good counsel (in seventy-four)

if ever onewas toknowit was she in truthat that time I believedthat she kneweverything such certaintyis a boonin troubled times but shewas long agoand her fallibilitynow seems as clearin hindsightas it is distressing for we need the reassurancethat someoneknowsand can giveguidance it is hardto believeI could ever have beenso naïveand yetI clung to her counselas …

trouble (in a zorro face)

today Iwill be zorro youcan be marion a mixtureof imagesI know but the lawhas been changedand Imust wear a mask now perhapsyou can bea highway-womandaringand dangerous what a pairwe will bewe two avaunt!dread diseaseavaunt!we wantnothingto do with you you’ll never find uswe are masked and swords-peoplehackslashand parry do not come nearweare trouble capital Tweare trouble …

reflection (at sea)

on the wind on the sea following the lineof swelling wavesparallelto the coast hereis being the airand . . . nothing onlya direction forward unending and the soundthe only soundis the constant soundof windfruitlessly rushingto ruffle feathersheld smoothand firmin flight landwardlies the ruffle the disturbanceandthe tangle the dismay and the distress don’t look not evena …

COLLEEN’S 2020 #BOOK #REVIEWS – “rescue and redemption: Poetry inspired by the T. S. Eliot poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (A Love Poetry Trilogy Book 3),” BY AUTHOR, Frank Prem, @frank_prem

Thank you, Colleen Chesebro for a lovely review of Rescue and Redemption.   I'm delighted she enjoyed it so well. :}   Source: COLLEEN’S 2020 #BOOK #REVIEWS – “rescue and redemption: Poetry inspired by the T. S. Eliot poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (A Love Poetry Trilogy Book 3),” BY AUTHOR, Frank …

feeling (the gruel)

how do the deadfeel how do they see whatdo they understand I will tell you they feel painwhen they inflict itupon themselves in the mannerof onewho must conducta test a small experimentof infliction they seevery wellwithout colour and hueto obscureclarity no ambiguity existsin a worldof blackand white the edgesare sharp and they knowtheir own sins …

go back (butterfly)

it is never the same in truthyou should nevergo back the emptinesspervades the cornersand the spaces familiar onceabandoned now I am who I wasagain . . . nothing nobody nowhere lifeworks as a trapsometimesto pull you backwhen you thoughtyou’d made it escapeis a butterflywith fragile wings sometimesthe wind blowshome sometimesit brings youhome andsometimesIam justa butterfly …

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a beat (to tell a pretty)

would that the pastwere notso broken what presentwe might have been ~ there is aprettinessto the viewof what has gonebefore something pastelin the coloursI think a softness pretty hopesand rainbowwishes I clung to themas longas I could but dead leavesand driedpetalsdo not keep the colourtrue and the pastrememberedis just a pretty lie toldby the hearttothe …

Today’s Bears – last week of pre-order

Bear rankings 25/07/20 Delighted to have my little bear book pop up the charts again on the back of a couple of pre-orders. Thank you, pre-order-ers! The book is released on July 31st, and you can order a copy, here. Meanwhile, one other pic, today. Just a note about this. The number of pages is …

the sun streams (a world away)

was he afraidof death it is a goodquestion a fair one eighty-eight yearsrepresentsa long lifebutthere was neverthe suggestionof it ending practical considerationsyes a plot a coffin style a memorial butnever an indicationof emotional preparation of beliefin the inevitable alwaysthe planwas to experienceanother day and then . . . another the one timean illness took himmorphineand …