Sunday, 29 August 2021
Karina
The love you sow,
never goes to waste,
everywhere you sound its echo,
you have no need,
to circle each new day,
or save enough to flee,
in garments sewn,
by a drunken oblate,
this is all you know,
songs, flowers, pieces,
to keep you engaged,
don’t need to be free,
you’ve already flown,
away from his name,
makes you sing as you go,
a house by the sea,
tides and winter and flame,
make you happy,
brilliant songs,
whisper your fame,
you are the full show,
stars shape your passage.
Saturday, 28 August 2021
Puffa
Do you remember the sea,
the swell and the spray,
our dance of Thebes,
now the kids have flown,
gone away,
have their own homes,
we dance on the beach,
at the end of Sunday,
our loving done within reach,
each part of the gloom,
is suddenly drained,
somewhere in the blue,
you touch my knee,
show me the way,
my troubles cease,
I'm windblown happy,
I hold your face,
love this soul café,
catch moments like these,
listen to what I say,
buy me chips and mushy peas,
watch my eyes dilate
Friday, 27 August 2021
Eugenia
Would you even care,
in breaking up the pattern,
It’s gone beyond a dare,
have you read the news,
with your open wallet,
I'm not in love with you,
your talk around me squares,
squeezes like I'm fattened,
despite the way things turn,
carry on that eager you,
under dreams of white satin,
you'll never know what's true,
stones won't light this girl,
ships can sail forgotten,
I’ve so much more to learn,
it’s warm on this avenue,
God is not for mocking,
not part of your crew,
blue sourball summer swirls,
you won’t see me rocking,
it isn't me you've turned,
lost among the blossom.
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Lawyer Murphy
We claim and duly swear,
first to hit the spot,
is the one who gets them in,
no drama or lucky stars,
boring debts and mounting cost,
we’ll always buy a jar,
under the sun’s bright stare,
the sidewalk lit with dots,
no one hides in here,
anyone who makes their mark,
another folds the cards,
there are no easy documents,
perfumed tables lay bare,
rusty nails our lot,
we always have to share,
danger near or far,
before any cop,
Has Been or Jack Tar,
sheds a tear,
from streets sweaty and hot,
we’ll defend our turf,
it’s all we’ve got.
Patrick
It sometimes works a treat,
sitting stunned around a pool,
vodka tonics daiquiri cherries,
what your head can't undo,
your bones won't fool,
the wish to denude,
on yellow sand redeem,
all that hides from you,
scrubbed white by the sea,
you can’t shake this mood,
until you hear the news,
just how much you lose,
it's hard to be discreet,
what you've been through,
so try to murmur easy,
when your fire turns blue,
let trees haunt the avenues,
they can’t disguise the truth,
all that now’s left empty,
will fill the hole in you,
you’ll find sudden energy,
no one casts you loose.
we'll never fall apart,
beside these walls.
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Peter
Sober enough to ask why,
this way’s been chosen,
before anything we can deny,
more a sombre space,
your mouth frozen,
by tired phrases,
sing your favourite lines,
the time done with roses,
made better when you try,
wave all the great stations
beyond a life hopeful,
shrunken or awakened,
even at the graveside,
witness love's cloaking,
clouds sail the sky,
what settles on your face,
neither time provokes,
nor blows away the traces,
a paper at your side,
an accountant’s notebook,
more a wish to verify,
what truth gets spoken.
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Mathilde
If trouble's in your blood,
in this place of whispers,
who says it does much good,
rivers you can name,
don't need a chorus,
repeat them just the same,
times they say you should,
be prepared for this,
or go nuts,
they'll find another way,
don’t do what they insist,
their knowledge drives you crazy,
maybe you need a hug,
go away without a ship,
rain that falls like dust,
when you're free again,
push the middle distance,
make the Ocean your frame,
ride their cool diagnosis,
the worry in their lists,
blow for tugs,
choose to live.
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