snow in the air

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it strange To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen […]

Roundstone Harbour – Connemara

In Connemara With eyes all untroubled she laughs as she passes, Bending beneath the creel with the seaweed brown, Till evening with pearl dew dims the shining grasses And night lit with dreamlight enfolds the sleepy town. Then she will wander, her heart all a laughter, Tracking the dream star that lights the purple gloom. […]

Hope is the thing with feathers

“Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops – at all And sweetest, in the gale – is heard And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest […]

a flea and a fly in a flue

this poem has stuck in my brain since i was small(er).. a flea and a fly in a flue said.. .oh what shall we do the flea said lets fly and the fly said lets flea so they flew through a flaw in the flu next time you have a few drinks, say it again […]

Shambhala

You came.. and a silky rain flourished under the yellow leaves Today I went out on the balcony and i saw cyclamens bloom On the edge of the clouds the smallest ligtning was crying your name Listen! listen to the rain For an old tale talks and it is true you know like the old […]

Winter’s Night

Outside, the wind circles and dances round the house and fields rain lashes the window panes. Inside, the fire hisses and pops and Fluffy filled with turkey slumbers under the Christmas tree … sparkling and glittering with lights and baubles Only a thin fox struggles for its footing returning hungry down the country lane – […]

How can anyone consider

How can anyone consider – using a gun, a bomb – against another? Wherever there is trouble in this World, where with compassion and discussion there doesnt need to be.. Please put down your weapons and made a better future that works for everyone. All sides – please stop this Craziness Focus instead on doing […]

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Lamplighter My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street. Now Tom would be a driver and Maria […]

Wherever There Are Walls – Create Windows

Poem by Marie Scampini no longer visible.

Brown Brogue Leather Shoes

My dad was John Wayne to me Looking up, he was quarter of an inch short of six foot. Something he was very proud of. He took us to school Cried at my wedding and fell out of a plum tree when my son was born. Working with farmers he wore green wool worsted trousers […]

Kew Gardens (after the gates had shut)

Over the wall, softly, quickly tumbling thru’ the leafy fullness landing deep in a silvery blue fragrance. Shade and light flowing towards you – where spangled fronds flip jewels of moisture The sound of bells carries in the wind. One dragonfly swims someplace down a dusty sunbeam. m.joy (written while living in London at the […]

Summer evening

August I listen and hear birds settling down to sleep, dry leaves rustling in an evening breeze, dogs barking and a motorbike driving away into the distance. One late bee rushes past to bed I see the sky changing to night and lights going on indoors and smell the earth, summer flowers and faintly – […]

Spirit

Spirit You may have stashed away your spirit in a dark corner of a dark cupboard in a dark room in a dark house on a dark street in a dark town (on a dark night) because… so many different reasons probably because it hurt but somewhere – it is still lying there sparkling, waiting, […]

Watercolor

Sunrise Woke with unknown expectation and pushed the window ajar. my cat arrived and with excitement we listened to the chorus of birdsong exploding outside and felt the cool air I know if i could see beyond the trees i could see the sunrise and it would be very beautiful but through the trees i […]

Kids who are Different

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Sail away

Sail away Dreaming Art inspired nature Whoooo..oo Octopus Soft snow Sunshine Upon cloudy seas Take a(l)ways This made me laugh – First of all thought id been sent one of those spam emails then looked at who had sent it and thought maybe someone who id never dream of writing poetry had sent me a […]

little green road sweeper in Paris

Little green road sweeper in Paris In the dark Just a spark, Small and green, Barely seen, Wizzing here Wizzing there, Hoovering up the dirt and muck, like a little busy ant, but noisy like an elephant. Lights go on around the square… … birds, flap their wings, somewhere, someone sings. Time to go […]

Priorities, Catnip, Ozymandias

Wonder sometimes why we learn, love, struggle, create, explore the World and then at the end, just go back to dust? I asked my son what he felt was the meaning of Life – and he said Love and that the World wants to learn. i was impressed Think one of the reasons must be […]

Random words on a fridge door

concrete electric dazzle lasting impressions and silhouettes old songs paint visions of.. one’s own sweet time sense, nonsense, feelings color; black, white, green glorious harmony almost always music, you m.joy