nivek: Poems

10w Man denying Kind

nivek Feb 2021

10w Man denying Kind

Dipped in blood
history lays bare
Man bereft of kind.

10w Manmade Climate Catastrophe

nivek Aug 2023

10w Manmade Climate Catastrophe

spiralling uncontrollably to known outcome
unequivocally, uncontroversial
extinction of Mankind

10w Many Ways Folk Can Be Starved

nivek Aug 2023

10w Many Ways Folk Can Be Starved

many dying from starvation
and not only lack of food

10w March Of Time

nivek Sep 2023

10w March Of Time

things terrestrial will cease to be
in their current form

10w Marginalised

nivek Aug 2023

10w Marginalised

disease, ill at ease
made abnormal
cut down cut off

10w marginal pastimes

nivek May 2017

10w marginal pastimes

on the margins you may well meet with pure genius

10w Mathematicians in disguise.

nivek Dec 2023

10w Mathematicians in disguise.

its a numbers game
all adding up and
taking away.

10w meaningless poppycock

nivek Aug 2021

10w meaningless poppycock

gnats and trifle!
oh! but fleeting!!
when compared to eternity!

10w Meaty Lovers

nivek Aug 2023

10w Meaty Lovers

closet cannibals are far more common than one would hope

10 w Meditation

nivek Mar 2016

10 w Meditation

one more night of stars
one last day
lungs expanded

10w Meditation

nivek Mar 2021

10w Meditation

here, drink this water
stay awhile
rest your mind
child.

10w Memorising Maps

nivek Sep 2023

10w Memorising Maps

following bread crumbs back the way
where birds often feed

10w Mighty Deeds Unseen, Unsung.

nivek Sep 2023

10w Mighty Deeds Unseen, Unsung.

if you sheath your sword, poet,
foundations will crumble to dust

10w Mind

nivek Aug 2023

10w Mind

the twist and turn
down blind alleys
crisscrossing and
backtracking.

10w Mind Reading

nivek Sep 2023

10w Mind Reading

reading minds is a hell of a claim
very introspective

10w Mingled Poetry

nivek Oct 2016

10w Mingled Poetry

All our chemicals ooze
mingle interact
breed and
form colonies.

10w Minor

nivek Sep 2019

10w Minor

all things are major
in a world that needs insects

10w miracles

nivek Mar 2016

10w miracles

where the impossible is a permanent science
miracles happen, here

10w Misty.

nivek Jul 2020

10w Misty.

Thought turns to mist.
Blood bubbled.
Heart recycled.
A waterfall.

10w Mixed Origins

nivek May 2016

10w Mixed Origins

just an *******
and if your lucky
an ****** too

10w Mojo

nivek Mar 2021

10w Mojo

finding your mojo
or found by mojo
either way poets

10w moment of truth

nivek Sep 2017

10w moment of truth

jump into character
its a strange world
made for strangers.

10w Moments

nivek Sep 2023

10w Moments

each moment education
every breath a boon
all heartbeats unique

10w More Cash More food More Cows Farts

nivek Aug 2023

10w More Cash More food More Cows Farts

with the industrial revolution followed death, on a larger scale

10w More to Purpose than meets the eye

nivek Apr 2021

10w More to Purpose than meets the eye

purpose is good
it saves you
from being led astray

10w more unseen than what is seen

nivek Jul 2021

10w more unseen than what is seen

all that's hidden from view depends on where you stand

10w Mortal Birthing Immortality

nivek Aug 2023

10w Mortal Birthing Immortality

giving birth to the eternal
straining mind body and soul

10W Mould

nivek Oct 2014

10W Mould

this clay mould
that hides my soul
needs to break

10w mountains

nivek Jul 25

10w mountains

each word a mountain climbed
every song a victory flight

10w moved

nivek Aug 2023

10w moved

flowers do it
everyday they give
living wild
and free

10W moved by unseen forces

nivek Apr 2020

10W moved by unseen forces

Carrot or the stick?
whittled down
life is pretty simple.

10w Much Beauty To Witness

nivek Aug 2023

10w Much Beauty To Witness

having done nothing to deserve life
- Am astonished by creation

10w Multiverse

nivek Aug 2023

10w Multiverse

expression within creation
reading between speaking
singing whilst dancing
- phenomenon

10w Municipal Dump

nivek Aug 2023

10w Municipal Dump

rejected thoughts go somewhere
especially when not verbalised
'say what'

10W Musical Chairs

nivek Aug 2014

10W Musical Chairs

When the music stops
will we find each others hand

10w Mute Singers

nivek Jan 2016

10w Mute Singers

all poets are mute singers
their shadows mime every song.

10w Mutual Endings

nivek Feb 2024

10w Mutual Endings

the voice of reason
the aims of love
mutual endings

10w Myopia

nivek Aug 2023

10w Myopia

blaming cows farts for climate change
a bit near sighted

10 w Mystery ( a short story)

nivek Feb 2016

10 w Mystery ( a short story)

its the mystery, ultimately, to acknowledge, that's sets you free

10w Named And Soon Forgotten

nivek Sep 2023

10w Named And Soon Forgotten

the words choose you
in the end

Death, Dead, Departed.

10w Nature Has Her Ways.

nivek Sep 2020

10w Nature Has Her Ways.

culled by bacteria
a weapon wielded by nature to live

10w Neat and Precise.

nivek Jan 2019

10w Neat and Precise.

Summing it up
each poem-

a dissertation
neat and precise.

10w Neighbours yet Strangers

nivek Aug 2023

10w Neighbours yet Strangers

stranger within a crowded universe
each world, star, and moon

10w Never

nivek Aug 2023

10w Never

evil thinks no-one is watching
- they get away with it

10w New Testament

nivek Jun 10

10w New Testament

an open window to your heart
letters forged in blood

10w Night

nivek Aug 2017

10w Night

Night is the keeper of sleep;
she watches you dream.

10w Nightly Dreamer

nivek Oct 2020

10w Nightly Dreamer

every night I find myself acting out in strange configurations

10w No Argument

nivek Sep 2023

10w No Argument

twice daily sea returns to claim part the shore, hers

10w Normal

nivek Oct 2014

10w Normal

all is 'normal' and there is nothing amiss with that

10w Note To Self

nivek Jul 2023

10w Note To Self

better a silent tongue
than one constantly waggling
saying nothing