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875 · Oct 2015
All Ferries Are Cancelled
nivek Oct 2015
All ferries are cancelled making way for the storm
tied to their piers, rocking back and forth, back and forth
ropes pulled tight, taut, no mail today, no fresh supplies
this is Robinson Crusoe life lived alive in the 21st century
a time set aside, cut off, forgotten by the rest of the World.
874 · Jan 2016
The First Poet On The Moon
nivek Jan 2016
Only one man in history claimed " a giant leap for Mankind"
while taking a small step for a Man
and I think he was the first poet to walk on the Moon.
( his day job was an astronaut )
And he left his boot prints in the Moon dust as witness to his first hand experience to his poetry.
873 · May 2014
reaching out
nivek May 2014
something came
in between
every thing
always will
871 · Mar 2014
Sacrifice
nivek Mar 2014
.....and so you try once more
lift your heart
with trembling hands
offer the universe
all that you are
nivek May 2017
love slowly softly rounds the sharp edges
as you give yourself more and ever more
to loves overriding responsibility for you.
871 · Jan 2015
loves supremacy
nivek Jan 2015
knitting wooly words that itch
scratch the complacent
in me
I am surprised every time
and go deeper
Into the realm of loves supremacy
870 · Jul 2021
I bid you welcome
nivek Jul 2021
heard the song of Whales
cries of children
those boasting of conquest
songs of birds
the calls of war
innocent bystanders
listened to hatred
blocked out all malice
that so to enter beauty
and having arrived
I bid you welcome.
870 · Apr 2014
Flesh
nivek Apr 2014
Its not your flesh
but then again

its through your flesh
I get to know you
nivek Jun 2014
why does the bee buzzzz
a communication of

Beware
when he is loved so much

Guess he sees us as potential
hairless honey stealing bears
867 · Mar 2014
Womb Dreams And Nightmares.
nivek Mar 2014
I was clutching my dreams and nightmares in either hand
when you first caught sight of me.
But you didn't notice.
867 · May 2014
Set Sail
nivek May 2014
now I understand a little
and bow to honest comment
and sail away
867 · Feb 2016
a mental illness
nivek Feb 2016
There is a diagnosis where the constant need to write is one of the major symptoms
- a mental illness
I do not mind if this is true of myself
as long as I am not being a constant stalker, like some....
867 · May 2014
my little neighbours
nivek May 2014
a childs view looking up at this very bearded chin-
where there is no chin-
looks in wonder-
and I understand-
the barrier is breached
by sweets-
and the child looks at me-
a living moving teddy bear
neighbours newest meeting at the shop... they have five now!
867 · Feb 2016
answers parachuting down
nivek Feb 2016
I send up my prayer at rocket speed
and the answer parachutes down sedately,
-in no hurry but at a pace I can accommodate
and my finite self can understand,
while the caresses of peace on my soul,
can last the whole day through.
866 · Jun 2014
love
nivek Jun 2014
brothers
so many sisters;
you cant marry them all
864 · Oct 2014
Hide And Seek
nivek Oct 2014
the experience of being hunted
and the ability to get away
is practised when very young
864 · Nov 2014
rocks with legs
nivek Nov 2014
rain hits the window
a shower of tapping
organised wet
blown by wind force
from out the cosmos
somewhere deep in the mind
the collective observations
and organised dust particles
blown together seemingly
random weathered rocks
crawling out the waters
mineralised and breathing
nivek Aug 2014
someone I heard
from the other side of the World
liked late night conversations
Poets being wordsmiths
and words being their currency
I thought I would put her
out of her silent misery
A poetess for sure from what I read
of her work
She can sit back now in her retirement
knowing we will talk about her poetry
and forever try to unpack her thought process
while drinking cocktails and eating sausages
a little light heartedness
862 · May 2014
Military Cemetary
nivek May 2014
the sorrow in the walk
is what gives it away
They walk to the military graveyard
to remember to respect
walk away
and thank God they are still alive
862 · Dec 2014
dreamy accentuated
nivek Dec 2014
your dreamy accentuated into my mind
I bowed down to friendship
bruised and cut
I love you still
give you my words
859 · May 2014
Hibernation
nivek May 2014
I slept like a bear sleeps all winter
and woke ravishing hungry
to a full dish of summer
859 · Mar 2022
'Love'
nivek Mar 2022
Whispered the word 'love'
sent it free into the universe
the universal 'love'
all around and within us
Whispered back 'Love'
857 · Mar 2015
the tumbled and tumbling
nivek Mar 2015
The tumbled and tumbling
scatter their stone
to be swallowed by the earth.

Some mans hands arranged a home
stone on stone, upwards out the dirt
a shelter for wife and siblings.

A fire of peat lit up the hearth
where now no stories are told
No pipe is lit or bones warmed.

These testaments ride the winds
where no roof is found
no door to close against the world.
nivek Jun 2014
Buttercups have burst
filling their cups
held out to the Sun
and drink of clouds
their yellow chosen
gowns- and crowns
irresistible to Bees
busy making golden-
filled cones of honey
yellow shouts to
the world come
see how I have been
chosen and dressed
by the hand of nature
855 · Nov 2014
Generational
nivek Nov 2014
its for sure your family took part in hunting Mammoth
which generation stopped eating Elephant is a bit hazy
854 · Feb 2015
Graffiti Gossip
nivek Feb 2015
I always knew much more than I should have
and compared to what I do not know it is nothing at all
853 · Jul 2014
Its Good To Party
nivek Jul 2014
its good to party with others;
Spirit from the spirit world;
this is the best partying
853 · Jun 2016
judge jury and executioner
nivek Jun 2016
you play God and water a flower
judge jury and executioner
swat a fly and dead head roses
all in the blink of an eye
852 · Jul 2016
drawing poems
nivek Jul 2016
Sometimes song leaves my lips
but mostly from my fingertips
-I draw poems in the sand.
851 · Feb 2015
Graffiti smudge
nivek Feb 2015
drinking beer from a plastic cup
next it will be condoms for balloons
851 · Jul 2015
out the quietness
nivek Jul 2015
love comes unexpected
arrives with fanfare
out the quietness of the heart
850 · Apr 2014
Late Nights And Later Days
nivek Apr 2014
Day rolled out
I rolled over
many times
Then the strength
of day remembered
gently coaxing
Me to rise
filled muscles
and mind
To take more
proactive part.
850 · Mar 2014
1961
nivek Mar 2014
Arriving in a flip flop year
our minds upside down
we have been doing handstands
ever since.
848 · Jun 2015
Ancient Poetry
nivek Jun 2015
the music of listening
is filled with silence
silent songs of the ages
Written on the hearts
of all creation
the singing of the ancient
Poets.
847 · Apr 2016
the golden nugget
nivek Apr 2016
finding the golden nugget
by chance or concerted effort
you have to believe the golden nugget exists
and wants to be found
846 · Mar 2014
Long Road.
nivek Mar 2014
Why could we not be honest-
how messed up-
our world was.
Saved us the trouble-
of the hard way.
846 · Mar 2015
the dawning of a new day
nivek Mar 2015
into loves forging flame
I offer my heart to burn
all the dross of attachment
to fall away from me
and to be free again to love
a pure love transparent flame
of blue and green and red
the dawning of a new day.
845 · Sep 2015
confusion of facts
nivek Sep 2015
give me one sentence
and I will sing
outa tune
to earth and heaven
the long dead
newly wed
and those about to divorce
love is the colour of my money
the only real currency
acceptable throughout all history
love is my food, water
and rest, the bed I sleep on
the confusion of facts
and all those fairy stories
ever told.
844 · May 2014
Island Road
nivek May 2014
chickens, sheep with lambs,
the occasional cow or two;
all travelling down, or,
across the road,
not forgetting,
Oyster catchers and Curlews
birds of every hue
and Humans riding wheels
swerving in and out,
out and in,
as you do
844 · Sep 2015
Forensic Love
nivek Sep 2015
if you are looking for lipstick on a collar
a smoking gun
you have missed your true vocation
843 · Oct 2014
Temple
nivek Oct 2014
Temple
ravaged
Temple
re-built
Altar
Sacrifice
The
Temple
The
Temple
Body
Mind
Soul
842 · Apr 2014
Breakout
nivek Apr 2014
Drawn into orbit
creature of habit

waiting for nothing
I start to climb
842 · Apr 2014
Supernova
nivek Apr 2014
Fire drips from my teeth
I eat stars for breakfast
and **** on planets
like gobstoppers
You don't see me
I am far too big
But when I reach you
Planet Earth
Your time has come
842 · Mar 2016
fighting love in Lent
nivek Mar 2016
****** deep in the crucible;
where the flames burn away the dross

its not the loss that pains you;
but the refusal to love
nivek Aug 2015
poetry just would not be the same
the ****** comments
made by beyond help ******'s

please comment again
when you are in your straight jacket
tied down and injected

and being human it will give me the greatest laugh
much more than i am laughing
now
839 · Jul 2014
single raindrops
nivek Jul 2014
to keep on creating
this is the goal;
humbly single strokes
joined lovingly;
single raindrops making rain
nivek Sep 2014
the deep rock of the roll
Man, Woman,
While we dance, real close

It will never be like this again
'A momentary lapse of Reason'
838 · May 2014
MAD
nivek May 2014
MAD
all poets are mad
as mad than
all the average
837 · Apr 2017
Summer Nights
nivek Apr 2017
Some days ripen
heavy with fruit

you can reach the lower branches
and fill your basket

you can eat the flesh
juice down your chin

and laughter can follow you
deep into the summer nights.
836 · Jul 2014
Simply Loveable
nivek Jul 2014
its good very good to see you lost to laughter
this is when I love you most
You; simply loveable
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