tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87374582194462857722024-03-21T17:37:11.330+00:00Chalk Springshebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-5450324681246152172016-01-04T14:36:00.001+00:002016-01-04T14:43:06.879+00:00Winter Haiku<div style="text-align: center;">
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hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-29619788643891659232015-11-01T09:48:00.003+00:002015-11-04T10:48:04.334+00:00FOUR LIONS<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>from proud history of trawling?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A magical & inspiring journey.</span></b>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-73406745865359782632015-04-07T13:15:00.000+01:002015-04-07T13:33:18.205+01:00York<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 108.0pt; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">YORK<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Giant ship sailing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">towards the dream of Heaven;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">waves of weathered tiles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">II</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Golden banks swaying<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">to deafening spring trumpets;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;"> scented city walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">III</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Street that ran with blood –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">now tourists tramp neat gutters,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">snapping the Shambles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">IV</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Ouse can’t be contained,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">like the swords of mad Vikings;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">flood of history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">V</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Corroding statue,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">council estate avenue;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Constantine the Great!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">VI</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Strolling snickelways –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">paths through the palpable past</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;"> -</span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: 36pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 36pt;">passage of the sole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">VII</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Our explosive son –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">we remember, remember;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">bonfire and bangers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">VIII</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Steam trains came puffing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">to old station, then the new’s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">monumental curve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">IX</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Wind stirring cocoa -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">drifting from the KitKat club;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">chocolate city.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">X</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> History of York<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">is history of England;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">future of white rose.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The isles of grease,
the isles of grease!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where yearning Duffy
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where Tories rose, and
Labour sprung!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The English breakfast
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">But all is undone, all
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The mountains look on
Cumbria –<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And walking there an
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dreamed that life
might still be free;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">For standing on old
Wainwright’s grave,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could not be a mere
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A queen sits on the
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sensing her Crown is
very near!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why choose AV ? Why
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because the voiceless
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not only in the
smokeless bar,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">or when the kettling
cops dismount;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The X Factor, and easy
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Escaping from a
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">We’re burning the
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">For winners, not the
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">For what is left the
person here?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">So many lives are lived
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fill high the glass
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our women dance on
spilt cold beer,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And breasts emerge from
skimpy tops,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">She’ll punch you if you
call her: ‘Dear.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later, it’s all tears
and vomit,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">No dinner date – so far
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">We’re victims of a
subtle plan,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Far removed from
natural law;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">So obsessed with the
hunting ban,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or what the bloody
butler saw.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A land of slaves we’ll
never be -<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let’s raise the English cup of tea!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-83487522028753822252014-10-30T09:48:00.001+00:002015-10-02T10:53:00.386+01:00A Disturbance In Whitby<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Whitby church is falling down,<br />
buried bones are raining free<br />
on the kipper-smoking town<br />
by the heavy rolling sea.<br />
<br />
Will they find a damaged rib,<br />
wooden stake through darkest heart?<br />
Surely vampires are a fib –<br />
nonsense tales right from the start.<br />
<br />
If you wander on the beach<br />
when day trippers have all gone<br />
normal rules slip out of reach,<br />
like the sun that almost shone.<br />
<br />
Beware the slavering dog<br />
leaping on to harbour wall,<br />
hard to be sure in sea fog<br />
now smothering almost all.<br />
<br />
We can’t stop the cliff sliding;<br />
gales through the Abbey remains.<br />
Is it death we hear riding,<br />
or whistle of toy steam trains?<br />
<br />
A row of houses was lost<br />
- too much water underground;<br />
and often the storms release<br />
a sudden, unearthly sound.</span></b><br />
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<i>Strange folk on the steps to Whitby Abbey and church</i>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-69928650206699348862014-09-12T08:56:00.001+01:002014-09-12T13:11:22.476+01:00Hyde Park Haiku<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz1XE_1vbr5AEBmiaW0LdsmPgp9GKZqpHhi3Br6lqL8OfrwFxunvKAsMhh68AksZrKcZ0Ni16rcxiD0kuGkT1ANUIirEiKrkDpDeTZZ5BpXnvNlV-GFkguWlork2p7-J29j6K2-NCqELt/s1600/london+haiku.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz1XE_1vbr5AEBmiaW0LdsmPgp9GKZqpHhi3Br6lqL8OfrwFxunvKAsMhh68AksZrKcZ0Ni16rcxiD0kuGkT1ANUIirEiKrkDpDeTZZ5BpXnvNlV-GFkguWlork2p7-J29j6K2-NCqELt/s1600/london+haiku.JPG" /></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I took this picture recently in London; a remarkable scene of romance, with the buzz of incessant traffic so close by.</i><br />
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<br />hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-19784649847941605292014-03-02T10:43:00.000+00:002014-03-02T10:43:28.271+00:0021st Century Haiku<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8QqwwktwE7aFc8gNaVlUIkAFVIJCzA5ZKjGzXdBXRGKV2NdZdmdD37vrX-PrYsYy5AbHrhFcgVgDqEyi7o52xFxy89Vc5LgSCL43J9xyBkIFgvdcy7MGAk0x5jb52PQwGU8yOjlos1PI/s1600/haiku.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8QqwwktwE7aFc8gNaVlUIkAFVIJCzA5ZKjGzXdBXRGKV2NdZdmdD37vrX-PrYsYy5AbHrhFcgVgDqEyi7o52xFxy89Vc5LgSCL43J9xyBkIFgvdcy7MGAk0x5jb52PQwGU8yOjlos1PI/s320/haiku.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>According to my English dictionary haiku means: amusement in verse; Oxford Dictionaries differ slightly with: light verse, and add that it’s a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five-seven-five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world; and also that it can be a poem in English written in the form of a haiku.<br />
The great haiku master Basho died in 1694 at the age of fifty; it was common in those days to observe a few other rules of composition, which many of us have deliberately disregarded in the micro-poetic world of today. <br />
Twitter, with its limitation of 140 characters, has surprisingly provided a platform for all manner of short form poetry celebrating many of the mundane, and eternal themes such as love, life, death, and the natural world. Perhaps, even Basho would accept that in the 21st century we should be allowed to express ourselves more freely and decide the contents of the haiku rule book – if we have one. <br />
Our main concern should simply be to attempt the creation of something meaningful, simple, & beautiful that might resonate with fellow human beings.<br />
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<br>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-55334490150665676522013-12-10T09:12:00.000+00:002013-12-10T09:12:05.945+00:00SINGLE<br />
<b>A single sunflower<br />
in the absence of sun<br />
<br />
windswept rays<br />
of a swaying refugee<br />
<br />
capturing bliss<br />
like a beaming nun<br />
<br />
gripping her gilded<br />
bible with glee;<br />
<br />
I have no way<br />
of knowing the real you<br />
<br />
or getting closer<br />
than the last few feet<br />
<br />
each time I see<br />
your face, it’s true<br />
<br />
though now it’s so rare<br />
that we ever meet;<br />
<br />
once, all was light<br />
and they floated to me<br />
<br />
all the shivering ladies<br />
and goose bump breasts<br />
<br />
and afterwards, we<br />
would all seem free<br />
<br />
of life’s little trials<br />
and worthless tests;<br />
<br />
the cold has arrived<br />
here much too early<br />
<br />
and the days are begging<br />
for scraps of light<br />
<br />
I’m still reaching, but<br />
it’s always nearly<br />
<br />
and our flimsy passion<br />
will never ignite.<br />
</b><br />
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<br>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-48144322590292691512013-11-04T11:05:00.001+00:002013-11-04T11:06:51.592+00:00I WROTE MYSELF<br />
<b>I wrote myself out of the dark<br />
using buoyant words from my youth,<br />
then simple sound of a dog bark<br />
halting my lonely search for truth.<br />
<br />
Sunshine in early October,<br />
waiting for the brittle to fall;<br />
time before Christmas spent sober;<br />
undressing trees suddenly tall.<br />
<br />
Your love remains well out of reach<br />
- all the barriers we cannot see;<br />
breakwaters on the tidal beach<br />
try to stop the land breaking free.<br />
<br />
It seemed much easier back then<br />
to surf the vulgar flow of words;<br />
kids poked fun at the smelly men<br />
sleeping streets of the shitting birds.<br />
<br />
Now our own teeth are falling out<br />
and pages of the book are blurred;<br />
inside, the silent scream and shout<br />
as certain death is just deferred.<br />
<br />
I walked myself out of the dark<br />
- winter morning at last got light,<br />
kept going beyond the prim park<br />
- tousled wilderness just felt right.</b><br />
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<i>York, click image to grow</i><br />
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hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-71293819819141313522013-10-01T08:57:00.001+01:002013-10-01T09:20:40.793+01:00Her Purest Trick<b>I watch trembling <br />
leaf shadows on the wall <br />
and feel that I can cope <br />
with winter and the dark <br />
<br />
if the sun still <br />
bounds along the hall <br />
like golden retrievers <br />
in the frosty park <br />
<br />
astounding light <br />
climbs the wooden door <br />
and creeps across <br />
the kitchen table <br />
<br />
like soothing waves <br />
licking the shore, <br />
always moving, <br />
never stable; <br />
<br />
yet her gentle knock <br />
never seems to come, <br />
I know the bell <br />
is no longer working <br />
<br />
the sound of love <br />
is a distant drum, <br />
rarely seen, though <br />
it might be lurking <br />
<br />
there is some comfort <br />
in this draughty light <br />
even when the clouds <br />
are damp and thick <br />
<br />
she can still surprise <br />
in soft dreams at night, <br />
quivering beauty – <br />
her purest trick. </b><br />
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hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-42579912786592731552013-09-13T10:49:00.000+01:002013-09-13T10:49:12.250+01:00LIFEBOAT<b>I imagined you<br />
would save me<br />
in the lifeboat<br />
of your arms<br />
<br />
and take me<br />
to your cosy<br />
little cottage<br />
of fire and shells,<br />
<br />
we could lie<br />
in every morning<br />
ignoring<br />
the alarms<br />
<br />
and never see<br />
the workers<br />
as they drive<br />
to prison cells.<br />
<br />
I knew that<br />
you would see<br />
beyond my shabby<br />
outer self<br />
<br />
and tears came<br />
like boulders -<br />
the harbour wall<br />
cracking;<br />
<br />
it had seemed<br />
that we<br />
were just left<br />
on the shelf,<br />
<br />
pretending<br />
that nothing<br />
could ever be<br />
lacking.<br />
<br />
We listened<br />
to the sea,<br />
lying naked<br />
by the flame<br />
<br />
and I was happy<br />
to drown in<br />
fathomless<br />
eyes,<br />
<br />
we turned<br />
our two-backed<br />
beast, on fortune<br />
and fame<br />
<br />
believing<br />
their world<br />
was nothing, but<br />
lies.<br />
</b><br />
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<i>Staithes, Yorkshire - click image to grow</i><br />
<br>hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-10462490918466664452013-05-05T09:49:00.000+01:002013-05-05T09:50:07.801+01:00Timeslip<br />
<b>The pot-holed, tarmac road<br />
disappeared like a snake<br />
reluctant to spit its<br />
precious venom of death<br />
<br />
I looked ahead to the small<br />
hills beyond the lake<br />
and saw they were a woman,<br />
and her morning breath<br />
<br />
was in the lush valley<br />
of my stubborn dream,<br />
and I realised our love<br />
had lasted many years<br />
<br />
we were often scared it<br />
might vanish like steam<br />
- a ghost train puffing<br />
up the incline of tears.<br />
<br />
There was never a card<br />
on that February day;<br />
you kept passion secret<br />
like a country unknown<br />
<br />
and always I walked<br />
the invisible way<br />
beyond manicured trees<br />
and pathways of stone;<br />
<br />
there was something<br />
startling around the bend,<br />
a happy surprise past<br />
the blackthorn bush<br />
<br />
the road just went on<br />
- there wasn’t an end<br />
to the bliss still thriving<br />
in a timeless hush.<br />
</b><br />
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hebdenjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696906471070274307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737458219446285772.post-58543711053132679302013-03-14T14:04:00.000+00:002013-03-14T14:12:57.775+00:00THE POET IN LOVE<br />
<b>Why does a poet<br />
always fall in love ?<br />
<br />
Finding expression<br />
in words, not flesh<br />
<br />
rolling sad eyes<br />
to the sky above<br />
<br />
eternal emotions<br />
ancient, and fresh.<br />
<br />
Why does a poet<br />
always fall in love ?<br />
<br />
With a fragrant lady<br />
on the bus, or beach<br />
<br />
and then to lose<br />
the soaring dove<br />
<br />
to stretch an arm<br />
and overreach.<br />
<br />
Why does a poet<br />
always fall in love ?<br />
<br />
Instead of working hard<br />
like normal folk<br />
<br />
some would like<br />
to give a shove<br />
<br />
into the real world<br />
beyond a joke.<br />
<br />
Why does a poet<br />
always fall in love ?<br />
<br />
When others are happy<br />
to fight a war<br />
<br />
refusing armour<br />
or protective glove<br />
<br />
begging his muse<br />
for a little bit more.<br />
<br />
Why does a poet<br />
always fall in love ?<br />
<br />
Not really knowing<br />
the reasons why<br />
<br />
dreaming soft breasts<br />
dangling above<br />
<br />
and fleshy buttocks,<br />
supple thigh.<br />
</b><br />
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