POETRY FOCUS
A place to pause for a poem
FEATURED POEMS
A selection of my poetry is showcased here. I hope you enjoy it. To read more follow me on Facebook / Instagram, or check out my bookshelf.
There's a place I crave to be
Along a pathway by the sea
Where sugar sand sweeps through the dunes
Softly whispering its tunes
To draw me on to water's edge
Nestling in its rock pool ledge
Calling me with dipped toes brave
Mid-calf then waist in rippled wave
Serene, so calm, with floating hair
Allowing thoughts to catch the air
I wish that I could be there soon
Surrendering to this cool lagoon
September 2020
BLUE
Open space,
Still in this place,
This place of calm,
To float on thoughts, thoughts to encapsulate
Blue sky thinking
Freedom of escape, de-stressing the mind
Bathed in the rays of the sun,
A sense of renewal begun
As a shroud of silken blue to enrobe,
To comfort, to complete, to pass unnoticed to the eye,
Save for sandy footprints from a dipped toe
An ocean of blue, expanding to the horizon to hem the sky and sea together
Such vastness in a microcosm,
A ripple, a wisp of cloud, a breath of a breeze,
Drawing into the soul,
Bringing a peace to the wrestling blue within,
Blue is a breath, a beat, a pulse
A place to be still, to reboot and refill,
Blue,
Wide, far and insular blue.
March 2020
Beneath the Mask
Beneath the mask of menopause
There’s something going on,
A new woman’s emerging,
Gaining wisdom to be strong.
The naivety of youth gone,
She may sing her autumn song,
But this Mermaid Mother’s surfacing, Working out where she belongs.
Though the path she treads seems treacherous,
It is no way all just gloom,
For with change there’s always challenge, And a new chance she can bloom.
Cast aside the talk of ageing,
Where it’s said downhill from here,
For she’s changing such perceptions,
And she’s letting go of fear.
Beneath the mask of menopause
There’s something going on,
A new woman’s emerging,
A woman who is strong.
October 2019
YOU DON'T NEED TO
You don't need to tell me how to style and fix my hair
You don't need to tut or shrug about what I choose to wear
You don't need to limit me in what I choose to do
You don't need to hold me back from trying something new
You don't need to pigeonhole my skills in any way
You don't need to talk for me as if I have nothing to say
You don't need to write me off or say I'm getting old
You don't need to like itas you watch me break the mould
September 2019
Mermaid Moment
