What if,As the old lady knows,“All that glitters is gold”And she really is“Buying a stairway to heaven”? Now what if The stairway goes not up?Which down the ages was taught,Instead it goes downAnd heaven’s a decent?All the wishful thoughts of the yearsAre no more than just thatAnd wise people are deceived For heaven is not … Continue reading As The Old Lady Knows
Author: Wic
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Pogue, A song to get your day started. A bouncy little number. Goes excellently with the first coffee of the day 😉 Something About You by Elderbrook and Rudimental. And I’m loving the video. Get’s the road-trip day off to a smooth start. Enjoy (and don’t forget the coffee!). Cruising on by, Wic.
And Coffee…..
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Guilt
I went to the park this morning To sit in the sun and enjoy the day But I struggled to find a bench Because they all seemed to be taken By men and women Not awaken from the night Still sleeping And when I finally found one I felt guilty about enjoying the day For … Continue reading Guilt
Complete
I sat at the gate As the sun filled the dawn Gentle on my face And I knew I was a part A part of the morning of the world, And all was at one, Too perfect to be good Nothing ruffled the ease that was And everything could be no more No more than … Continue reading Complete
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, Three weeks in to a road trip. Walking beaches. Drinking coffee. New brews. Good food. Great company. And in another part of the world some new music. Well new to me. Share this one with me as it caught my attention as I drank a brew at the end of a long hot day. … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, Here’s a song from a band that I’ve recently come to like and continue to grow on me. The year has begun with a jazzy vibe at home so The Ezra Collective get a fair airing. Tell me what you think to this. I’d like to know 😉 Here’s God Gave Me Feet For … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Songs to Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Is it greedy to put out two songs in a week? Under the belief that you can’t have too much of a good thing I’m going for it. And, I want to do my first ever dedication. To Lamittan Felix, who has a rather good Blog of his own (globalliteraturestation.wordpress.com). He has been a frequent, … Continue reading Songs to Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
I haven’t posted any songs recently so I’m hunkering down to put together a new playlist for 2025. Here’s the start with Elton John taking the list forward. Cold Heart with Elton John and Dua Lipa. Enjoy the beginning of this New Year. Wic
Another Book
What if?Oh tell me, what if?God wrote another bookWhat if?What if, which ever one you readWhich ever one you declare divineInspired and inerrant Handed down from on highWhat if it was actually volume two? What if there is a single textA single textThat preceeds all held so highBy the self proclaimed chosen?What if all you … Continue reading Another Book
Poetry
There’s a poetry in the skiesAs the clouds go racing byGrey and whiteTorn by the bluster of the windSpat out and piling highThen scatteredDark over light Coming from afarWell writtenVerse over verseLine after lineGod has spokenIn iambic pentameter In rhythm In proseAn expression so wholeAs to tell the storyComplete for all to readEvery last detail … Continue reading Poetry
Meaning I Give You
Seeing you was both objective and subjectiveFor sure there you wereBut who and what you were in that momentWas determined and definedBy the meaning that I gave youFriend?Tormentor?Reason for hope?Harbinger of disillusionment?Lover?Possibility?So very much that dwells with meDefines who you areWho I perceiveWho I receive And how I will actSo much that lays withinWill change … Continue reading Meaning I Give You
It’s 3 o’clock in the morning
Sleep went to town this nightChoosing not to returnAnd I lay and askHave I been betrayed by sleep?Is the tenuous relationship we sharedFinally fractured?Have I been betrayed in favour of another?More attractive maybeMore generous in thanksOr a body more consumingWho even now laysWrapped for just this night In Elysian’s consuming embraceAt peace and freeFrom the … Continue reading It’s 3 o’clock in the morning
It Will Be Alright In The Morning
She cried unrelentinglyParalysed Unable to, unwilling to, not wanting toMoveEver againLet it end hereLet it end with the night skyBurning redWith the carcass of a buildingOnce called HomeWith the memories God let me keep the memories But let me not feelEverEver againLayingLookingUp at the starsMay this night never endLet the day no longer come Tonight … Continue reading It Will Be Alright In The Morning
I Missed My Musing
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
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