Aspirations (Remove filter)
Envy and Aspirations
It must be nice to be intelligent -
And have many a clever thought.
And also to have endless skills,
And remember all you have been taught.
It must be nice to solve all problems -
Whether simple or complex.
And to have a brain full of knowledge,
Which you've learnt from your subjects.
It is must be nice to be envied
For having lots of special talents,
And for completing different cha...
Saturday 17th February 2024 3:27 pm
Imposter Begets Imposter?
Who am I
why do I
when will I
where can I
Answers elude
My identity un-formed and crude
Mother pretends
The show never ends
Until the curtain is drawn
All the doors are closed and simulations suspend
I don't know who I am
Give anything to be sure
Stand firm in my convictions
On both sides of the door
No duplicity here
All masks removed
...Saturday 5th September 2020 10:19 pm
A Flight of Fancy
A Flight of Fancy
Imagine to be an aviator
To leave terra-firma and fly
To unlock the shackles of gravity
Be weightless, and reach for the sky
John and Macko were only thirteen
So how could they dream such a thing?
Two working-class lads, from Grimstone Low
With ambitions to take to the wing
They were both academically average
And failing at school, it ...
Sunday 9th September 2018 9:55 am
Deemed Rapture
Some day in the future
dawn will break again
None be grudges nursed
or space for any disdain
Where vales be pristine
living modest and plain
Bliss ...
Wednesday 12th February 2014 5:34 pm
Recent Comments
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on I SHAN’T ALWAYS BE LOVELY
24 minutes ago
Mike McPeek on Fallen Leaf
4 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on The Forgotten
5 hours ago
Rolph David on Sonnet: Imigh Hotovely, Imigh Smál Damnaithe! Imigh is Póg mo Thóin! [Out Hotovely, Out Damned Spot! Out and Kiss my Arse!]
6 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on His Majesty’s Stay Out of Hell Cards: “Divine Right” and “Convention”
7 hours ago
Hélène on Elementary
7 hours ago
Rolph David on Spinocracy – The Art of the Fall*
7 hours ago
Rolph David on Spinocracy – The Art of the Fall*
8 hours ago
Tim Daly on Prayer for the Little Ones
8 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Prayer for the Little Ones
8 hours ago