning innocence guilt the end the beginning all we had been … Continue reading →

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The Simian Line

Posted on March 16, 2016 by ShirleyB

Mish has set the dverse prompt for today. ‘So,today I am asking you to write a poem that pays homage to hands’. The Simian Line The single palmar transverse crease is etched across your hands – both of them – … Continue reading →

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