Poetry

We’d so much in common, that was clear from the start:A marriage of souls, like de Beauvoir and Sartre.The connection was instant, almost irrational:simply simpatico, fully compatible. You confessed you loved winter, North Yorkshire, and cats.‘Me, too!’ I responded. ‘How… Read More »

I will love youas long as the sunburns in the sky,as long as the moonshines its lightinto the dark night.Until the raging blue oceansbecome calm and run dry,I will love youuntil the end of time. Read More »

Set fire to all your maps,forget how it’s always been.We’re explorers of the heart,learning to dream again.The adventure of a lifetime,with Love alone as our guide.Exotic places beyond imagination—ones we’ve longed for deep inside. Read More »

Rain has dropsSun has shineMoon has beamsThat make you mineRivers have banksSands for shoresHearts have heartbeatsThat make me yoursNeedles have eyesThough pins may prickElmer has glueTo make things stickWinter has SpringStockings feetPepper has mintTo make it sweetTeachers have lessonsSoup du jourLawyers sue bad folksDoctors cureAll… Read More »

You were you and I was I; we were two before our time I was yours, before I knew and you have always been mine too. Read More »

The time has come to stand side by sideThe Groom in his glory, his beautiful Bride.They’ve waited so long for this moment in timeTo take their vows and say, “Will you be mine?” Marriage is precious and to be treasured.The… Read More »

That Whitsun, I was late getting away: Not till aboutOne-twenty on the sunlit SaturdayDid my three-quarters-empty train pull out,All windows down, all cushions hot, all sense Of being in a hurry gone. We ranBehind the backs of houses, crossed a… Read More »

I’ll be there, my darling, through thick and through thinWhen your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spinWhen your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train.When life is just threatening to drive you insaneWhen your… Read More »

Life has taught me thisEvery day is newAnd if anything is trueAll that mattersWhen we’re throughIs how we love Faced with what we lackSome things fall apartBut from the ashes new dreams startAll that matters to the heartIs how we… Read More »

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plentyof lives and whole towns destroyed or aboutto be. We are not wise, and not very oftenkind. And much can never be redeemed.Still, life has some… Read More »

The PresentFor the present there is just one moon,though every level pond gives back another. But the bright disc shining in the black lagoon,perceived by astrophysicist and lover, is milliseconds old. And even that light’sseven minutes older than its source.… Read More »

That you were born and you will die. That you will sometimes love enough and sometimes not. That you will lie if only to yourself. That you will get tired. That you will learn most from the situations you did… Read More »