Some days merge and meld
There's a place for that
and when coupled with a healing
they border on a beautiful
mostly peaceful use of time
purpose and meaning merging
and melding and slipping away
And I am rested.
©Jemverse
Rested
02 Mar 2024 1 Comment
in healing, Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rest, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Arrival 7
01 Mar 2024 1 Comment
in painting with words, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith Tags: daffodil, Jemverse, March, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spring, wordsmithing, writing poetry
7 of 12 in the ’12 months VII’ series
A daffodil to greet the month
birth flower for first of March
as here we greet the cuckoo
and the primrose and the larch
Spring pops up in every corner
to awaken and appease
the doldrums of the winter
as it does its best to please
©Jemverse
I am the one in four revisited
29 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: 29 February, Jemverse, leap year, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, wordsmithing, writing poetry
I am the one in four
leaping through the years
my letters match my value
unique, so it appears
I'm the plus-one to the three six five
my invitation rare
tagged on as February twenty-nine
a tetrad seldom there.
©Jemverse
Borrowed time
27 Feb 2024 2 Comments
in Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, treasure, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, time, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Borrowed time, often said but
in context mostly wrong
particularly when in actual fact
it was stolen in the first place.
That's my story; stolen big time
So, though I'm now eating into
time I've been told I shouldn't have
it's far from borrowed as it was
wholly mine in the first place.
'Borrowed time' Pah! What's that about?
It's not borrowed. It's yours. So use it.
Wisely and sincerely and wholeheartedly
and profusely and passionately and always.
Seize it and hold it and live it and be it.
It's wholly yours, so never ever let it go.
©Jemverse
Rebellious Hope
26 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in cancer, Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: cancer, heaven, hope, Jemverse, life, living, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, wordsmithing, writing poetry
I believe Belinda may have got it right
and heaven IS a place on earth
not that I'm planning on
going there anytime soon
For those of us who live in rebellious hope
(sic. Dame Deborah Jones R.I.P.)
stand up to adversity no matter how bleak
it sometimes gets.
Heaven is a long time coming
but when my time comes
I'll be off to the place Belinda sees
Right here, in perfection as God intended.
Meantime rebellious hope prevails.
©Jemverse
Skin and bone
25 Feb 2024 2 Comments
in cancer, Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: appetite, cancer, Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmithing, writing poetry
I now know the meaning of all skin and bone
and it's not something I would choose to condone
for I've lost so much weight it's now bothering me
and as part of this illness scarce solution I see
I've not been this light since I was a lad
and that in itself is making me sad
The answer of course is to eat more but there
is the rub and the root I'll gladly here share
For though I'm still eating I've poor appetite
which I think is the drugs and other such shite
and combined together with all that ensues
boils down to the problem and catch twenty-two
They'll tell you of course it's mind over matter
But I can attest right here that illusion to shatter
for it's one of the hardest things to get started
when you've been kicked and your life has been shafted
©Jemverse
Scaffolding
24 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in Life, painting with words, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, scaffolding, verse, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Outside my window the scaffolding blight
is getting annoying and hiding the light
It's been up too long and there in our sight
and long overdue to be gone
The roof and the leading weeks ago done
yet still it is here to block out the sun
It's time for the scaffolding people to come
as it's long overdue to be gone
So we had a pop, played the old access card
told them quite clear that it made it hard
to have scaffolding up to manoeuvre when marred
so it's long overdue to be gone
©Jemverse
(some of it has now gone, but some still remains even now!)
Good form
23 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in cancer, healing, Life, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: cancer, healing, Jemverse, life, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Last Sunday, not a good day
thoughts were swirling, caught me up
needed rest and got it
but this remains a bitter cup
Some days it just gets like that
comes in from the left field
and though I do my best to counter
it's hard to stand and not to yield
So when it comes I do my best
to think of other things
Play music, write a poem
remember my heart sings
Most days these are unusual
thank goodness, not the norm
as most days like today of course
I'm me and in good form
©Jemverse
Music the great healer
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in music, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Been through all my vinyl
got them into plastic sleeves
protection from the dust and grime
that passing time it leaves
Cathartic, it was wholesome
remembering the time
when I purchased each and brought them
home when they were all then mine
And now I have a flight case
with a selection waiting there
to play on my turntable
and with some others share
Music, the great healer
it is a remedy to cure
or at very least bring respite
as its purpose is so pure
©Jemverse
Six mile loop
21 Feb 2024 2 Comments
in painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmithing, writing poetry
I have a six mile loop
which I know well of course
I've walked it many times before
as it's a conquering force
It does me proud, does not take long
and in a circle door to door
it's something to return to
which I have and will do more
When of course now is the question
as this illness won't allow
me to move at present very far
which limits me somehow
But I need to as there's promise
I made last year to write
a route guide to my six mile loop
to provide a just insight
And allow them too to take it in
see the beauty that I see
and experience the six-miler
in a similar way to me
So it's become a milestone target
something I'll achieve somehow
returning to the six-mile loop
I here attest and vow
©Jemverse
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