Off into the sunset …

45.          Illusion

I start this simple verse just so
It seems the thing that I should do,
But I must state a caveat:
You’ll find this poem quite offbeat.
I’ll write of pure-bred Jersey cows
Bedecked in multi-coloured bows,
Fox-trotting while a bonny lass
Plays tunes upon a double bass
And someone taps a castanet
Atop a massive trebuchet.
A giant gentle dancing bear
Will dance with you […]

44.          Two Roads

There’s mud and grime from my toes to knees,
Arms are scratched and my trousers torn
My hand is sore from the stings of bees,
Last place I stopped was rife with fleas
And now I just wish I wasn’t born.

My blistered heels are a bloody mess,
Ribs are bruised where I slipped and fell,
And where I am is […]

43.          Dying

I’ve hearing aids behind my ears,
My knees have trouble bending,
My mem’ry sometimes disappears,
Close focus is extending.
My energy is somewhat drained,
There’s stiffness in my shoulder,
I cannot lose the weight I’ve gained,
I know I’m getting older.
I notice almost every day—
There’s really no denying—
My hair abounds with strands of grey,
And so, right now, I’m dyeing.

5 June […]

42.          Standing Still

The tourists seem to think it’s grand
To photograph it in their hand,
Despite the fact that it’s a clichéd thrill;
While Galileo chose to throw
Two masses (so the stories go)
To see which one was first to reach the ground.
Now mighty work from engineers
Has gone some way to counter fears
That one day it would surely topple down.
Despite […]

40.          Rated

It’s been long past a month, and here we are
With forty verses, all matched to their themes,
The best aren’t bad, but some are under par;
And not all follow perfect rhyming schemes.
I’ve done haiku, which comes from far Japan,
And double dactyl’s fun but quite contrived,
A limerick was always in the plan,
The ballad somehow started and survived.
There’s […]

39.          Dreams

Our dreams don’t always
Turn out how we expect, which
May be just as well.

30 May 2013

Comments: Another haiku. I find this form an easy one to construct (I even have a geocache that uses a cunningly constructed haiku to give the coordinates, although there were some additional constraints for that one that made it […]