nivek: Poems

10W The single life, an end to procreation

nivek Sep 2016

10W The single life, an end to procreation

Jumped off the cycle
ending life and death
stayed single.

10w The Skies The Limit ?

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Skies The Limit ?

limitation is often taught by those
who have given up

10w The Sound Of Little Feet

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Sound Of Little Feet

the mice look for a warm winter cabin
yours, maybe

10w The Speed of Lightyears.

nivek Nov 2019

10w The Speed of Lightyears.

The stars speak of the past
and we meet there.

10w the story about love

nivek Jun 18

10w the story about love

the story about love
love changes you
until utterly spent

10w The Supreme Master Artist

nivek May 2024

10w The Supreme Master Artist

Summer Colours
absolutely perfect
who could have painted it better?

10w The Swerve

nivek Aug 2021

10w The Swerve

one small sidestep and down, down, down, down, you go

10w The Touch Of Starlight

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Touch Of Starlight

sun sitter
word knitter

share my table
with a star

10w The Unbroken River

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Unbroken River

where life is an unbroken river
time is mere incidental

10w The Unfolding of Songs.

nivek Dec 2020

10w The Unfolding of Songs.

solitude full of silence
and silence full to the brim.

10w The Universal 'Get Real'

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Universal 'Get Real'

Busy leaving, is the true state, of a silent Universe

10w the upside

nivek Jan 2024

10w the upside

the silver upside
is sometimes
all colours of the rainbow

10w the way and the destination

nivek Apr 2017

10w the way and the destination

love and be loved
what else
what more
what sweeter

10w The Weather Vane

nivek Jul 2024

10w The Weather Vane

freaky weather being the norm
will it ever change back?

10w The Window Seat

nivek Mar 2016

10w The Window Seat

the eyes drinking the sunshine
- never satisfied
greedily keep watch

10w The Wound Of Time

nivek Oct 2023

10w The Wound Of Time

the wound of time
can only heal
in eternities embrace

10w They Tell You In So many Ways Without Saying It Out Loud

nivek Sep 2023

10w They Tell You In So many Ways Without Saying It Out Loud

you know you do not fit in
when its obvious

10w things folk say

nivek Sep 2023

10w things folk say

lightening strike out the blue?
nothing new under the Sun.

10w Thinking On You

nivek Sep 2023

10w Thinking On You

observation, people watching watching you
watching themselves thinking on you

10w This Beautiful World

nivek May 2017

10w This Beautiful World

How can such beauty give birth to such insane savagery.

10w This is a Kingdom (not democracy)

nivek Feb 2024

10w This is a Kingdom (not democracy)

gone 'missing' here
could be banishment
by an unseen ruler.

10w This is the end. (the Doors)

nivek Jul 2020

10w This is the end. (the Doors)

all will fall silent
prostrate

and wait
for loves deciding

10w Those occupying High Places

nivek Feb 2021

10w Those occupying High Places

Blood is easily, often, spilt when its not your own

10w Thrones and Dominations

nivek Jul 2024

10w Thrones and Dominations

the slide is obvious
soon an avalanche
-a sweeping death

10w Throw Away Words

nivek Oct 2018

10w Throw Away Words

What one may deem as *******
another will discover art.

10w tidal moon child

nivek Jul 22

10w tidal moon child

leaden steps
deep footprints

dust and sand
tidal moon child

10w Time flies when Remembering the Dead.

nivek Nov 2020

10w Time flies when Remembering the Dead.

Here today and gone for decades
friends, family, acquaintances, strangers...

10w time riders

nivek Jul 2023

10w time riders

riding the time curve
around to the beginning,
- eternities child.

10w Time To wake

nivek Sep 2023

10w Time To wake

time goes its way
dragging in its wake
distracted daydreamers

10w Tiny

nivek Oct 2020

10w Tiny

tiny changes can have macro effects
making all the difference.

10w Tiny Lives Tiny sticky moments

nivek Aug 2023

10w Tiny Lives Tiny sticky moments

time is: Ant, doing its thing
while we eat jam

10w Tis

nivek Sep 2023

10w Tis

tis but a night and a day
-quickly this sojourn

10w To Awaken The Red

nivek Aug 2023

10w To Awaken The Red

flesh on flesh
kissed lips

stirring deeps
flushed blood cheeks

10w To Be Thankful.

nivek Dec 2020

10w To Be Thankful.

I do not know how to make a nuclear bomb.

10w Today

nivek Nov 2016

10w Today

A jump off point
into the unknown
Today faith reigns.

10w todays history

nivek Oct 2016

10w todays history

its written in red
composed in the dark
forgotten tomorrow

10w To Die To The Self.

nivek Sep 2020

10w To Die To The Self.

walking the road of death
in order to find life.

10w to give and to give some more, poets

nivek Jul 2023

10w to give and to give some more, poets

give yourself utterly
a free gift
surely this is worthwhile

10w Tombstone Creations, still learning (Thank God)

nivek Jan 2016

10w Tombstone Creations, still learning (Thank God)

I turned around midsentence
often, and practised humility,
very badly.

10w too much

nivek Oct 2020

10w too much

too close to home
too much truth
too much Human

10w too much weed, too many cop shows on TV

nivek Apr 2017

10w too much ****, too many cop shows on TV

there could be an unmarked car in your street
paranoia

10w to sing

nivek Feb 2024

10w to sing

to sing and sing again
what more could be asked

10w to sing for peace

nivek Jun 24

10w to sing for peace

joining the fray-
heartbeats adorned

with red-
spilt silence agonies.

10w To Speak Out, Feel Pain

nivek Aug 2023

10w To Speak Out, Feel Pain

when all around are baying for blood
pinch yourself hard

10w To Stay or Go

nivek Sep 2023

10w To Stay or Go

going forth into the fray
from castle walls
everyday choices.

10w to test a would be poet

nivek Jan 2016

10w to test a would be poet

Strangle your muse, poet
and even death would inspire you.

10w Trail and Trial

nivek Sep 2023

10w Trail and Trial

'twas a long winding road
but I never lost faith

10w Transformation

nivek Aug 2023

10w Transformation

sowing and reaping
the Quern-stone turning
bread from fire.

10w travelling folk

nivek Mar 2017

10w travelling folk

on the road,
a journey.
travelling folk,
all of us.

10w Travelling the road of disease

nivek Aug 2023

10w Travelling the road of disease

there are diseases and diseases
and some disease fatally caught.