nivek: Poems

10w Warmonger

nivek Sep 2023

10w Warmonger

warmongers seldom fight on the front line
I wonder why?

10w Warmongers Paradise

nivek Sep 2023

10w Warmongers Paradise

not experiencing war first hand
is almost impossible, very lucky

10w Warning Signs

nivek Sep 2023

10w Warning Signs

lessons learned, Oh! too late!
Always been a slow learner.

10w War Of The Worlds.

nivek Jan 2022

10w War Of The Worlds.

War, rumour of wars
stubborn standoffs
seething silences
unholy thoughts.

#war

10w Warts and All

nivek Aug 2023

10w Warts and All

you must accept that love accepts you whole and unconditionally

10wwatching

nivek Sep 2014

10wwatching

you wake me up
put me back to sleep
watching

10w % water

nivek Apr 2016

10w % water

you will evaporate
in the end;
cloud riding blue skies

10w watery secrets and blended poetry

nivek Aug 2016

10w watery secrets and blended poetry

a liquefied mind
electric thought
-perfect blender
all in one.

10W Way of the Heart

nivek Oct 2014

10W Way of the Heart

Travelling by star-light-
peace-seekers-
Way-of-the-Heart

10w weak in the face of love

nivek Nov 2016

10w weak in the face of love

love is dynamic
charged
a powerful force
all conquering
unstoppable.

10w Wearing Your Health

nivek Mar 2021

10w Wearing Your Health

fashion can be healthy
but health should never be fashionable.

10W Weaved DNA

nivek Jan 2016

10W Weaved DNA

Love is weaved DNA
equally accepting good,
and the bad.

10w Weaving

nivek Sep 2023

10w Weaving

complexity is natures woven tapestry
its triumph its pure simplicity

10 w weaving songs

nivek Mar 2016

10 w weaving songs

This is a timeless place
tides, the skies,
the silence.

10w Web

nivek Jun 2016

10w Web

time spins her web
ever tighter
the more you struggle

10w We Can Live In Harmony

nivek Aug 2023

10w We Can Live In Harmony

Sun tells the time
around Sundials

Shouts out loud
FIRE!!!

10w Wedded Quiet Waits.

nivek Nov 2019

10w Wedded Quiet Waits.

within the weaving
wedded quiet waits.
a silence of tongues.

10w Welcome

nivek Aug 2016

10w Welcome

there is a welcome mat at the gates of Heaven

10w What A World We Inhabit

nivek Aug 2023

10w What A World We Inhabit

one can watch flowers bloom
another cannot see at all

10w What did you go out into the desert to see? a man wearing fine clothes?

nivek Aug 2023

10w What did you go out into the desert to see? a man wearing fine clothes?

unapologetically long bearded and shabby
the most useful of disguises

Hermit

10w What do you desire?

nivek May 2020

10w What do you desire?

led by desire;
peace the eternal gift,
the lasting state.

10w what will you do with your love

nivek Aug 2023

10w what will you do with your love

one man eats strawberries
another spits dust
both are loved

10w what you do

nivek Apr 2024

10w what you do

caught in the act
all of the time
self-censoring

10w Where did you learn that

nivek Aug 2023

10w Where did you learn that

connections forged in the mind
laid down with constant repetition

10w Where The Golden Bird Resides

nivek Sep 2023

10w Where The Golden Bird Resides

at the centre there is a garden
a sacred space

10w Whipped

nivek Jul 2023

10w Whipped

interpretation, mixed emotion
wrong end of the stick,
group flagellation

10w Who do you blame

nivek Aug 2023

10w Who do you blame

blame game started with Adam and Eve
the archetypal couple

10w Who Wants To Sing Forever (A Take On Queens who wants to live forever)

nivek Aug 2023

10w Who Wants To Sing Forever (A Take On Queens who wants to live forever)

could sing forever
but time says no
and silence reigns

10w why Catholic's go to confession

nivek Jun 2017

10w why Catholic's go to confession

owning up is opening up
to allow love to heal

10w Why Poetry

nivek Oct 2020

10w Why Poetry

song unites two halves
that spongy thing inside your cranium

10w Winds Of Change

nivek Sep 2023

10w Winds Of Change

will our Island disappear beneath the waves?
some, sure, maybe.

10w Wind Talkers

nivek Sep 2023

10w Wind Talkers

wind talkers listening out
nuggets of truth riding the world

10w Winged Poets

nivek Sep 2023

10w Winged Poets

road maps for stepping stones.
satnavs for stanzas.
winged poets.

10w Wish and Disappointment

nivek Aug 2023

10w Wish and Disappointment

best friends dad used to whistle to call him home

10w With The Devil On Your Back

nivek Aug 2023

10w With The Devil On Your Back

its a devil of a thing!
this whole idea!
'Poetry'

10w Woken to sleep

nivek Sep 2023

10w Woken to sleep

woke with a start
jolted heart

went back to sleep

10w wondering

nivek Jul 2014

10w wondering

tribal is good
sharing goods
enjoying cultures
what went wrong

10w Word Of The Day

nivek Sep 2023

10w Word Of The Day

'Happenstance' happens
the more you
journey roads in different places.

10w Words

nivek Apr 2017

10w Words

I write far more than I talk
its my element.

10w Words

nivek Sep 2023

10w Words

words make their way through teeth
escape the heart beat

10w Words

nivek Feb 2021

10w Words

vocabulary harnessed to set free what before lay deeply hidden

10w Words gleaned from the Journey and rest at the Oasis

nivek Aug 2023

10w Words gleaned from the Journey and rest at the Oasis

moving forever onward
after each oasis
head down, battling inertia

10w Words of Absurdity

nivek Feb 2024

10w Words of Absurdity

absurdities seem to be multiplying at an alarmingly speedy rate

10w Words of Choice

nivek Jul 2024

10w Words of Choice

freewill the gift most precious
the gift most often abused

10w Words of Peace

nivek Aug 2023

10w Words of Peace

small stone in the sandal
can stop an army marching

10w Working Through Reactions

nivek Jul 2023

10w Working Through Reactions

' a Gnat can reveal just what is really going on '

10w Worth Another Chance

nivek Aug 2023

10w Worth Another Chance

knowing yourself intimately
most of the time you stay aloof

10w Wrapped In Dreamtime

nivek Sep 2023

10w Wrapped In Dreamtime

cocooned in sticky back plastic
muffled voiced alarm
dream entwined.

10w Writhing Pain

nivek Feb 2024

10w Writhing Pain

wracked or racked
its all much
the same
to me.

10w writing is

nivek May 2024

10w writing is

writing is
a curse
a blessing
a waterfall
writing is