Poems
by John D Robinson

 

 

To Move Forward

 

When poems trickle like walking in shoes-full

of small sharp pebbles,

when the words are doused in sunlight

or scorched with night,

when the days seem to hunt you like

ravenous wolf-pack,

when the clock is plotting against you,

it’s time to say ‘Okay’

pour yourself a drink,

unplug the pc and radio and phone,

 sit back

and drown in the quietness.

 

 

 

The Reminder

 

Its rarely that I share my

poems with my wife,

some of the sex-poems I

keep from her, particularly

if they involve her,

I offer her poems of

tragedy and humour,

the poems of human-

horror I hide from her,

she sees it, like you do,

everyday, we deal with it

in different ways,

ignore it, push it away

like it’s not a part of

their lives, but of

course it is

and I write poems

to remind them.

 

 

 

 

Here Is

 

Here is the paper

here is the pen

here is the poem

about someone you

didn’t know or

care for as I did,

here is a poem

of sadness, a poem

of everyday despair

and tragedy, of

the hopelessness,

of the endless

anguish and pain,

here is a poem

of stark, brutal

raw honesty,

here is a poem

you won’t want to

read, a poem

gripped with the

madness of our

harrowing times,

here is a poem

without the words

of love to shine,

a poem that holds

onto her

simple beauty

and the wonder

of her time here.

 

 

 

 

The Refuge

 

I could take refuge in the

silhouette of holy places,

in the pages of children,

in the cul-de-sac of dreams,

in the wink of an eye,

a slight of hand,

behind the windows of

something lost,

in the headlights of a

speeding motorcycle,

in the music of love,

in art,

in the corners of history,

in the flame of last

night’s candle

but I’ll keep my mouth

shut and write poems.

 

 

 

 

Most

 

Most know me as an

asshole,

some know me as a

wine drinking drug

taking asshole,

a few know me as

a poet

and I steer clear

of these people.

 

 

 

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