nivek: Poems

tip toe tip toe
creaking boards

not a sound
hardly a breath

do not think too loudly
or let your heartbeat its drum

wearing your invisible cloak
the silence that is you.

May 20 · 109

playing with fire

nivek May 20

playing with fire

going up in flames
that STAR is so much bigger than us

May 20 · 631

unstoppable train

nivek May 20

unstoppable train

radical
all
the way

unstoppable
train

coming down
the
tracks

May 20 · 78

a pathway of solitude

nivek May 20

a pathway of solitude

at the oasis
you cast your words

the ones you gleaned
travelling the desert.

May 20 · 105

words to communicate a silence to savour

nivek May 20

words to communicate a silence to savour

wringing the alphabet from your tongue
your mind taming the serpent
bending it to your hearts desire
words to communicate
a silence to savour.

May 20 · 66

skin peelers poetry

nivek May 20

skin peelers poetry

kicking up the dust
to get inside

to wait for it all to land
rearranged

day unto day
night unto night

dust settles
a shedded skin.

May 20 · 72

fire on your tongue

nivek May 20

fire on your tongue

to be alive
unknown

to sit with love
listening

songs from silence
fires kindled.

May 20 · 69

a peace gifted

nivek May 20

a peace gifted

angelic touch sublime
gently resting

on the breath of God
a word spoken

a peace gifted
beyond all telling

not of this world
not of man's making.

May 20 · 48

to be the change

nivek May 20

to be the change

gentle endeavor greatly overlooked
hardly given much notice -
the travail to love ones enemies

by way of prayer, forgiveness
to be other than worldly wisdom
to be the change in the chain of circumstances.

May 19 · 176

the spirit of Agape

nivek May 19

the spirit of Agape

changing times
within and without

in the secret court of justice
where eternal matters are worked through

the spirit of the times
and the spirit of Agape

the battle for souls
and the battle of love.

May 19 · 99

sight and sound from around the World

nivek May 19

sight and sound from around the World

I can hear
and I can forget

I can look
often I cannot see

May 19 · 81

hunger

nivek May 19

hunger

what is feeding your soul today?
you do have a soul?
and it is hungry.

May 19 · 89

the game passed down

nivek May 19

the game passed down

passing the buck
playing the blame game

Adam blamed Eve

Eve blamed the serpent

the game passed down
generation to generation.

May 19 · 92

Jesu psalm singer

nivek May 19

Jesu psalm singer

love with no favourites
love steadfast

through Jesu
the gateway

God the poet-
psalm singer.

May 19 · 87

10w levelling up of love

nivek May 19

10w levelling up of love

Yodelling poetry
laying low the mountains
lifting up the valleys.

May 18 · 130

just across the way

nivek May 18

just across the way

the Curlews sing
summer songs
nesting the pasture

sharing with lambs
gambolling
calves frolicking

and mothers
sedately chewing
the cud.

May 18 · 149

wing beats

nivek May 18

wing beats

wing beats of doves
tremble the air
with feathered sound

-as they land to feed
and dance
-the cut grass their stand.

May 18 · 285

singing Whales

nivek May 18

singing Whales

cool breeze on skin
refreshing breathing-in

air from across the sea
full of salt and fish-

singing Whales
-tales of the deep.

May 18 · 88

a song

nivek May 18

a song

a song for the release from sorrow
little bird sent by love

sings its heart out
outside my window.

May 17 · 97

one grain of sand

nivek May 17

one grain of sand

one grain of sand can cause irritation
and there are countless grains of sand

May 17 · 96

to travel onwards

nivek May 17

to travel onwards

staring into space
searching your mind

waiting on the words
to travel onwards

seconded in solitude
embraced in silence

May 17 · 83

unrivalled peace

nivek May 17

unrivalled peace

brightness in your mind
atop the mountain

unrivalled peace
in the cloud of unknowing

May 17 · 71

awesome truth

nivek May 17

awesome truth

a few marks left in the dust
a song that may carry on the wind

a voice free of delusion
the final oasis reached

awesome truth
face to face with God

May 16 · 340

further north than Moscow

nivek May 16

further north than Moscow

sunshine through the blinds
light almost 24/7
a strange time called Summer
-a long drawn out affair
further north than Moscow.

May 16 · 131

Island

nivek May 16

Island

sitting day after day under a blue sky
with a blue sea surrounding you
you can kinda lose all remembrance -
of anyother colour.

May 16 · 100

10w A Liver? Whats that?

nivek May 16

10w A Liver? Whats that?

never gave eyesight a second thought
-till I needed glasses

in union with Charles Bukowski

May 16 · 102

pictures and squiggles

nivek May 16

pictures and squiggles

let loose with crayons
-pictures on walls
any surface would do

now a keypad
with all those letters
-and squiggles.

May 15 · 86

content

nivek May 15

content

cast upon the waves
but content

love knows all hearts
holds all in being

The Sacred Heart
of Jesus.

May 15 · 84

Grace

nivek May 15

Grace

waiting for your ride
the one called 'Grace'

to ride off into forever
fullfilled in all its fullness

life eternal
eternal life.

May 15 · 94

rickety steps

nivek May 15

rickety steps

rickety steps
unkown direction

what will win
the 1.30 at Kempton

some read stars
some, tealeaves

a compass can help
instinct magnetic.

May 14 · 94

staying indoors full of trepidation

nivek May 14

staying indoors full of trepidation

the door stays shut and locked
with good news in a letter on the doormat

May 14 · 78

stepping out the door full of optimism

nivek May 14

stepping out the door full of optimism

you could be doused in seagull guano
splattered all over from a clear blue sky

May 14 · 98

juxtaposition

nivek May 14

juxtaposition

the cynical me enjoys
what the other me loaths

May 14 · 67

persona

nivek May 14

persona

skin suits hanging in the wardrobe
skin deep for the days road
a persona to wear for an hour
or just a few moments.