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Oct 2022 · 56
yore so clever..
Michael John Oct 2022
youre so clever
you do it..!
Mar 2022 · 93
take time to make time
Michael John Mar 2022
take time to make time
time to make time take
to time time take make
make to take time time
time time time time

time-repeated as a
child
hung from a
mountain
wild sea..

somewhere in the
lonely middle
the eternal
doldrums
within earshot
of fall
a pack horse
to the stars..
Michael John Mar 2022
do you remember yourselves?
do you recall your arrogance?
ah,it was yours!?-
we were a species of non-human-

there to increase your wealth..
your beauty enhanced,
were you the law
of a proud land-!

but you got what you deserved?
a little bird has told such
and it came from the core-
your own hand..!
i am asked if i remember myself-
Mar 2022 · 185
(i am 500 today!)
Michael John Mar 2022
(i am 500 today!)
and how odd
life is say-
why me,lord,
not to betray
the still road
a long way!
a lost word-
to what may-
a heavy load
undeniably
but o
young to old
hey presto!  
time´s fold
crazy..
Mar 2022 · 150
write every day?!
Michael John Mar 2022
write every day?!
from some unasuming
fray
some harmless little
explosion
that leads
to armageddon
to her smiling
eyes
back to the
past
the way forever..
Mar 2022 · 88
you get paid for selling
Michael John Mar 2022
you get paid for selling
shoes
you get paid for cutting hair
i want to be paid for
playing the guitar..

you get paid for selling
stocks and shares
you get paid for selling
time-share
i want to be paid etc

you get paid for selling
weapons
you get paid for selling children
i want to..so on

you get paid for selling ******
you get paid for selling ******
i want..


you get paid for nothing
you get paid for nothing
i..
tick the box..it is easier to be just about anything than a musician,or any kind of artist ..if you were wondering..
Mar 2022 · 105
i dont like you
Michael John Mar 2022
i dont like you
but you are entitled
to your sad existence
(such as it is)

and if you choose to
cry about it
while you goose step
with pointy finger

then,a quick and
speedy death,
my friend, and
that is kind..
Mar 2022 · 84
when i remember the door
Michael John Mar 2022
when i remember the door
the light from a jar
the shade of a car
a backyard star
wallpaper-

a blinding river
a little giver
varying aroma
warmer
getting better

pedals
nettles
bordem
the perfumed
garden

azimuth
my mouth
trout
nowt
out
a new coat

valliant
ants
cant
selling apples
door to
door..

jars
jarred
sword
my bycicle
bell
telling

hills
sitting
still
fill
full
will
and so..
Mar 2022 · 158
when i remeber dogs
Michael John Mar 2022
when i remember dogs
i am young once again-
a feeling of vaguest
recollection-an essence

never the less and what
was to come?
only a poor swain?!
nothing for a heart..
Feb 2022 · 92
so long to another time
Michael John Feb 2022
so long to another time
just a fall
finger print in crime-
to hit a wall
some bitter wine
love on  call-
(hold the line!)
and that was all..
on the toss of a dime
a late night brawl
ah, she was fine
(lithe and tall)
far gone say neon
the rain bawls
and crying
his stammer and stall
-her number a crucifiction
she has  *****
for two ear rings
silver and gol´d..
spies a phone!
and play a dirge
lay of stone
his thirst
someone written
some thing cursed
451-
(lust a prefix-)
(hey!we are nt done
you one fancy trick!
yo sweet one!?
-resentment thick
like alone-
bitter as pitch
hard as bone
called it..)
a ring tones
ring-ring-silver
and gold-hello-
a disembodied voice
bring-how expect me
to answer when i
blowing your best friend-yo
mama-you there!?
our hero takes to the
air-
you there!
like he paper
in a fire blown
to coole air
woed and woe
!
you there,darling,
i wrote this,
like a poem within
a poem-as you wiped
the blood off my face-
called-(silver and gold-)

I was low so god
knew he brought you
to me..
(when i lay k.o.´d)
and i believed anew
as i saw your eyes
two fallen stars
from the firmenent
such a treasure hoved?!
(of silver and gold..!)

(beep-as a man sows
so shall he reap..)

so long a time to
another one
the begining to
the end from
genesis to revelation
451 the ignition temperature of paper..
Feb 2022 · 70
so long to another
Michael John Feb 2022
so long to another
time-just so many
obscure and subtle
references

which may be
interpreted as to
this or that
could be's-

analogy and metaphor
or simile-
if  a word of difference
meant

a god-**** thing-?!
they would be
extinct like a future
of peace and love..
Feb 2022 · 82
my father would say to
Michael John Feb 2022
i)

my father would say to
me-
you can t have everything
you want..
i would ask why not
he would say,
because you will
appreciate nothing-
(i only asked for smarties)
so,in the ways of youth,
i appreciated nothing..

ii)
and i think still materialism
a bore
(though i love my
guitar)
mais-wee!..we go too
far!
blue,we want all!
and now we dont
belong..
Feb 2022 · 86
the first time
Michael John Feb 2022
i)

the first time
reflection is not to be
denied
¨but upon reflection
i changed my
mind¨

with lsd
i saw for the first
time:
dawn was everything
we dream-

i rejoiced!
birth and death
the same!
for once
certain!
twice..
refrained..

ii)

in the brain
in the brain
is everything

take time
look around
look around

throw dynamite
and run like
billy-o--billy o..
Michael John Feb 2022
when confronted by the mirror
do we see a thief there
and do we call it time..
regard each furrowed line

with deploring sighs
as merry clock chimes
the jolly swagmen here
a bounty of grey hairs..
Michael John Feb 2022
when confronted by the mirror
do we say what ghastly sinner
brought forth yonder storm?
(or why was i born..)

or realise the fragrant rains-
amid pleasures pain
that threaten then clear
for reflections fear..
Michael John Feb 2022
when confronted by the mirror
do we think what´s for dinner?
or when we were young..
a life without reflection

and what is done is done-
or..does it all return..
just as crystal as clear
and mindless fear..
Feb 2022 · 136
your endless complaint
Michael John Feb 2022
your endless complaint
all you want is fair
all i say
all i dont
your hate-
an endless liturgy
how i walk
and drink my
tea-impatient
i dont care
an average mind
egotist
i wish wed
never met
you wish i was dead
i wish you were dead
i wish you were dead
dont you love me
i say with infinite
regrets
but to true
i do..
Feb 2022 · 75
your endless complaint
Michael John Feb 2022
your endless complaint
i think imagine
waiting for the wild
pig to enter the canyon after
three days of hungering
or the generations to spurt
forth, genius-(some one
to save us)
i can hate-i have no
bread to sell or fish
no room to rent
no particular thing
my poetry is the
product of an average
mind-my clothes-well-
my music is no-ones
business
and if you love me
then i am happy but
i love myself, firstly..
the way i drink tea..
Feb 2022 · 62
your endless complaint
Michael John Feb 2022
your endless complaint
the way you look at
me
what you say
and what you don t
the way you breath
how you read
how you walk and
drink your
tea
your lack of hate
your petty hates
the way you make
me
hate
you
your music
poetry
your loves
clothes
your past
acquaintances
but mostly
and i say with
infinite regrets
(but to true)-
the way in which
i
love
you..
Feb 2022 · 60
all you want is fair
Michael John Feb 2022
all you want is fair
you want a lot
and you are clever
(i am a clot

by compare)
-i know that
with a lost tear
and the swank

of the jaguar
you ll sulk
and sit round
the corner

to wonder
the conundrum-
all you have stolen
(at such a cost)

is worthless?
it is all in crystal
but obscure
a convoluted path

through the guest
room-
this is the donkey´s
lair

count those pinched
hearts
consider yourself
legend

all is fair
in a
mirror
you watch the days
come and go..
Feb 2022 · 348
all you want is fair
Michael John Feb 2022
all you want is
fair
as you
stare
your glance
where
a jaguar in her
lair
looks to
fare
(a beauty
incomparable)
there, a straying
faun
(drips  saliva)
comes closer
dainty but durable
an act played
by mother nature
old as the time
and cruel but
may die and born
again on the wings
of some prayer..
Feb 2022 · 94
all you want is fair
Michael John Feb 2022
all you want is
fair-
(all is fair in love
and war)

an innocence
rare
and the lip
of a *****

it is all very
clear
yet lost and
obscure

a sweet angel
dear
a bitter
cure

a lonely
tear
and the swank
of the jaguar

and your heart
free er
than aire
but amargar..
Feb 2022 · 70
war is the difference
Michael John Feb 2022
i)

war is the difference
between us-
that difference is
the same but differs
in name..

the horns on our heads
(a question of semantics?)-
the action in the
shadows-world known
a fiery crown..

i inquired of an ex
if war was a question of
***-
she replied, i don´t know
i did nt  know either..
war is music?

ii)

war is trade
is history
why should i
?
why should I
give you
anything?

war is cruelty to
animals
(they have the last
laugh)
love and myth
war is..

peaches and cream
walking away with
one foot in the
grave..
all be over by
christmas..
racism..

war has no ending
like this poem..
Jan 2022 · 60
it seems to be the
Michael John Jan 2022
it seems to be the
way we are-
waiting for a
crash to occur

and then wringing
our hands
like falling sand
saying-ah..?
Jan 2022 · 63
there are some regrets,
Michael John Jan 2022
there are some regrets,
some things we can
not google
nothing to be done..

but wait on sunsets
the rainbow´ed bugle!
still..we had our
fun..
Jan 2022 · 57
we search for inspiration
Michael John Jan 2022
we search for inspiration
it lurks in strange places
perched up an agave
maybe,or,

in anger,
or passion,
to understanding
or a lover

who makes you
do weird things..
interpretation
how we see-

sweet memory
hope
home
birds

living by the
waves..
Jan 2022 · 82
as we get older
Michael John Jan 2022
(as we get older
our childhood
returns somehow
rainbow:)

i have an urge to
climb a tree
perhaps,an agave
as it toppled by
threre would be
my best work
i know me..
Jan 2022 · 142
there was a blackcap
Michael John Jan 2022
i)


there was a blackcap
in the agave
a rambunctious chap
he cried as if to me
i want this and i want
that..!

(with a burning brand
eye
of tainted ruby)
and, i want it, now, see,
by the blasted horns of pan-
immediate..

ii)

(the language of the
total-
i
tarian
Id-
silvia atricapilla style..!)


iii)

i answered after a traditional
while-di nada di nada,
my feathery amigo!
o!

but what can he give to
me?
spellbound to beauty?
time,small rainbow..
Jan 2022 · 163
in the agave
Michael John Jan 2022
i)

in the agave
sat a male kestral
waiting and silent..

looking at me
-a lack of guile..
-a trifle spent..

nothing is free-
(questionable
or a statement?)

it seemed to say-
but life be full!
and worth effort..!

ii)

honesty..integrity,,
(said this moral
bird) and alight

higher, for today-
(a fleeting call)
will only last

momentarily-
a beat of a wing-all
time will pass

and to memory
an endless fall
into white as

white be..
a panthiestic ball
the present,future,past..
Jan 2022 · 174
today in the agave were
Michael John Jan 2022
today in the agave were
dove
two black bird
a robin-
love-

(that is a count)
small rainbow
of my heart
they say,

time heals all
wounds
all bright
colours

a great dark
shroud
or a light
but they say,

a lot..
which may laugh
loud or just
plain manipulate..
Jan 2022 · 268
small rainbow of
Michael John Jan 2022
small rainbow of
my heart
time will repay
a sad start

but a happy
terminate or
blinding shade
in colours..
Jan 2022 · 83
same old blues
Michael John Jan 2022
i)

same old blues
nothing then new
(i search variety
but there is only

me..)nothing new
under the sun-
(that is a telling
expression)

so, we look to
space and just
what is out there
so far dust..

ii)

a mean old crust
a kind interlude
will follow see
but not obv-

iously..somewhere
but not here-a
space must
something lack

give life back!
nature may abhor
a vacuum
still a negative sum..
Jan 2022 · 61
they have beaten me
Michael John Jan 2022
they have beaten me
at
***
and now at music..
Michael John Jan 2022
i ws examining the contents
of a plastic bag
when i raised my difficult
head

aware of some closely
inspection
on a wall, by a busy
road,

and there in some four by
four
with a beauty of haloed
hair

was lou..
Jan 2022 · 80
sometimes i poach
Michael John Jan 2022
sometimes i poach
or encroach-

love is a brooch
a pin stoat on
a burning coat-
a forgotten foot
note of
a suicidal load
hard to hold
on so much
too hard to
carry on too
two to one
just none
love gone
never to return
again and again..
Jan 2022 · 69
i am a king in exile
Michael John Jan 2022
i am a king in exile
(been here a while)
but return in style
dear people..yeah..
yeah..

and in my trail
freedom and love
a muse royal!
a new age!
a new pagan britain!
Jan 2022 · 68
i am a king in exile
Michael John Jan 2022
i am a king in exile
but weep ye not
for love in reason
soon return

and a sacred crown
to albion!
new pagan britain
a great people..!

yeah..
Jan 2022 · 62
i am a king in exile
Michael John Jan 2022
i am a king in exile
but fear not
my people
i shall return soon

and a golden age
of freedom
and happiness
rule

yeah..
Jan 2022 · 116
after a nonchalantly
Michael John Jan 2022
after a nonchalantly
night dreamily
confusedly
stamps
like crying lamps
what said she
i said
bed
it is our sacred
kite
flying in the
tomato purree
what a do
i hope we die
soon
reflected in
a plastic spoon
is it morning
far late
i just inscribe
what is mind
is it light
no not yet
we wait
we circle
why not
mind our own
cruise true
what is missing
why a stone
we create our
own
monsters
and how do we
do this
i sit in my room
and you..
you sit in yours
what is for
and when
is seven
try not to hate
i say
a waste of smarties
i can´t say
i like the blue
ones
i think i am
unofficially
(but that is us)
poet to
the pagans
i was railroaded
trams
tramps
stamps
handlebars
baby shmp
can i book
no luck
five day
friday
man
woman
begun
ending..
Jan 2022 · 55
there is faith for all-
Michael John Jan 2022
there is faith for all-
a tree..
Jan 2022 · 89
there is faith for
Michael John Jan 2022
there is faith for
all
a pantheistic
ball

love-hate
birth-death
a tree
easy-peasy!
Jan 2022 · 45
there is faith
Michael John Jan 2022
there is faith
for all
perhaps in death
(a trifle late)

there is hate
easy-peasy!
-love in a tree
newly born..
Jan 2022 · 563
waiting around the corner
Michael John Jan 2022
waiting around the corner
waiting in the womb
waiting round the bend
waiting to be born

waiting to go to school
waiting to go home
waiting to be you
waiting

to leave school
to get a job
to be old
to love

waiting to get married
waiting for the end
of the month
waiting for a child

waiting for a tooth
waiting for promotion
waiting for something
new -(anything

will do-)a religeon
a new car
some new clubs
a house

waiting for them
to leave
waiting to retire
enjoying retirement

waiting at the
doctors
waiting at the bus
stop
waiting

no
creating
waiting
telephones

waiting
modern man
the leisure
industry
waiting
Jan 2022 · 71
most have nothing
Michael John Jan 2022
most have nothing
unless you include
love for god then..!
(which we do..)

we are praying..
as a rainbow´s hue
blending..
life is so..
Jan 2022 · 60
most have nothing
Michael John Jan 2022
most have nothing
unless you include
love for children
(that too..)

some,think,
always true,
that which naturally
accrues..
Jan 2022 · 56
most have nothing
Michael John Jan 2022
most have nothing
unless you include
love and affection
(and a little food..)

some,unwanting,
and ever renewed..
men and women
me and you..
Jan 2022 · 44
to be a clown
Michael John Jan 2022
to be a clown
love makes us all
falling

yes,is fine!
up and down
up and down..
Jan 2022 · 52
to be a clown
Michael John Jan 2022
to be a clown
to fall down
with love

like a dream
then risen
as seen..
Jan 2022 · 276
to be a clown
Michael John Jan 2022
to be a clown
was once a little
boy´s dream-

to fall down
and then rise
with love..
Jan 2022 · 286
you,or me-we
Michael John Jan 2022
you, or me- we
have had little
past and no future

the present is
even less
are we not blessed..?
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