Short Plumbed Poems

DROWNING  IN   SOLITUDE



Wishing my way home.  Cold wind, soul-drenching. 
Time’s tick slows as we near overhead track,  
Drowning in solid dark. Turn collar back - 
Grimy solitude breathing in the  grey. 

Worse than the wait, her bus arrives too late :  
I’ve often plumbed the black waves of weakness ;    
But now  I float, an empty sack of strength. 



15   March   2021...

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'...with quenchless canvasses of twisted fire' - Mervyn Peake


Your vision was a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the incongruities 
of faithfulness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
so often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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...with gratitude to an incomparable artist


Your vision is a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
though your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the probabilities
of faithlessness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
and often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

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...with gratitude to an incomparable artist


Your vision is a beacon
gracing us with golden sheen,
though your heart was dark and heavy
with redemption rarely seen.

You plumbed the probabilities
of faithlessness and fear,
you challenged life's inequities
and often with a tear

of sadness in your dream-dimmed eyes
and shades of anguish too,
this world was never meant
for one as beautiful as you....

Read More

'...quenchless canvasses of twisted fire,'  Mervyn Peake


Your vision was a beacon 
gracing us with golden sheen, 
your heart was dark and heavy 
with redemption rarely seen. 

You plumbed the incongruities 
of faithfulness and fear, 
you challenged life's inequities 
so often with a tear 

of sadness in your dream-dimm'd eyes 
and shades of anguish too, 
this world was never meant 
for one as beautiful as you....

Read More