Battlefield afresh
10 December 2023
Into day
the grey mist rises
over feet
bundled neat
The wise accepting defeat
that end comprises
Waters ebb
as the edges flow
into dark
Absent spark
hidden within the bodies
sliding as they freeze
The winds burn
crevices in flesh
dainty lace
fading grace
tattoos of delicate mesh
Battlefield afresh
Reading of the poem:
Her & the Sea - Clann
He moved with giant strides
16 March 2020
He thought that love was a battle
One to put as task
The chains and tools that he’d rattle
In the cage she’d bask
Envigored by resolution
He moved with giant strides
Yet it was the wrong solution
Strong the soul she rides
She beckoned to him taught him peace
Of leaves that mind did rake
Offered soul and heart to appease
The lady of the lake
Reading of the poem:
Agnes Obel – The Curse (Berlin Live Session)
Shower me in rain
10 February 2020
Have it all
Bursting seams whispered
Pack in bulge
We indulge
Preserving by ingestion
All the holiness
I confess
In moments of sighs
The respite
In the might
Of the ghastly paths trodden
Forgiveness lengthy
My scream hurls
Off dilated chests
In plenty
Agony
Breathing in toxins to speak
What bosoms bore not
I claim eye
Redemption in sky
Words ripped off
The shorn back
Whip up a back to redeem
What I may then seem
Perfection
Art of plentiful
Nuances
Beautiful
Look within the chest that heaves
Nothing for the mass
Land of Perth
Rekindles the birth
Of the Love
Infinite
Take mind off woodlands ablaze
Shower me in rain
Reading of the poem:
Prosopa – Spanatis Spanoudakis
Of heavenly bloom
5 July 2016
Moods broken
In rain-lit showers
Tireless strife
The orchard
Condensed lily white flowers
Their scent packed in mind
To be kind
Is more than a thought
The premise
Inner spin
In battle no will to win
Only outcome Love
High above
Flags of white flutter
In crossroads
The junctions
Preliminary choices
When you heed voices
Blue highways
They sizzle with cold
Marine flames
Suppression
The fight against oppression
Undercurrent breed
Beast you feed
Tames the known hunger
The unknown
A shadow
Growing in the undergrowth
Downtrodden old oath
Bear no gloom
The cells replicate
Ancient tales
Forgotten
Aerial messengers will bear
To the dragon’s lair
Chest to touch
Boon of loyalty
Kiss to blow
Seed to sow
The roots bear the majesty
Of heavenly bloom
Reading of the poem:
Against all odds – Phil Collins
Another day in Paradise – Phil Collins
In the air tonight – Phil Collins
Wind of change – Scorpions
Our traces
20 May 2016
The battle
Against hopelessness
Repeated
Endlessly
Within the soul restlessness
Killer of the dreams
The days fly
Repeated measures
The pace slow
Hesitant
Walking behind lost treasures
Our selves a shadow
We are lost
Cast in wilderness
Our traces
Running roots
Within futures’ past faces
Faded memories
Reading of the poem:
Daydreams – Abel Korzeniowski
Vois le sort qui m’amène au pays du déni
(Poème écrit sous la forme de Sonnet Occitan, traduit en anglais ci-dessous ou ici)
20 mai 2016
Me vois-tu là œuvrer préparer le départ
Eriger mes flambeaux en vue d’un long voyage
Tu peux lors admirer le summum de mon art
De tanner oripeaux en un immense voilage
Le départ va sonner trois petits tours et un quart
Vois préparer les eaux insondable barrage
Miroir pour se mirer traversée de l’écart
Estampillés les sceaux de mon royal plumage
Je perce les flancs serrés d’un rideau de combats
Tréteaux blafards d’une scène où l’on vit l’ennemi
Coups en corps par milliers inlassables soldats
Vois le sort qui m’amène au pays du déni
Qui me fait retourner au ciel de mes abats
Où j’enfante Roi mécène Dieu des deux mondes béni
Lecture du poème:
Je m’en vais – Miossec
Brest – Miossec
La Grande Marée – Miossec
See the fate that brings me to land of denial
(translation of a Sonnet written in french in Occitan Sonnet format. See original above or here)
20 May 2016
Do you see me at work preparing departure
Erecting my torches for a very long trip
You can now admire the pinnacle of art
In tanning all the rags into an immense sail
The departure will ring three small rounds and quarter
See prepare the waters in unfathomable wall
Mirror to see oneself, the crossing of the gap
Well stamped are now my seals of royal heritage
I pierce through the tight flanks of curtain of combat
Pale trestles of a scene where we live enemy
Shots in body thousands from the tireless soldiers
See the fate that brings me to land of denial
That makes me return to heaven of my innards
I give forth King patron God of both worlds blessed
Reading of the poem:
Death is the road to awe – Clint Mansell
Xibalba – Clint Mansell
Stay with me – Clint Mansell
Forgive me Father
31 October 2015
.
I did not birth here
But from fall from your light’s Grace
On me it shower
.
–
All was by your will
Even sunflower burned bright
Your prophecy True
.
.
Seven stages played
We all took a role Being
On your blue carpet
.
.
Rebel son I stood
Hidden to world’s mortal Eye
In graceful attire
.
.
They call not my name
Yours taken in mere conceit
Clueless they rumble
.
.
Your seven veils taught
My lessons my battle scars
That Soul may redeem
.
.
Moth calls but the Flame
Yours taken again deceit
That I may crumble
.
.
Take me home Father
Knead into you Mother’s Heart
Show me your Mercy
.
.
Make it double One
That I may join undead
Take from me this Flesh
.
.
I give all to you
As I must die completely
Renew your Glory
.
.
Forgive me Father
For I have loved mortal flesh
Forsaking spirit
.
.
Bring me to morrows
Where only Love would subsist
Lost in your blue shades
.
Practising still life
29 August 2015
Walking on eggshells
Toiling through the days planted
A slippery path
A parade for none
Balance maintained by sheer will
For pain to withstand
Life is always such
That calm relays agony
Rainbow to be felt
Kick off calm and dance
Raging with the elements
That battle within
Spending you in throes
Fight and you are overcome
You fight only you
Blinded spectacle
Lending itself to ashes
The blind will behold
Practising still life
A lifetime to reach the point
Of abandonment
Look into my eyes
I will raise you now my peace
For shelter you bring
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