MELANCHOLIA

Poems of disillusionment, betrayal, loss, anguish and regret - infact all the situations we know only too well.

LORELEI - TIME AND THE SONGWRITER

Saturn rising, And she sings alone, lovelorn Lorelei; Ringing her voice to the far corners Lofty with ceilings of stars; Pouring out her aeons of soul across the cosmic wasteland

Autumn's Lament

Tell me, tell me - will you love me When the Summer's gone? When the leaves are falling ...... Or will I be lonely? So many flowers fading: Will I be one? *

TEARS FOR TABITHA

I wrote this when my beautiful tabby cat died, seven years ago. At least she had lived to be 19.

THE SPINSTER

I feel the Love that moves the Earth, That stirs the sea and blows the sand; All of my days so sadly stand - - - There is no ring upon my hand. The shining intellect which woke

THE STARS THEY SHINE SO HIGH

This is a futuristic version of a traditional folk song, "The Trees They Do Grow High".

FELIDAE

It's not for a child that I'm grieving; No daughter, no son, not that; But the memory I have that is sweetest - The soul of a beautiful cat. * Companion she was, always waiting;

THE MANSION

I'll build myself a mansion to shield me from the rains, To guard me from their cruel words and all their worldly pains; I'll build it out of loneliness, I'll build it out of sorrow;

THE OLD MAN

Unmindful now of life's sharp sting, Of worldly ways, of wanton waste; Just give me but a little thing - A day, an hour, A leaf, a flower. Uncaring as the brief flame dies

PARANOIA

Enisled within my body-cell a universe is bound In silent conflict with itself, whose peace is never found. If only there were but a door, and likewise but a key,