Category Archives: 2nd Year – Poetry

The lights and the trees

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

You were the best in us Embraces never forgotten You were the best in us A Light in the wild Clearing in the trees Eyes that saw only what could be You were blind to limitations You were a cure … Continue reading →

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Existing in the Moment

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

The stretch of earth, sky and mountains makes me feel both free and trapped as the infinity of nature consumes me. I am both immersed in my surroundings and also completely free to the openness of space, lost. But soon … Continue reading →

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an honest verse of longing or a simple song of hope

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

trees towards the sky branches broken by age over leaves fallen no longer reaching new home on earth and to remain

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The Souvenir

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

A whole collection of key rings from her travels: Objects to look upon and reminisce about the journeys she had experienced. To places reached by planes skilfully manoeuvred by two people; To places where hot, humid air or cold winds … Continue reading →

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Pictish Stone

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

When the day is gold and all around, Comes a roaring gale upon the skies, The pines shall lift the weary ground, And howl and blister in their rise. Beyond the wood there stands a stone, For which no language … Continue reading →

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When the Bow Breaks

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

To quicken but never birth Leaving us like a pregnant pause. Hera waits, whispering an ever ending lullaby. The bow that breaks shall never fall, Baby hangs, waiting for the thrill of the drop. Arms wide Abeona weeps for a … Continue reading →

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Ross Young

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

As I watch keenly, these two Kings join the ranks of the Roman Gladiators, Courting one another, evenly matched. Blow after blow they trade. Lunge, parry, strike, deflect. No love lost between these rivals. Muscle and grace and speed and … Continue reading →

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Interupt – Shaun Milne

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

I strive onwards in a dazy haze

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Hair Cut

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Her mane is bedraggled, it is in a sorry state. The last hairdresser in control, had left it too late. It troubles her greatly the state of her hair, she got herself a new stylist – one she thought would … Continue reading →

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Between the sheets

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

I wasn’t sure if we were still doing this over the summer, but I decided I might as well share something so you know I haven’t forgotten… Between the Sheets I’m yours; words spoken in vulnerability. Darkness protects paralysing fear … Continue reading →

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About Our Mice

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

(this wasn’t any thing serious, it was mere procrastination, enjoy. ) The mice are coming, in the walls, scratching. Coming for me. Coming for you. Coming for all of us – nothing we can do. The mice are coming. The … Continue reading →

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10-02-11

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

don’t sit with your mouth agape and stare. let him look down your top passing by – by accident (oh my god, what rubbish, how humiliating) look him right in the eye. smile. don’t beam like a fool. put your … Continue reading →

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Eyes Looking Back

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Eyes Looking Back A picture in the folds, Long since forgotten Pain and guilt and remorse, Come cutting back again Those big brown eyes Just like a burning brand, Cleave me to my core I’m sorry for it all A … Continue reading →

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