Pattering Poems

the cedar tree

...
bright …

a flash of light -
thunder clapped like cannons as
into the old tree
we scurried ...
the mouth of its little
hollowed-out gut, yawning like some
tired old man from a Dickens story...

Citizen John

...Am I a foul fellow when the house is longer than this morning? Am I the designer of the living room that doesn’t encourage formality, because we’re associated with rigid boundaries? I’m the next citi...

Muddied Bloodied Memories

...

                         Why do you haunt me dear cousin of mine

                         I desperate to leave all this sorrow behind!

                        But how can I wash from my you...

Weary Is My Mind

...Weary Is My Mind

I promise, I swear, I will never, I will always
That blaring sentiment of a pattering ghost that I detest
Among the empty hollowing of her mouth and eyelids
There lies darkness...

Future restaurant

...
False, mechanical eyes see across the city

Their connectors neatly hitting your brain stem with tiny signals

It’s amazing what technology can do these days

what your technology can do

Y...

Secrets of The Breeze

...Secrets of  The Breeze

     A breeze, a playful inquisitive breeze,
     Drifting over slippery slated roof tops,
     Teasing the silent secretive trees.
     Hearing murmurings in wind-blown ...

Rainy Lullaby

...The gentle sound of rain,
Pattering on the windowpane,
Is a soothing and peaceful sound,
That's so calming and serene.

The raindrops create a rhythmic beat,
That's relaxing and slow,
It's lik...

Silver and Gold

...Johnny MacAlister was six-years-old, young enough still for wishes,
Baby sister, Rosie, was all of three, all giggling and adorable kisses.

With fond, indulgent parents, the family was co...

Bluejays

...Before the war
bluejays were just bluejays,
then the missiles arrived.
CNN displayed the mounting death count
until it too was obliterated.
Scorched bodies tumbled listlessly,
down deserted str...

THE CORRUPT GUTTER

...There’s a constant hammering 
Alongside my bedroom window 
Repercussions of a corrupt gutter 

The maddening drain 
Obstinately and persistently has refused
All rehabilitation efforts  

Ther...

SPECIAL DAY WITH OUR SPECIAL CHILD

...
Zooming around the room in wheel chair-moves
our child greets us by his beeping toy’s cheer
allowing pets to bark and meow freely.

Gesturing to hush ...

Lost Amongst The Night

..."Do not go gentle into that good night."
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Quote By Dylan Thomas

Smoky clouds float above slate skies.  
Powdery alabaster flakes of snow glide to the...

Waking on a Rainy Morning

...

I was not awakened by the drip dripping of a faucet tap
as I lay abed, stifling a yawn trying to return to sleep.
It was the soft ping pinging sound of rain drops, rap r...

Raindrops

...
Brooding nimbus darken the sky
suddenly clouds burst
Rain drops thunder down
then subside to a gentle pitter patter
on the Perspex  conservatory roof

I watch as raging rivulets o...

Craving the indescribable

...Ethereal vivid imagery
kissed by a subdued light
twinkling colors of nostalgia  
lingering faintly 
In an infinite time-lapsed dimension  
where the onyx of what lures
morphs into m...

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