Hiya Pogue, You may have noticed that I missed Musing this week. I know, Monday was ruined from the get-go! But this morning someone reminded me of a time gone by that set me thinking. You won’t know this but when I was working, there was a time when I would get up on a … Continue reading I Missed My Musing
Monday Musing
Pogue, I am shortly going to be left on my own for a while at home. I have most things covered off. Cooking, tick, tick. House cleaning, tick. Tiding up after myself, tick. Shopping, tick. BUT, there’s this machine in the utility room that remains a mystery to me. I don’t do the laundry. Apparently … Continue reading Monday Musing
Lost
Standing on the edge of the cliff The cliff of the familiarI gazed transfixed Into the unknownThe unexperiencedUnexplained and unrealisedAnd my soul was curious Longing for the tasteUnsure what it would beBreath became shortLimbs tensed expectantlyBut the creative moment awaitedBeckoning, callingThe territory of the poetThe artistThe traveller of imaginationThe prisoner of expectationWould I jump and … Continue reading Lost
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Hi Pogue, A slow one to set the day off at a chilled pace. Worth putting on your headphones and giving over three or four minutes just to listen to and savour the mood 🎧😌 I think this is the closest I’ve come to music for the soul. You tell me…. This morning 8 (Circle) … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, Just a quick note this morning I’m afraid. Busy life ahead of me! Have you ever thought that what you do now, the choice you make, the action you take, what you say (or think for that matter, as a thought is the parent of ever action) will determine your future happiness or … Continue reading Monday Musing
The Chance
Young pilot of expressive artsYou deviner of the soulStar gazing inspiration seekerWizard of written wordsGrasp the moment, the creative moment Which may often be so rareFor when you reach deep inside There’s often nothing there Find words blown on the windImages in forests deepFor the spark that ignites the soulBurns bright and then is goneShooting … Continue reading The Chance
The End
The end was inevitable From the very first dayThere could be no denyingNo illusion to slayNo escaping the endThat is always on its wayThe path could be variedWe knew not where it lay It wasn’t assuredIn fact unknown I’d sayBut there was one factThat it was on its wayWe lived with intentHard work and hard … Continue reading The End
A Thought
Twinkle
Imagine you looked God straight in the faceAnd you saw a twinkle in Her eyeBemused you knew this look as mischief You wanted to understand why?But if you possessed all human wisdomWould the reason still pass you by?Or would you find your heart concernedJust maybe your beliefs are really a lie Imagine you were met … Continue reading Twinkle
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening to Now
Hi Pogue, Here’s something with a bit of a beat to pick your week up if it’s starting to flag 😵💫 I was actually in the middle of a workout at the gym when I realised I was moving to the music. It was then that I noticed this song. It had me caught, hook, … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening to Now
Monday Musing
Dear Pogue, That darned seagull will not leave my mind! Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach’s masterful creation has come home to roost. And after several letters concerning Bach’s book, I told you I had finished, my examination of his life and the things I had learnt whilst reading. Now he keeps popping into my imagination … Continue reading Monday Musing
Monday Musing
New week Pogue, New week, new beginning? Have you ever treated a new week as a new beginning? I’m sure you have, maybe coupled with the thought that “this new week is going to be better than the week just gone”. You’ve set a goal. We all do it most notably at the commencement of … Continue reading Monday Musing
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, It’s another Monday and, after several letters on previous Mondays, I’m still thinking about Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I’m not going to write a letter to him today but he has left me thinking about love, the so called “highest lesson” and the learning I can gain by studying his ascension from a young … Continue reading Monday Musing
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, This song comes from way back in the day. Even I was young when I first heard this! But it’s a good song and I hope you’ll appreciate it. It’s called Kuschty Rye and I’m betting that neither you nor anyone else who reads this letter will know what the term means. So here’s … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
The Most Difficult Of All Tasks
Pogue, A thought for this day. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks… the work for which all other work is but preparation, Letters To A Young Poet, Rainer Rilke Maybe love is so different from what so many celebrate this day. Wic
Monday Musing
Pogue, Good Morning. Has it stopped raining where you are? So this will be my last letter to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, for now, and to write it I have read Part 4 of the novel, a section that was not added by the author, Richard Bach, until 2014. By this point in the story Jon … Continue reading Monday Musing
Letters To Pogue
Pogue, My letters to Jonathon continue. But first, a familiar text: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil … Continue reading Letters To Pogue
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Pogue, I had a moment the other day when I found myself singing a song I haven’t sung in a long time. That got me thinking and I realised that I haven’t shared one of my ‘go-to’ bands from my teenage years. How remiss! I spent a whole day last week working through their catalogue … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Monday Musing
Pogue, I continue my reflections on the character of Jonathon Livingstone Seagull by way of another letter. I hope you enjoy my indulgence. Dear Jonathon, Last week I suggested that there are only a small number who are wired to seek after perfection. You are one such person, (if I can refer to a gull … Continue reading Monday Musing
Monday Musing
Dear Jon, I wrote my first letter to you last week and the whole experience of writing it was good. I felt challenged as I did so and moved to seek answers to the questions your life raises for me. Today I have a single question. “What caused you to seek perfection when all those … Continue reading Monday Musing
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, Saturday night I ventured out to listen to a band from my youth. Still turning out great music. It was what I would describe as a “sellotape and elastic band” affair with minimal equipment, the music stopping more than once as leads failed, and the bass guitar completely giving up. The support band had … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, It’s Monday. Last week we started thinking about Jonathon Livingstone Seagull and I said I thought I would write to him because he intrigues me and I see he has so much to teach me. So here’s the first letter to Jon. Dear Jon, I am taking time off from my normal correspondence … Continue reading Monday Musing
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Hi Pogue, The first song I’ve sent you this year and we’re already two weeks in 😳 What am I like? What have I been doing? Well I’m back with a cool, and rather smooth, sound. I was in one of my favourite shops yesterday, sort of browsing the sales when this song came on … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Letters to Pogue
Dear Pogue, The first letter I’ve written to you this year so, “Happy New Year”.What will we make of the days ahead and where will we be 12 months from now? My wish for you is that, looking back in 12 months time, you will feel you have banked 12 months well spent. Not a … Continue reading Letters to Pogue
Monday Musing
Dear Pogue, I felt compelled to write to you today to explain something that you will not have understood. You see, you invited me to dinner yesterday and I declined the invite. First, let me affirm that you are a marvellous cook and my turning down of the invitation had nothing to do with your … Continue reading Monday Musing
It Would Be Enough
Two kites, Red kites,PirouetteMagnificent and masterful,Outside my windowAnd if,Laying on this bed,I could see no more,This would be enough.Enough to rekindle the knowledge,The knowledge of magic,The assuringThat beauty still existsThat something lingersBetween God and manAnd we are not aloneA statement of possibilitiesOf intentOf a higher callingAnd I smile.
Monday Musing
Walking the wet whipped beach,Following thoughtRunning from memoryThat dogs the days,Dismal and deceitfulHarbinger of guilt,Turning my face into the windFeeling it’s abrasive embraceCreating tear filled eyes,Peering out across the restless waterTorn as if in torment,Lashing out,Fury falling forlorn On sand,And me lost,Longing for peaceAlone at the waters edge,Lost and aloneExcept for gullsWho care not for … Continue reading Monday Musing
Wild
Wind and rain,Crashing waves,Wild seaScreeching spinning gullsBerserkers everyone,Wild windTearing at the beachCarrying spray like darts,Pounding noiseRelentlessNumbingly repetitive Yet wild and boundless,Beyond challengeUntamed,Defiant,Seaweed cast Like unbound hairIn tanglesKnotsCarelessly strewnOn the tormented beach,Canvas of chaosWild landscapeShort lived recordOf the commencement,Of the terminal moment,Of time,DystopianAnd…wild
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, I went to Japan firstly to see the autumn foliage. The acers turning red which is quite something. Think I’m crazy to travel halfway around the world to see nature at work? Someone said to me, “God has painted the trees to captivate us”. I guess they were right! Somehow, whatever man does, at … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Monday Musing
Dear Pogue, This Monday I find myself in need of help. Having been away for the best part of a month has allowed me to stand outside of my day-to-day situation. This has been enhanced by being part of an unfamiliar culture which has aided my reflections, giving a varried perspective. Here’s my question. Is … Continue reading Monday Musing
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