sonja benskin mesher: Poems

Sep 2023 · 106

..clouds..

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

..clouds..

i too fly solo
&
enjoy the flight

when the day clears
i look up at the others

Sep 2023 · 75

..search word..

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

..search word..

google when back at home, read about
people, and know we may after all
be twins.

Sep 2023 · 367

.white dress.

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

.white dress.

lift the cotton, look again.

cover the place with whiteness.

pink is pretty, white is clean.

they do not want to see it
today, a reminder of fragility.

Sep 2023 · 54

..spelling correctly..

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

..spelling correctly..

the word came involuntarily,
others were stuck, yet i knew
them to be beautiful, and
so they are.

Sep 2023 · 58

.reasonable.

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

.reasonable.

carefully we drew her out
all tidy with reason, wearing
us down

Sep 2023 · 270

.just now.

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

.just now.

our work
our soul
is in
our chest

Sep 2023 · 84

.holding up.

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

.holding up.

some of us manage
to be vulnerable as naked
in private

some need holding up
in sight from my window

Sep 2023 · 69

.spot.

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

.spot.

so,
must we write about it before we forget,
before people come and disagree?

they have small waists and a national costume

Sep 2023 · 48

..my goodness..

sonja benskin mesher Sep 2023

..my goodness..

my goodness
such a thing to see while out
and about

such a high up place to be

Aug 2023 · 138

. the difference .

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

. the difference .

slipped sideways.

while all remains the same, something is different.

Aug 2023 · 503

.boxed sets.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.boxed sets.

the idea left us dancing.
use what is already there,
make do and mend

Aug 2023 · 88

. pattern .

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

. pattern .

has beautiful spots james
while i like any pattern that includes spots
and any embellishment that is nice you
know

Aug 2023 · 116

..weekend..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..weekend..

wind blows ideas into our houses

messages bring connections

a busy day with folk talking

it was the weekend with time
to spare

Aug 2023 · 593

..thankyou..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..thankyou..

thankyou
for your offered help
and saying you care for my welfare
all very much appreciated
i thankyou and say it is only temporary

Aug 2023 · 95

..somethings..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..somethings..

some photos show nothing
while paintings can come
more personal

Aug 2023 · 141

.simple.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.simple.

is a simple thing,
to think sideways,
practice makes a hindrance
when others think straight.

Aug 2023 · 289

.singing.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.singing.

look at the weathered walls
hear the song come random

Aug 2023 · 70

..wings..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..wings..

no mention of gains or fortitude
some may look for the other one
some may find it

while the little people with their arms held high
dance in the sunlight with all that remains

Aug 2023 · 166

.wings.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.wings.

you notice small things too
and record them slightly

those touches, nuances
do you see the way they
glance, look aside…

Aug 2023 · 48

.missing.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.missing.

we miss you if you do not visit
a while
and we get all our tenses and lines
wrong and have to go back in a hurry
to amend

Aug 2023 · 392

. sew .

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

. sew .

is a curious thread that
hold us together
while apart

Aug 2023 · 141

..not raining..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..not raining..

some of us most of us
tucked inside
becoming whiter
chattering
small white teeth

Aug 2023 · 221

..sometimes..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..sometimes..

sometimes
a while in a box
will do nicely…

Aug 2023 · 111

.wings.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.wings.

was noted that some folk aren’t bothered and carry on without looking
the difference is a thing

Aug 2023 · 119

.collage.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.collage.

the mothth as collage.
a quiet ththing.

Aug 2023 · 196

.paper.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.paper.

paper covers history.

bent on layers
of time, pretending.

Aug 2023 · 106

..add title..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..add title..

has beautiful spots james
while i like any pattern that includes spots
and any other embellishment like bows

you know

Aug 2023 · 99

.ghosts.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.ghosts.

he asked me who will be afraid of our ghosts
ghosts of humans
when we are gone

Aug 2023 · 175

.montgomery.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.montgomery.

no bus arrived the timetable lady was contacted and she explained the bus was due at 2.30 pm that my internet were wrong and no one was bothered what it said at bus stops

Aug 2023 · 305

..the chair..

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..the chair..

during the evening after tea,

we wondered who had invented the chair

Aug 2023 · 137

.the box.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.the box.

asked why i wanted it
i said that i did not know

he had a box in the room
to stand on
to see

we may all need one of those

Aug 2023 · 101

..medication.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

..medication.

the medicine works

though leaves the passages

dry

triggers sets me thinking of cowboys

we don’t have those here either

Aug 2023 · 296

.soar.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.soar.

the word came involuntarily,
others were stuck, yet i knew
them to be beautiful, and
so they are.

Aug 2023 · 91

.danzon.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.danzon.

he stood like a dancer,
arms out.

he looked
and moved,
like a dancer.

Aug 2023 · 93

.island.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.island.

when the smaller

people go into hiding

where will genius

raise its head again,

among the flat islands of regard?

Aug 2023 · 93

.finally.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.finally.

has been a long time coming, it lasted many years,

now is gone.

all of it, all the straight ideals and weathered work.

Aug 2023 · 78

.footsteps.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.footsteps.

were the markers always there
left by some other
wanderer?

on paper
In the studio
that was so precise and quite particular

Aug 2023 · 64

.fragmented with a little resistance.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.fragmented with a little resistance.

was dark blue with a little red added

lasted two weeks and still prominent

Aug 2023 · 387

.second half of clear.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2023

.second half of clear.

or is it the air changing?

mood settles, or is it the
time of year?

Jul 2023 · 63

.2nd.

sonja benskin mesher Jul 2023

.2nd.

initially it was said

that secondly should be

second and initially

should be first

i was confused that

nobody said third

and comforted

by the sound of fourth

a

memory of moth

Jul 2023 · 205

.strong.

sonja benskin mesher Jul 2023

.strong.

may understand the red thing

enjoyed the film with the colours
yellow and gorse along
the path

days on the sands
skipping up through the tracks seeing
the adder

Jul 2023 · 86

.light came.

sonja benskin mesher Jul 2023

.light came.

sea fret in by six. today the sky has lifted early.

Jul 2023 · 88

.beach search.

sonja benskin mesher Jul 2023

.beach search.

Yet the days moved nicely. There were little troubles, nothing to diminish the beauty of it all.