After Louisa

1)
melody
marked by
comfort of
a blessing
anything
asked softly

2)
stockings
& 
roses
nestled
amongst letters

3)
kiss
shoulders
pale
hidden
everlasting note

4)
pleasant arms
a bouquet
of angels
spoke
comfort

5)
ready lips
heart &
eyes
regard

6)
delicate praise
dear friend
speechless love

7)
eyes
answer eyes
kissing
every weakness

8)
hidden light
precious night

9)
mignonette
her
love-letters
again

10)
little time
to enter
blood
sweet lips
know
soothing
chorus

11)
dreams
imagined
perfectly
flaming
& tender

12)
patience
colours
the tenderest
soul

13)
dawn-lover
smiling
accustomed
to love
& 
to pray

14)
asleep
eyes allow
a sweet
goodbye

15)
bidden
kiss brow
kiss lips
& hands

16)
milk of god
earthly
favours
spoke
heart sleeps

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Golden GOJI Hermitage - june 2011/ november 2012
 
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HUSH, MY HEART

each
breath
tapers
into
the dark

*

every
whisper
negotiable
in this
stillness

*

my heart
would
dance
in the
light
rain

*

sighs
escape
as dawn
appears

*

hush
my
heart

*
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Golden GOJI Hermitage - 1st Nov. 2012

THE VIEW @ WEYMOUTH...JUST STROLLING ON THE SANDS - 3P.M.

 

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V

V

V

 

 

&

 

 

& &

 

 

V

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JUST TO LET YOU KNOW - to K.H.

just to let you know

that yr big black leather

 winter-walking-shoes

are here

in the conservatory

side-by-side

under a rattan chair

where they were left

after yr last Harbour walk to

THE BOOT

or

THE KING'S ARMS

&

was that a packet from

BENNETT'S

clutched closely & guardedly to you

on yr way back

that put a spring in yr step?

or was it the thought of returning to

Spring Down-Under

the next day?

*

As Weymouth approaches winter

i would like to

put yr shoes to some good use

but

my smaller feet

will not fill them -

Tell me what to do.

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

October twelve - 2012

 

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THE CHOICE/S 14 - 24

14)
dead of night
a ragged wind
tosses roses
no longer
soaked with sun
mother's voice
made of dreams

15)
always greetings
from her eyes
&
fondness
in her heart
no mossy monument
to you
dear girl
just butterflies
and a breeze
of bonhomie

16)
a handful
of flowers
in golden light
breathless whispers return
as salve
in the night

17)
permission to sleep
as the sun
comes up
a beautiful warmth
&
slanting shadows
fishing for God
in this
secret place

18)
gentle fingers
lead the dance
love prays
for love
once more

19)
glimpses of
blue mountains
leaf-patterned hands
the sweetness of
just being
la dolce farniente

20)
evening
benediction
of kisses
vite! vite!
half serious
half amused
une amourette
overtakes
the heart

21)
sitting still
morning glory
engages mind
fruit of
non-thinking
another day
extraordinary
in its own way

22)
an opportunity
to drink-in
the cosmos
to hear myself
talking to
the night -sky
what's on offer
sweet-heart?

23)
blue eyes
stop talking
in the dark
night air
go ahead
return to God
nothing left unsaid

24)
heart confers
with stars
questions go
begging
in the night

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july 2011/october 2012

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

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WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES

when autumn leaves

neither calendar nor clock

 erases
young love

kicking-up

"acorn leaves"

fallen on path

 from

 "acorn trees..."

overhead

"...aren't they?"

she said...

"i always thought they were!"

 

*

autumns' leaves

forever

leaves us

yearning

for

that young love

each &

every time...
..."when

autumn leaves...

...start to fall."

 

*

(Written today, around Weymouth,whilst photographing the fallen leaves -

Saturday 6th of October 2012)

 

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THE CHOICE/S 1-13

1)
deer-thin
unmistakeable neck
arms and legs
heart-secret forever

2)
no breath-cloud
magic of
lidded eyes
&
golden bracelets

3)
shadow-mother
blinded by tears
heart traces
another
forward step

4)
mythical Isis
not posthumous
birthdays' candle flickers
Say something !
Do something !
kiss. kiss. kiss.
interchangeable with
love. love. love.

5)
expressing love
tender breath
confident and faltering
at the same time
listen. listen.

6)
playful eyes
spoke volumes
love laughed softly
moonlight shot with silver
again & again

7)
young Isis
bare-shouldered
found a new God
kicking pebbles
on the sands
tip-toeing
amongst prayers

8)
every moment
passed in
deepest reverie
a sense of
her voice
her hand
her touch
windsongs by the sea

9)
looking for traces
difficult words
sign-post says "Heaven"
borrowed time

10)
dream-catcher
wind-bells would
give voice
to the night
in rhyme
with the beating
of my heart
verse after verse

11)
flung against music
shadow-speech
succumbs to song
sleep gulped-down
morning too soon

12)
still harbour
gulls dress the sky
the body takes note
of every cry
every song caught 
in every thought

13)
girl-glow
outdoes sunrise
a thousand eyes
all hers

*

July 2011/October 2012

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Golden GOJI Hermitage

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