-
Archives
- November 2015
- October 2015
- June 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- May 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
-
Meta
Category Archives: Poesie
Days of The Dead
Ed: 17 November 2013 I did fear to speak of Death In this Time of Dying Though needs must Turning inward The world dies outward Leaves curl and crumble Brother Ian, Samhain Eve Highland Ancestors awaiting Pipes … Continue reading
Posted in Poesie
Leave a comment
I Will Miss–Salamanca
I will miss the sunsets across the hills I never walked to the wild shoreline of Spain I never saw the smiles of young volunteers glowing orange the hugs and laughter with Laura and Leticia the conversatione with Bob and … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment
Great Aunt Alice: in Memoriam for My Friend Ann’s Aunt Who is being Remembered in a Special Service April 27th 2013 in Pennsylvania USA
Great Aunt Alice For Alice Lillian Carlson nee Retzlaff January 4, 1907-October 2, 2012 By Ann’s friend Leona Alice-Mae Graham I felt I knew Ann’s Aunt Alice. Through the years Her-stories came my way. I wish we’d met. … Continue reading
Posted in Poesie
Leave a comment
International Women’s Day: rise up, never give up, we stand on our fore-mothers’ shoulders…
V-Day and W-Day meet in my mind we sing one song, a hymn to a future without violence to girls and women a joyful tune of tomorrow our species walks in wisdom, dances with wolves, runs with the cheetah we … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment
V-Day: Rising Here at Home
14 February 2013 Here At Home All is quiet On the one billionth doorstep But I can hear them in the distance Demanding freedom from violence Celebrating hope despite the danger The right to walk streets Without fear of rape … Continue reading
Posted in Brigit Matters, Poesie
Leave a comment
Ageing, At Seventy, And Counting
…. having read Lynne Segal’s Making Trouble: Life and Politics, A Political Memoir (2007) Threescore and ten I can remember well: Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night Hath … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment
In Our Time
December 17, 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi triggers The Jasmine Revolution, The Arab Spring— but long before, in many places, others had planted seeds A year on Protestors occupy Haymarket Square in nearby Norwich, Occupy London stands by Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment
Black on Red
Blackbirds cluster on crabapples The black cat watches with yellow eyes The garden sighs softly as winter drops In nearby Norwich the protestors occupy Haymarket Square; we drop in for a cuppa, Mandy and me. They are Us, Reborn, … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment
Remembering Mum
Two years ago yesterday You leapt into other dimensions True to your philosophical bent You chose when and how Just as the angel image of you returned Your white haloed hair you so kindly passed to me Striking full force … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
1 Comment
As Syria Bleeds
Once again but always different As the fountains of Damascus flow red, as The People of Homs say No Once And For All To dictatorship, corrupt elites, military might of the few, evil incarnate Yes To self-determination, hope for better … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene Diary, Poesie
Leave a comment