jojo's poems

Full of Stars

2007-11-01T19:57:20+01:00

Full of Stars

The sky was full of stars
But they fell, fragmenting,
To the earth, arcing,
In a shower of sparks

Hands outstretched
To catch the falling sparks
Sag, grazed and slashed,
Bleeding onto the grass

Red drops spatter the green,
Like crimson stars
Shining and glowing
The grass is full of stars.

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Mrs Invisible

2007-10-28T16:08:31+01:00

Mrs Invisible

Mrs Invisible sits in the chair
He looks right through her
Like she isn’t there
She wants him to see her
But he’s unaware
As far as he knows
There is nobody there

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Ode to Conker - dedicated to my small brown wrinkly friend

2007-09-27T08:37:40+02:00

Ode to Conker

Even though you're wrinkly
And a little small - and brown
I still like to pick you up
When you have fallen down

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Bite-size 1#

2007-09-08T12:08:48+02:00

Every time you smile, I hope.
I'm such a dope

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Bad poem, bad thoughts

2007-04-23T22:38:41+02:00

Bad poem, bad thoughts

Looked at the bulge in your trousers today
And although I did try to look away
My eyes were drawn to the profile in pants
So my concentration went completely to……cock

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Dancing Through the Night

2006-10-22T22:53:54+02:00

Dancing Through the Night

We danced away the midnight moon,
Talked the stars from the velvet sky
And with the blanket of dawn mist
Tucked beneath our weary chins,
Closed our eyes on the waking world
And slept in yesterdays’ shoes.

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She walks.....

2006-07-21T23:20:20+02:00

She walks...

She walks with tender grace
In stilettos – on his face
He WILL learn not flirt
With so many bits of skirt

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Hot

2006-07-19T17:45:07+02:00

Hot

It’s very hot -
That’s your lot.

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Ghosts

2006-07-13T18:58:29+02:00

Ghosts

I walk in that place again
And find her sitting on the bench
Gazing at the fat red roses
Dripping like blood from the wall
A former self, another me
With untried hope still

I stop at the bench and reach out
A hand to the sunlit shade
Pulling her to her feet
We gather up the months
And cast them like seeds
Across the silence of time

They land at our footsteps
In a scatter of daisies
And we walk across the past
With new wisdom and old hope
Hand in hand, side by side
We exit by the gate to…….

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The Secret Self in the Sky

2006-05-29T23:13:15+02:00

The Secret Self in the Sky

The heavy weight of oppressed silence
Hangs on our shoulders like lead;
The air sullen with sombre brooding
And the slow death of discontent.
Beyond the room, through the window
There is the sky, azure and endless
And for a moment I picture myself there
A floating, serene fragment of blue.

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I watched you while you were sleeping

2006-05-21T23:08:17+02:00

I watched you while you were sleeping

I watched you while you were sleeping
- A line from a favourite song –
But I did watch while you were sleeping
I just didn’t have very long.
And it certainly wasn’t romantic
- I was a little bit bored -
Nope – definitely wasn’t romantic,
Listening while you snored

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Holding Hands

2006-05-09T22:37:22+02:00

Holding Hands

Your hand in mine
Is fine,
I like it there.
It’s where
Your hand should be -
With me.

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Walk with me...

2006-04-22T23:22:56+02:00

Walk with me...

Kick off your shoes, walk with me
Along the evening beach
The gulls gather in the shallows
To fish for scraps of treasure
The water plays round our feet
With delicious coolness
And the amber sun slides,
Shining on the pebbles

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Child Dancing

2006-04-09T13:54:25+02:00

Child Dancing

I danced in golden sunlight
With fine feathers in my hair
And swirling all around me
Snow white blossom filled the air
My feet were wet with dew drops
I left footprints ev’rywhere
Across a happy childhood
And I didn’t have a care

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Dancing on Rain Drops

2006-04-07T10:43:46+02:00

Dancing on Rain Drops

Bare-foot on the concrete
Toes stretching into
The gathering rain river

I hold out my hands

Raindrops hit my
Upturned palms and
Break like water bombs

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Ageing

2006-04-03T19:01:11+02:00

Ageing

I watch as she disintegrates
As she falls apart at the seams
I look at the girl in the mirror
The years have taken her dreams

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Left Behind

2006-03-29T22:18:59+02:00

Left Behind

He walked with gentle footsteps
Through the chaos of my mind
And with softly trailing fingers
Left an echo here behind

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Les ongles violets

2006-03-26T00:03:56+01:00

It would take too long to explain!

Les ongles violets

Mon ami, suivre la ligne, suivre le chemin de primevère
Chercher et vous trouverez la grande dame dans un belvedère
La dame avec les ongles violets vous donne un bon regard
Mais prendre garde le 'axeman', faites attention mon cher camarade

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Handprint on My Heart

2006-03-15T20:50:38+01:00

Handprint on My Heart

Through dreaming eyelids
I watch your fingers trail
Light as thistledown
And gentle as spring rain
Your tender touch leaves
A handprint on my heart,
A filigree scar
Etched in whispered caresses

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Sitting Comfortably

2006-03-05T00:21:48+01:00

Sitting comfortably

We sit together, and alone,
Comfortable in separateness.

The years have collected
Quietly around and about us.

We think our own thoughts,
We talk of anything, and nothing.

The stifle of inhibition
Long gone, we read each other.

We look, we smile, confident
In the drowsy languor of habit

The minutes run along
And complete the hours, ours

We sit alone, and together,
Comfortable in closeness

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Muddy Pools

2006-03-03T22:33:21+01:00

Muddy pools

Is it a surprise
That I fell into your eyes
Is it any wonder
That I blunder

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Zeit - Nonet

2006-03-02T21:52:45+01:00

Zeit - Nonet

Time
Flies like
Butterflies
Resonates with
Little broken wings
Dreams that fluttered away
The lives that we have not lived
Lie crumpled and sad and crying
We stand in the midst of middle age

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