Certificate U

haibun

"Annoying girl."
I read those two words
in my brother's English 11
notebook today.

There is evidence of love everywhere

A short story set in Africa, a place with a different culture, different expectations and a different view of life & duty

Man handling

"I really want to see you, lord,
really want to be with you.
But it takes so long, so long,
my lord" - George Harrison, closet Krishna

Come to me, sweet lord,
in anything but gears,

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession was believed to be particularly effective against various diseases.

When we come out
Of winters shadow

Are you wearing a toga?
I don’t want to be an ogre

The Holy Grail.

I don't sleep much.
I worry almost constantly.
I like driving, and I like the river.

Crushed petals
Rushed pedals

for the ages

existence and its alibis.

The beauty of the Earth
that means more to me than gold.

In
her
mother’s
lap the little
girl sat and in
her little hands she
hugged a nesting doll.

I stepped back from the painting
that was called the ‘Nesting Doll’

Our history is as stainless
as the mask of a tyrant,
strong as any banal adventure.

"All is gone,
long-gone; everything's gone,"
Poor Anne recalls.
"It's all too beautiful, nonetheless."

Part Four of the Whitstable writings. This one is inspired by the food shops and my love of cooking.

A poem about the capital of the world, New York City, written last week in the Big Apple.

Last words