nivek: Poems

10wThe Ocean

nivek Sep 2014

10wThe Ocean

but for all that water
war would happen
more often

10w The Office and Messenger of an Angel

nivek Oct 2023

10w The Office and Messenger of an Angel

Angels do appear from nowhere
yet have come from somewhere.

10w The Older You Live

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Older You Live

****** functions keep finding you out
the older you live

10w The Open Window

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Open Window

Dogs intermittently barking,
tractors chugging,
bird song and
human chatter

10w The Petty Affairs Of Man.

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Petty Affairs Of Man.

the Spirit is vast,
unending incomprehensible mercy,
eternal incomprehensible love.

10w The Phenomenon Of Man

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Phenomenon Of Man

utterly pure evil entered creation
Mankind estranged, fell from grace

10W the poet and the poetry

nivek Jul 2016

10W the poet and the poetry

The observer and the observed
where the absurd
is commonplace

10w the Poets

nivek Aug 2017

10w the Poets

who would speak up for love
if not the poets.

10w The Poets Demon

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Poets Demon

focus on in
nail that down

spew your guts
poets

10w the power of life and death

nivek Dec 2017

10w the power of life and death

many fires are lit
fanned into flame
fuel stacked high.

10w the present moment and differing realities

nivek Jul 2020

10w the present moment and differing realities

Aliens could be living everywhere where Humans are not present.

10w The President

nivek Oct 2020

10w The President

white faced blood drip drained fake tan starved of oxygen

10w The Process of Poetry

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Process of Poetry

Keep running in the dark.
Catching up with the light.

10w The promise and the lie. "I can sell you a potion to give you eternal life"

nivek Aug 2016

10w The promise and the lie. "I can sell you a potion to give you eternal life"

I drank the elixir till I could drink no more.

10w The Quest of Hello Poets.

nivek Nov 2016

10w The Quest of Hello Poets.

I travelled for decades to sit and hear you sing.

10w The Raggedy Man

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Raggedy Man

Crow song 'coast is clear'
raggedy man
no longer scares

10w The Rant And The Song

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Rant And The Song

some rant loud about life
unfair life

another softly sings

10w The Reaping

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Reaping

sift and sharpen
a spilled harvest
dogs on the loose

10w There are no walls

nivek Aug 2023

10w There are no walls

on the surface, words
a song, heard
a silence beckoning

10w there is always a bigger picture

nivek Aug 2023

10w there is always a bigger picture

the weather can never get it perfect
so never complain

10w There Is No End To Books

nivek Aug 2023

10w There Is No End To Books

freedom can be found in books
but not all books

10w The River Of Love

nivek Aug 2023

10w The River Of Love

river of love
constantly flowing

river of love
a heartbeat

10w The road to death

nivek Mar 2016

10w The road to death

adrenaline rush

senses red alert

danger of death

come down.

10w The Rub

nivek Sep 2023

10w The Rub

values are going to clash
some want power and gold

10w The Saints

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Saints

great minds have given hearts
-given lives that love may live
-great hearts loving forever

10w the sanity of life and a death cult

nivek May 2017

10w the sanity of life and a death cult

sanity does not destroy itself
life is meant to thrive

10w The Serpent

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Serpent

slipped over my tongue
promising to do better
licking wounds

10w the serpent eating its tail

nivek Feb 2021

10w the serpent eating its tail

Happiness is fleeting
sadness the same
whereas peace is forever.

10w The Serpents Breath (Kremlin Spokesperson)

nivek Aug 2023

10w The Serpents Breath (Kremlin Spokesperson)

all puffed up and spitting profanities
so, so snake like

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.