Best Far From Clear Poems

Play rain , play melancholic tunes
Play closely to my ear, I need to hear

I want to listen to Sinatra's toe-tap sounds
As you fall, fall slowly to the ground
outside my great-grandmother's house.

Play rain, Come down and break the silence
Bring puddles to the desert
Puddles far from clear,...

Continue reading...

If I was to take a word, say focus,
Stand it on its head,
And ask with growing sense of dread,
Why my friend did you just now,
Fly upon this particular 
Moment’s verbal locus?
Torture I might answer, like waterboarding,
Might explain a thing or two.
Indeed the stakes are dear,...

Continue reading...

Whose eyes shine in the night like balls of fire?
Whose paw could break a whole empire?
Whose strength could dam a river in niger?
I say, It is the Indian Tiger.

Who could use its paw to break,
A great stag's skull and overtake,
A antelope running toward the horizon?
I...

Continue reading...

Come with me, to where the river-water
Snakes around and through the rocks,
Lit by the sun,

To where the rushing stream
Cools hot, tired feet
 Where  all noise is stemmed by the stones.

Join me in this world 
Of grey and green and blue
Where the old river sings...

Continue reading...

A bug upon a green leaf sat
Cautiously eyeing up a cat
Who, unaware of the bug's intentions
Continued with its cruel conventions:
Of catching a mouse then setting it free
Then leaping up it once more with glee
Until the terrified rodent gave up and died
Whereupon the cat just sighed
At...

Continue reading...

On a sunny day in late September
we were on our way to Runswick Bay,
on a walk that we gladly remember,
meeting people on the Cleveland Way.

Assorted folk with the same idea
taking in distant views over the sea,
a gentle breeze, the far horizon clear,
nearby hips and haws...

Continue reading...

What can move me now?

Like a flower I am stuck,
 in a hole, in a rut
And time will dig me deeper still.

When chattering keys
and computer screens
and the tease of free knees
about the library
are far too clear to me
when I can’t stand 
or breathe

Leather boots and...

Continue reading...

There is a face lives in my mind, has been there since my birth
It may have been quite blurred at first, imagination knew it's worth
I knew what I was looking for, though times I must admit
I thought I saw you here or there, would feel...

Continue reading...

In the blackness of night, stars of wonder, so gloriously bright;
With our God-given eyes, terrestrial wonders for us to see.
With these words, may there be a most vivid portrait of:

A beautiful universe whose vastness is beyond description;
A galaxy sandwiched between yesterday and tomorrow;
A solar system...

Continue reading...

You have to go
Just go
So I can let go

I’ve hugged you hard
Despite your guard
I’ve parked my sorrows
But wiped your tears
I’ve fallen right down to the ground
Yet offered to always hold your hand

For you I always did stand

You kept me near
But stayed far and clear
You brought...

Continue reading...

Lightning and thunder, with torrents of rain, pouring down....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Interpretations....Dream sequences....Dreams....

Freud and Young....Einstein....Professor, whats his name?

Modern analysis....Scientific breakthroughs....Philosophies....

Profiles and treatments....IQ,s, and I use....Possibilities, and, I'm there?

A universe, of a box of chocolates, and, a hat full of tricks....

Spilled upon the pages....A galaxy of stages....Here today, but,...

Continue reading...

POINT OF NO RETURN

She didn’t say no                   exactly
But    I couldn’t catch her eye
She surveyed the ground
Danced        ...

Continue reading...

Accuracy bleeds sometimes
Into something far less clear
Into something unintentional
Everyone knows accuracy
By its exacting nature
But obscurity
Those who have seen it
Don’t always know it
It is the enemy of individualism
And development
It hinders understanding
By keeping it beneath its heavy palm
No one can so easily tell obscurity 
Where to go...

Continue reading...

I just need to close my eyes, close my eyes and concentrate on my center, every breath is of absolute peace, I can hear the birds chirp, I can feel the wind clash against my body, what a gentle of notice. Nature is strong with...

Continue reading...

Out, of the ordinary
Fairy tale, without the fairy
A family that seems a little scary

Winter, without the storming 
Crucial, just not necessary
So strange, extra-ordinary
A world with perfect people.

No, you wont find me
Anywhere but here
The way you see me
Is pretty far from clear
A little different, not everyday
You...

Continue reading...