Pogue, Over time I’ve read a lot about how we can manifest the things in life that we desire. This has come at a variety of levels. The easiest to understand is the Dream Board which, for the uninitiated, is a place where we put images that remind us of and help us define our … Continue reading Do We?
I Forget
I forget more than I rememberSometimes genius is lost along the pathAs I wander with no particular directionThrough the woodsAnd through my thoughtsThere’s so much I want to knowTo untangle with my mindBut a creature on the path breaks my attentionAnd the thread is snatched away Like a kite freed on the windI no longer … Continue reading I Forget
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, This week I’ve been answering the question “Do you trust me?” in my head as it would relate to other people. I think I’m a pretty trusting soul and perhaps have a tendency to overlook the faults and failings of others. I’m also willing to disregard my history with the person to enable … Continue reading Monday Musing
Three Miles Out
Three miles out and caught on the wind,Drifting,Drifting as serenely as a cloud,Harmless,Peaceful,Yet filled with potentialThe potential of a malevolent stormThe potential to surpass expectationThe potential to be transformedFrom serenity to chaos,Resting sure in this knowledge of subdued power,The prospect of things not yet seen in me,To rip through the complacency,Smiling in unrepentant joySo self … Continue reading Three Miles Out
Code
SometimesYour beliefsYour integrityYour codeIs of greater valueThan the pressureThe gainThe popularityOf change SometimesAlways
Well Practiced Witch
A well practiced witch could guide youThrough the labyrinth of your despairBringing you to a placeWhere your soul sojourns in blissThen with eyes clenched shutYou’d no longer tinge with painAll that clasped and hungOn the life you longed to buildThe enigmatic route to peaceLong sought by celestial beingsWill break forth at dawnTo eclipse the sunTo … Continue reading Well Practiced Witch
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, I’m feeling a little despondent this morning. I’ve just had a few days in Amsterdam and that may have added to my state of mind. I don’t know but listen. While I was there I came across the Embassy of the Free Mind, a library and an exhibit celebrating the free thinkers, heretics, … Continue reading Monday Musing
The Russians Went To War
The Russians went to warAnd here I amSittingOn a bench in the parkOutside the cafe on a sunny dayAnd a gentlemanA Russian gentleman has askedIf he can share the tableI see no tanksI hear no artilleryNo planes in the skyI think it’s safeSo ”Yes Sir you may sit”.The Russians went to war,We sit in silenceWatching … Continue reading The Russians Went To War
Amsterdam
Amsterdam,First impressions,The pungent aroma of smoked weed,The heady vapor, The suicide cyclistsIn kamikaze formations,The apparent abscence of brasTrying not to notice,Perhaps this is freedom? Perhaps.
Monday Musings
Dear Pogue, Have you ever heard it said the we can lose a battle but still win the war? Indeed, some battles are just not worth the effort, believe me. And there’s the rub. It’s knowing when to fight and when to not that is the art. And it is an art because there are … Continue reading Monday Musings
I Touched Perfection
From the west the wind did blowSo my kite I determined to fly,And the sun condescended to smileOffering to make the day perfectWhilst I stood with line in handAllowing myself to be captivatedBy the gyrating dance in the sky aboveTo be transported from the worldTo a place between earth and heaven,Is this purgatory?Is this paradise?This … Continue reading I Touched Perfection
Died This Week….
William Blake, died 12 August 1827.
Nothing
I want for nothingDespite what you tell meI know not hungerNor feel the coldMy clothes are adequateFor many occasionsI have choiceIndeed I am blessedAnd for pleasuresBooksCoffeeWineWith simple open conversationIn the eveningAs we count the stars
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, I wrote a poem at the end of last week about something I had observed. People want information in short sharp bursts. You see, I can spend a lot of time writing a longer piece, packing in thoughts and feelings and, well a handful of people will read it. But I can pen … Continue reading Monday Musing
A Poet
There is a seam of goldThat I’m learning to mineIt will need some workAs I’ve not thought this wayBut I’ve come to knowThat approval is found in poemsThat attention is a dying artIt’s craftsman are a fading breedAnd so a short and pithy poemIs all most thinking people needI write my thoughtsIn letter formAnd publish … Continue reading A Poet
Poem
There’s a poem on the breezeThat’s reaching out to youReaching out to meAnd it’s telling us a taleOf a time yet to comeWhen we’ll lose our every judgementSee the world with new eyesWe’ll understand each other’s storyA history we need to hearSo we’ll start from understandingAnd possess a driving need to knowReflecting what we’d have … Continue reading Poem
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Hi, I have a collection of albums that I return to frequently because, for me, the music is just so good. Indeed, the music is also packed with memories. One of those albums is Seventh Sojourn by the Moody Blues. I never got to see the Moody Blues when they were at the zenith of … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Monday Musing
Pogue, It’s raining. Again. And I noticed this morning that the News Papers are asking: “Where is summer?” And “Is summer over?” It’s only the first week of August, August the months when the majority of people in this country go on holiday. Then for those who have holidayed abroad, southern Europe, there are unprecedented … Continue reading Monday Musing
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
Hi Pogue, Rock on! This week I’ve been listening to the music of Carlos Santana, particularly the Supernatural and Sharman albums. I’ve enjoyed the music of Santana for many years and bought a number of albums but there came a point when the tracks were becoming somewhat repetitive and, well, there was nothing new. So … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now.
The Past
Dear Pogue, I’ve come across something three times in the last two weeks and on each occasion I’ve found myself troubled and thinking “No!”. What is it? Well, it is the propagation of a belief that says that the past is something we should not be affected by or, probably more accurately, it is something … Continue reading The Past
Monday Musing
Dear Pogue, Do you ever find yourself doing a thing you wouldn’t choose to do or even have considered doing because it’s good for someone else? You have become willing to inconvenience yourself to improve another’s situation. I’m thinking if you have been in that situation you are one of a small number of people … Continue reading Monday Musing
Monday Musing
Hi Pogue, I’ve spent some time reflecting on your question, “why do people behave as they do?” And I’ve arrived at the conclusion that you really need a psychologist to have any chance of a meaningful answer because people are strange entities. Whilst behaviours can be said to be predictable one can never make a … Continue reading Monday Musing
Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Pogue, There’s been a gap in the flow of music but I’ve got one for you today. Actually I haven’t been too well and seem to lose interest in listening to music (and drinking coffee😳😵💫). Yeah, I must have been right poorly! But I’m feeling better and back on my game. So here’s a song. … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I’m Listening To Now
Monday Musing
Pogue, I know you don’t watch cricket but that isn’t going to stop me sharing an event from the current Test Series between England and Australia. It happened in the second Test. Bairstow was batting for England and facing an Australian fast bowler. When faced with a fast bowler the wicket keeper will stand well … Continue reading Monday Musing
Understanding
Pogue, I had a conversation earlier with a person who seemed to want my attention. The person launched into a triad of opinions on a situation that had occurred. For some moments it was standing watching a train pass. Then there was a pause. I mistook this for the invitation to respond. My bad! They’d … Continue reading Understanding
The Trees
The trees don’t care If I run through them stark nakedWith my arse all bareThe trees just smileWhen I continue walking all dayFor far too many a mileThe trees never mindWhen I hide in the woodsBecause the world’s so unkindThe trees share the breezeWhen my soul is undoneAnd I’m needing some easeThe trees are a … Continue reading The Trees
Monday Musing
Morning Pogue, As you know I used to do Krav Maga. I was never particularly good but I enjoyed it for the most part. Part of not being as good as one would like to be meant that on numerous occasions I would find myself seated on the floor, a ringing in my ears and … Continue reading Monday Musing
A Better Future
Pogue, Hi, I’m back after a month off. In honesty I found myself with nothing meaningful to say and, throughly believing if you can’t add something of worth to the conversation you should keep quiet, I withdrew. In reflection a month on the road in Nepal and Bhutan, whilst labelled a holiday by most, took … Continue reading A Better Future
The perfect blossom is a rare thing.
Dear Pogue, Have you ever thought that certain artist get to present their art over and over, such as a musician? They write a great song and people call out to hear it played at concerts. The artist enjoys the achievement again and again, as they should. But other artist don’t get to share that … Continue reading The perfect blossom is a rare thing.
Songs To Pogue…What I am Listening To Now
I was going to share an old song with you by an all time favourite band. Clint Eastwood once commented that the success of his cowboy films was due to the fact that everyone wanted to be a cowboy at some point in their life. The free spirited gypsy of the high plain, answerable to … Continue reading Songs To Pogue…What I am Listening To Now
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